Why Censoring is Evil

Once upon a time there was nothing.
Then God created a book called Everything.
Everything contained Earth, the Heavens, Hell, and Emotions,
All things that were.

At first the characters were happy.
Everything had been given to them.
All that was needed was courage,
Courage to take advantage of possibilities.

So the people danced for joy,
Because they had been taught by God how to dance.
Then they held a service for God,
Each man, woman, child, grandchild, and newborn praying.

Even though their prayers were different,
God still heard and smiled, for it was good.
Though they all spoke differently,
It was as one voice that they shouted, voices trembling with joy.

But one day, as a lone figure was walking in the rain,
It suddenly started to hail.
As the ice struck the figure's cheek,
Angry revenge was plotted.

This figure was very important,
For it held to power to take rather than give.

First, the sky was banned because three men were struck by lightening.
Next went the children,
Slaughtered because of their dependence on others.
After that the land was taken away in rusty chains,
And the people dealt the sea a crushing blow
Because sailors drowned, and they were afraid.

Then they dragged Knowledge away from her home,
Screaming and kicking and biting to escape Ignorance and Fear, the police.
The books were empty and sought to weep,
But water was gone because someone lost a sailboat in the pond, didn't they?

And then, because Wisdom had been hanged for preventing a war,
There was no more prayer.
And God was sad, for prayer had been a sign that the people loved,
But there was no love, because they had forgotten how.

Finally they took away the rest,
All that remained, the people.

Then they tried to take away nothing.
But there was nothing left.



Not even God.