Quote:You know, this brings up another subject that can be debated, but does apply to this very forum, that being censorship and freedom of expression.  This site is certainly within their right to allow or disallow certain discussion, but I do have a problem with altering or suppressing something that anyone wants to say.  I do understand the profanity filter, but to remove certain posts goes beyond that.

 

I respect many posters in this forum that I disagree with politically, and I would NEVER want to silence their opinion.  I believe that it's actually good and healthy to have discussion regarding points of view, even if we disagree.

 

The disappearing and reappearing of Dakota's post amounts to censorship.  Why it was done, I don't know, but it bothers me.  Are there other posts that are removed that we don't know about?  Why were they removed?  Are we not free to discuss ideas on this forum?

 

Dakota's post and subsequent reply, which included a quote of said post, were temporarily hidden pending discussion among the moderators about whether CYA violates the message board rule against veiled profanity. This is SOP and not an attempt to censor the message of the post. Had it been determined to be a violation, Dakota would have been warned privately. It was not and the posts were unhidden.

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