Cialdini raamat
In the light of the Purdue study and in the
context of other research on the effects of imposed restraints, one must wonder
whether official censorship as a means may not be antithetical to the goal. If we are
to believe the implications of the research, then censorship is likely to increase the
desire of students for sexual material and, consequently, to cause them to view
themselves as the kind of individuals who like such material.
I believe something quite similar happened recently in Choteau, Montana
when Kevin st. John, the local school superintendent, canceled a speech to be given
to high school students by Dr. Steve Running, who shared the 2007 Nobel Peace
Prize for his work on the dangers of climate change (Brown, 2008). Some members
of the Choteau School Board pressured Mr. St. John to bring in someone with an
opposing opinion because they feared that Dr. Running's views on global warming
would be seen as anti-agricultural. Although the superintendent maintained that
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