Of course censorship is a need on a forum. It is just the type of argument Roger makes that makes him such a nuisance and such a destructive force. He is no less destructive than Martin.

If there were no need for censorship, then forums wouldn't have moderators. That is their job, to moderate the forum to keep the discussion operating under decent guidelines. The premise this thread is operating under is bogus and another piece of troll bait.

The answer to the question posed is very simple. Yes. All forums and public venues need some form of censorship. You can't yell "fire" in a public place unless there is a fire. And you can't keep eating up bandwidth, provided at personal expense by the owner, without subjecting yourself to the rules.

I will continue to speak to the rules, and I will continue to delete threads which serve no purpose other than to attack others. It is time to stand for the things that made this place special to begin with.

Shambles, had Joe not said what he said earlier, I would have deleted this thread. You are saying nothing new, and that you haven't said ad nauseum in the past. At this point you are simply an anachronism to the Mudcat that folks chuckle about. I would block you but that is not my call. Instead I will concentrate on a campaign for appropriate moderation of this forum.

Mick