Quote from: dbz4u on January 24, 2013, 07:50 amQuote from: grahamgreene on January 24, 2013, 07:29 amHi nanpa2001,I presume - going by the registration date shown on your profile - that you're relatively new here. I bring this up because it implies that you don't know what this community was like prior to December 2012. Censorship has never been a part of our community. As it has never been a part of our community, it is neither essential nor required in any way in order to maintain the 'character' of the forums. The forums have changed a lot since I first joined, and its character with it. That will continue to change as the months and years go by.Maintaining character is not the priority here; freedom is the priority here. I'm not talking about anybody infringing anyone's freedom of speech, I'm talking about freedom itself, represented by our ability to express ourselves freely without censorship here, which is the wish of the site's creator.This is not a private forum - it is a public forum, denoted by the fact that it is open to membership for all. It is, however, a privately owned forum. Its owner is a person who disagrees with censorship, and has stated his/her intent and desires regarding this numerous times here. Read through the first few pages of DPR's posts and you'll get a better idea where I'm coming from when I say that censorship is not something that we should even consider here.Moderation is required, yes, in order to keep the forums clear of spam and to ensure topics are posted / kept in the relevant sub-forums. Moderation is not the same as censorship. If someone wishes to espouse offensive thoughts here, they should be allowed to do so - in the interest of freedom. That is what Silk Road stands for; feedom against oppression. Censorship is the first step to oppression. I can say with near 100% certainty that if DPR weighs in on this debate that he/she will share my views on this particular topic. The reason I say that is as a result of his/her Agorist and Libertarian ideals, and his/her previous posts regarding the freedoms we enjoy here.- grahamgreeneFine, hate speech section, where you can rant and rave about the jews, blacks and whatever the fuck else you wierd people want them to be able to do. Just don't bring that shit onto the main forums and piss people off, there is a time and place for that(if ever), not in an argument over whether what you said should be where it was originally(as was roky's qualm).I am a 'weird person' because I wish everyone to have the opportunity to espouse their views, regardless of whether or not others agree/disagree or choose to be offended by those views?! That is absurd. ???I do agree with you regarding not bringing "that shit" up in the main Silk Road discussion sub-forum as it has nothing to do with Silk Road itself; such threads should be moved to the Off topic sub-forum - i.e. moderated, not censored.- grahamgreene