The censor (at any time, there were two) was a magistrate in ancient Rome who was responsible for maintaining the census, supervising public morality, and overseeing certain aspects of the government’s finances
@abucci@anthony.buc.ci Hmmm? 🤔
The censor (at any time, there were two) was a magistrate in ancient Rome who was responsible for maintaining the census, supervising public morality, and overseeing certain aspects of the government’s finances.[1]
But then:A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population.
@abucci@anthony.buc.ci Oh I didn’t see that bit 😅
From the Censorship: Wikipedia article:
Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or “inconvenient”.[2][3][4] Censorship can be conducted by governments,[5] private institutions and other controlling bodies.
Based on the original Roman definition, I feel like either a) we’ve changed the definition over time to suit us or b) we’ve gotten this oh so wrong
Hmmm 🤔