clairise,

The longer you can lurk when you're new to a place the less likely you are to put your foot in the middle of it. Take a reading of the membership by reading multiple posts and threads, and if you're curious about how a topic has been discussed in the past, use the "Lyrics and Knowledge Search" at the top of the page and deselect "DT" (Digital Tradition, where lyrics to songs are stored in a database) and search on "Forum" only. The fewer search words the better usually with that.

As you have discovered, "censorship" by any other name is still censorship. You've put your thumb on a hot button here at the 'Cat.

Rather the prescribing censorship, take in the waters "above the line" for a while and immerse yourself in the more civil side of Mudcat. It'll do you good.

SRS