There is a difference between censoring antisocial behaviour (swear words, personal attacks & insults etc), and censoring views on the basis of a political opinion.
Bill,
You missed my point entirely (and yes I did get your point before). Antisocial behaviour IS a matter of opinion, PERIOD. The majority generally determines what anti-social behavior is, but that does not change the fact that it is their VIEW, which can be in opposition to other peoples VIEWS. For instance, in America, public nudity is considered bad behavior and against the law. There are many here who disagree with that, however, they will be arrested if they express their VIEWS. Censoring is censoring no matter how you try to color-coat it, however, that does NOT make it a bad thing.
This site DOES censor, it is NOT a bad thing, but if you CENSOR people, you are going to be accused of taking sides, PERIOD. To contrast, Moo Bunny DOES NOT censor, it is also NOT a bad thing, but it too DOES have its down sides.
This site is continually being accused of applying pro-Genesi censorship, which as far as I can tell is not true.
I think it should be obvious as to why this site is considered pro-Genesi, because of Wayne, his previous position as webmaster, his recent employment by Genesi and his continued involvment of this site. Do those facts make the accusations correct?
HELL NO. Does that mean Wayne should stop being involved with the site?
HELL NO But those facts do mean the moderators need to walk a very thin line with their moderation or they will be accused of it. If Amiga.org does not want to be accused of taking sides, it needs to be very careful how it applies its moderation.
It is however significant that the people who make those accusations are huge supporters of a site that openly does apply political censorship to its forums in favour of Amiga Inc.
As stated before, what should be censorsed is a matter of opinion and so are the reasons why. You may believe the censorship happens because of "political" agenda and the censors may feel it's because they violate the websites policies. Just because you disagree with them, does not make you right.
On the other hand, I have more respect for a website that OPENLY applies political censorship than one that applies political censorship but claims it does not.
For the record, I have not seen Amiga.org apply any political censorship and would be very disappointed if they started. (Unless of course they announced that was their intention before hand) (I missed all of the comments that supposedly got Ray removed, so I refuse to take side in that mess since I don't know all of the facts)