> basically the same as pressing delete on a digital camera - do you keep every photo you take, even bad ones?
I used to keep everything, now I make an effort to delete the crap or even redundant photos. I agonize over this, but I try to do it. Then again, most photos I take I never look at again in my life, which I'm guessing happens to many of us in the age of digital cameras.
> To us these are irreplaceable parts of history, but it wasn't like that to him.
Yes, this is the crux of the problem.
Like you, I don't think this was censorship. I used the word "censor" because that's how the article frames it, but I agree this was an act of editing/choosing, not censorship.
> basically the same as pressing delete on a digital camera - do you keep every photo you take, even bad ones?
I used to keep everything, now I make an effort to delete the crap or even redundant photos. I agonize over this, but I try to do it. Then again, most photos I take I never look at again in my life, which I'm guessing happens to many of us in the age of digital cameras.
> To us these are irreplaceable parts of history, but it wasn't like that to him.
Yes, this is the crux of the problem.
Like you, I don't think this was censorship. I used the word "censor" because that's how the article frames it, but I agree this was an act of editing/choosing, not censorship.