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Originally Posted by Winnipesaukee
Mr. Webmaster, what exactly are you trying to hide?
Unfortunately, this is the definition of censorship. Just because you say your actions are not censoring anyone, does not mean that you are right. It is your opinion, which is just as valuable as anybody else's here (which you can now "pre-censor").
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I can't speak for Don. I can tell you that I consider him to be VERY LIBERAL in what he has allowed to be posted on his site.
I am GLAD he is "hiding" (not the word I would choose) or preventing some inflammatory, rude, unfriendly, off-topic, personal attacks and unnecessary posts that do NOT add to the information or the spirit of the Winnie dot com community. They do not conform to appropriate debate. IMO he's not hiding information or ideas. It is the way some of those ideas are presented. Some are/were in a very combative, nasty and unfriendly (often repetitive) manner.
Re-read Skip's posts. Skip should be a Judge. He is impartial and tells it like it is. He echos the thoughts of many of us.
As one who was around here when the Winnie dot com forums started I am sorry to see things getting to this point and I fully understand the motivation. Whether you (anyone) like it or not. It's Webmaster's system. He can run it as he sees fit to do. He bends over backwards to make this available to all of us. He doesn't have to let anyone post anything but during my years here he has been very fair (and yes, I've been moderated and edited a few -rare- times over the years - justifiably so as I occasionally have walked a fine line
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Accept it. Webmaster Don is a benevolent dictator
Thanks Don!