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Mary,
You may be confusing 'censorship' with 'rules'...
Only the government can censor, not a private business or individual. When the government edits reading lists, who can write, what they can write, who can broadcast, and what can be broadcast.... then we have censorship.
When 'Wall Mart' will not stock a particular CD, it is NOT censorship, rather; it is business making a decision. When someone comes over to my house, I insist they do not smoke. You may do the same. Mary, this is YOUR house... you call the rules. If you think someone has crossed the line, by all means, erase/ edit the post. This is your right. This is not censorship.... it is rules...
Now that we got that squared away.... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Excellent point.

I don't think we actually have any rules on this Open Forum, but maybe the F16 Forum could set up some rules that would make it easier for them to control.

You have put this into perspective for me. A group or class forum is THEIR house, designed to be inhabited by their "family," and they deserve to be able to protect themselves from endless outside harassment and lay down the rules of etiquette for visitors.

Sounds right to me.

The Open Forum is a whole different thing. The sailors on this forum are SO good at putting people in their place when they are out of line. It is self-moderating.