Censorship On Amiga.org...

[Britelite]

My point is this, is it right for one person to have the power of censorship over many or has freedom of speech been dealt another blow here.

Freedom of speech has nothing to do with it. You're always free to express your opinion, but nobody has the obligation to provide you with a medium for it.

[Britelite]

When you have paid for membership as I have done, then that does indeed give me some form of right here, to express my opinions in this medium...

Yes, you always have the right to express you opinion, but you don't own this particular medium and must still follow it's rules. Just because I've paid an entrance-fee to a bar doesn't mean I don't need to follow the rules of said bar, and if I break the rules the staff can ask me to stop or throw me out. Locking a thread is the staff asking people to stop, and if they still continue (in another thread) they can very well ban (throw out) the offender.

[Britelite]

I don't claim to own this particular medium, If you had read what I said correctly you would understand that I am merely expressing what I feel about this matter and hoping, not demanding, that Argo would be quite simply willing to explain with a bit more detail why he chose to take this action.

Fair enough, although he already mentioned the reason to closing the thread. No need to throw around accusations of censorship or how this would be limiting freedom of speech. Censorship in this case would be removing the whole thread, but everything is still free for all to read.