Strangely, I was the one wishing for more of it this time.
A group in directing proposed a piece that would contain live video footage of surgery. They had a picture. It was quite graphic. I asked what sort of disclaimer or warning would be given before the show so that people who can't watch graphic images could choose not to watch. She replied by saying there wouldn't be one.
I was appalled.
This is how I see it. Person A has a right to free speech ( as we all do). Person B doesn't want to hear/read what Person A has to say. Person B should not be allowed to silence Person A, HOWEVER Person A should not be allowed to force Person B to listen/read.
It bring this school censorship into perspective. I can see how parents would be truly worried about their children being exposed to something those children would not be comfortable with. And parents censoring is one thing but what if one child truly did not want to be exposed to something they found upsetting, could that child really stand against a school department? This may be a reason parents intervene.
We may not be able to relate to a child who refuses to read something like Giovanni's Room because homosexuality happens, but is making them read it really that different from making someone who feels faint at the sight of blood watch open heart surgery? I know what I said in my last blog - that if it happens in real life you should have to be exposed to it. However, now that I think about it, I know heart surgery happens (and there's nothing wrong with it, but I can't watch it without upsetting myself so I have a right not to.
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