Denying the censorship, that is just either intellectual dishonesty, or just some kind of quick response that wasn't well thought out.
Ugh.... Censorship this, censorship that... It's absurd to cry about the censorship on Amiga.org or most any web forum. It's not a public forum. The Amiga.org staff doesn't "owe" anyone the ability to post or respond in any way. Amiga.org is a moderated forum. It makes this fact very clear.
To take an example from the United States. If you're a US citizen, you have the right to peacably assemble and discuss or protest. You DON'T have the right to do it on my lawn, if I don't want you to. Why? Because it's my private property.
So, no, Amiga.org is not censored. Amiga.org is moderated. I don't think anyone is trying to hide this fact.
So did the moderation of this off-topic and tedious thread improve the site - that's the counter argument, if you ask me.
Fixed that for you.
BTW, I'd argue the answer was yes, as the moderation of this thread would also improve the site.
Edit to add:
As I reread my reply, I see my tone wasn't exactly as I meant it.
MarkTime, I largely agree with your post, with just the one glaring mistake. Amiga.org is not a public forum. Amiga.org isn't censoring anything or anyone -- they're maintaining their forum. If you don't like Amiga.org's moderation, you're free to go elsewhere and set up a forum as you see fit. If Amiga.org was somehow preventing you from doing that (paying off corrupt ISPs or governments to disconnect you?)... THAT would be censorship.
