Censorship

Yesterday, my husband told me that Liao Yiwu's book is now in the window of the near-by bookshop at the street corner. It is the most attractive book there. This information brought me a flash of thought on sense of democracy as well as of business.
It seems to me, that the western society is habitually assuming the role as the representative of democracy, while the majority is actually only the blind duck, which listens and believes in whatever talks and reports, which are appeared in reachable media, but hardly explores a little deeper and comes out with individual's analysis.
I had a short discussion on this topic with my husband at our lunch table today. We agree with each other on this matter basically. He said, normally, people tend to put their 'self' in the 'right' position and assign themselves with the authority of criticism, while they refuse to be criticized in return. Actually, Germany has been questioned by AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL for its democratic status recently, especially on its policy concerning children's welfare and asylum system. There are certainly also scholars or researchers, who are trying to express their rather balanced view. But it seems that any view, which might reduce the power of criticism, would be too weak for arousing the interests of the publace.
This afternoon, while scan through the UTB books on the bookshelf, I found a book named Literatur und Zensur in der Demokratie, with a very interesting photo on its cover. Censorship is another top hit that draws criticism upon China from western society. Nevertheless, it is simply one of the national mechanism, which is practiced in every country for protecting the existing value and system.