Guitar, saying things like "Don't argue with these people..." makes it even harder to have a reasoned debate.
There are always reasons why people feel as they do.
I know that you always say sorry afterwards, but the damage is done by then.

InOBU, I think that you got things mixed up again. There has been no press censorship here since WW2.
Misguidedly, for a time certain voices could not be broadcast, but all the words were still broadcast and published.
In all the years of the Troubles, I do not recall any journalist being shot.