Censorship is a topic that just keeps coming up in this blog because too many governments are willing to pass laws that limit people’s freedom of speech. Sometimes, their only goal is to block a certain message out, to keep people in the dark about “inconvenient” views on key issues. At other times, these restrictions [...]

I can think of no better example of the relationship between laws and languages than censorship. Censorship results from many different factors, but mainly, it results from fear. Fear that if certain words are uttered together in phrases they will shape the thoughts that will question and ultimately threaten certain interests. What better way to [...]