Will Eisner on Censorhip

YRONWODE: And do you think that scenes like that like could damage youngster's minds?
EISNER: No, I don't agree with Dr. Wertham. Well, actually, I believe that all literature "damages" the mind in that it influences the mind. I think you can't say that comics depicting violence and mayhem should not be shown to children because once you start doing that you're setting up a literary and intellectual diet for somebody. And who can set up a diet for society? I don't believe that censorship can be administered -- countries have tried it over and over again and it just doesn't function well. I'm against it, against any form of censorship other than the restrictions imposed by the creators' own taste, or sense of responsibility to moral values.