Originally posted by renig:
unfortunately, even Nigel, who threatened to remove a contributor's comments (well, I suppose it is 'your' site, sir) is seeming to side with him.
You are completely wrong. You may not have seen the offensive remark used to complete the posting before I edited it out. Usually I don't waste my time editing and just remove the entire posting. But in this case I decided to give the poster the benefit of the doubt and I just removed the offensive line. How do you see that as me siding with someone ? If anyone posts something that is blatantly abusive I will remove it no matter what the point of view is. And I only warn about it once.
Free speech is for everyone, young and old alike. Let's not forget that.
This was not a matter of freedom of speech but about being offensive to the other BBS members. You are not free to be abusive. This is a private BBS, freedom of speech is no more guaranteed here than you'd allow strangers to walk into your own living room and say whatever they want.
Having said that, this thread is now closed.
[This message has been edited by Nigel (edited 10-12-2004).]