It's not that I'm defending "the freedom to be offensive". I think that, when people post in ways that are intended to hurt other people, and to damage the way we can get along here together and learn from each other, and enjoy each others company, they are abusing their freedom, and attacking the freedom of the rest of us.

But there's a real limit to what can be done to stop that kind of thing, here as in the big world. Go down that road, and the qualities that make the Mudcat worthwhile could be irreparably damaged.