I've never really been in favor of censorship, but Steem made me far more aware of how complex the topic is than ever before.

A lot of people actually want a certain level of censorship. Whether that be parents screaming about their kids being exposed to something, or unlawful content, or just things people don't agree with. Even people that say they're for freedom of speech will often suddenly be in favor of censorship in certain regards. Like if someone's mean to them.

There also are quite a few cases of dangerous information. Now days anyone can look up all manner of dangerous things online from the comfort of their own home.

Of course, people seem to forget that there were all sorts of dangerous books available for years upon years either in your local store or library. This included books on how to do explosives, or even nuclear weapons. There's even a movie about a kid that made a nuclear weapon that's minorly based on reality. Not really, but somewhat. The reality of reality is that there is a massive amount of "dangerous" information out there, and it's really not that dangerous. Most people don't want to spend a lot of time researching how to do something dangerous, then do it, and then risk going to jail. Or just try and go to jail. Most people are too lazy to even do it for fun.

It's almost disappointing that more people don't make backyard fireworks and firecrackers, and all sorts of people whine about it and how dangerous it is.

We let normal people drive around in massive deadly vehicles every day, killing tons of people, even just pedestrians. A car is far more deadly than some little firecracker someone makes for fun, as long as they are taught to take some minor precautions.

But I digress.

We need to consider very carefully how we censor and to what level, because the reality is that there is at least some level that people want, but we need to balance that with other people's wants and needs, and ensure that other people's wants don't infringe on other's rights.