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>>If I run a sci-fi bookstore, and I choose not to stock your book about political philosophy, is that censorship?

>If you intentionally chose to ommit the book and it wasn't due to chance omission, perhaps because you hate the author, then yes, it's censorship.

They already told you, the reason the book is not published is because it is off-topic. The bookstore sells Sci-Fi books, and they choose not to sell other genres.

If that is censorship then this definition of censorship isn't useful for any discussion we're having right now.




Fair enough, I skimmed quickly and assumed (as you clearly noticed), so in that context it's not censorship.




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