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Originally Posted by space oddity
Removing a post or thread for politically correct reasons is actually censorship. To silence criticism is to silence freedom. A post or thread should only be removed if it is CLEARLY and PROVEN to be wrong or defamatory(same thing.) Believe it or not, some people like a good old electronic joust on non-astronomy issues.At least a cyberstouch will not break any bones or leave you with a black eyepiece.
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Nothing about silencing freedom, criticism etc.
Well, I look at this forum (and others) like this. In my home I set the rules. If I invite other people into my home and they break those rules, I have the right to censor them, or simply kick them out. Those who break the rules cannot rufuse to leave because I am "silencing" their freedom. I made the rules when they entered my home.
Forums like IIS have rules which all members chose to accept upon joining. It may be a "public" forum on the outside to many, but in the end it it owned and operated by someone who sets the rules. don't like them? Go elsewhere. I have.