Wednesday, November 19, 2008

censorship NO

Its hard to believe that valid posts have been removed from this forum. If they were inaccurate, or libelous, or deliberately distorted it might be one thing but the posts about the numbers regarding the bathrooms, CC, and pool meets and practices all seem to be pretty much on target. If the numbers were off somebody would and should have called them on it and presented better numbers that THEY believe are accurate. BUT that didnt happen, probably because they have no numbers that are actually believeavle. I guess the webmaster has the right to edit his own website if he wants, but if only some comments are edited and there is NO explanation, well, then it sounds a LOT like our secretive and censored City government, and people will find a forum that allows more freedom of expression. Fortunately most of those posts were copied and sent along to interested parties as they were posted, in my case. I could see those adolescent, racist, and profane comments being removed, but the rest? Smacks of censorship, doesnt it? There ARE other blogs that dont censor opposing comments unless they are patently untrue, libelous, racist, profane, or character assassinations. Rational and documented facts and figures are welcomed there, but will be challenged for accuracy and intent. Theres a GreenGuy and a SpringsBlogger on blogspot that has a blog like that, I have heard.

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