Those who would deny our freedoms and attempt to justify this, will always try to hide behind the so-called 'rules' and find many solid sounding reasons for their actions. This why it is so important for us to always be consistent in supporting this freedom, even or especially when the views being expressed are not to our taste.

Freedom in a communal domain such as the Mudcat also invokes responsibility. Especially when the medium is someone else's property, and not just a God-given imaginary natural plain somewhere. So if you step on toes, and get a post edited or deleted in consequence, it is not some diaboloical affront aga9inst your natural freedoms. It is the management of a community establishing the standards of the community as best they can--a responsibility which is theirs to carry out...

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