Quote Originally Posted by Osiris View Post
Actually, it's the very definition of it.

Censorship
Noun
The practice of officially examining books, movies, etc., and suppressing unacceptable parts.

A parenting style would be to NOT let your children listen to something you felt would have a negative impact on them based on language, until a time when they are old enough to understand. For all intents and purposes, the parent is taking away the choice between the unaltered work and the censored piece. By your definition, you've agreed that it's censorship.
A parent as an official is different than a government or organization official. The parent has authority and responsibility for his or her children and makes decisions for them until they come of age. That's not they same thing as a government, or other organization, taking away choices.

It is also a parenting style to limit access to something versus just the binary on/off decision.

I haven't agreed that it is censorship, I've agreed that parent's have the right to make choices for their children that a) are not against the law and b) that you or I don't agree with. You may not like what DM did with his edits and may not make that same choice for yourself and your family. But it is entirely legal, is not harmful or detrimental to the children's welfare, and does not take away the choice from anyone not in DM's family.

Context matters here. There are many things that I as a parent will restrict or limit for my children that the government cannot. that doesn't make it censorship. Examples are, watching movies that I think expose them to high levels of "mature" subject matter, walking alone out of the neighborhood, limiting how often they eat at fast food joints.

So, I don't think it's censorship because of the context of the parental role that DM has for his kids.