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Originally Posted by M. Krass
Remember kids, censorship is bad.
"'Tis better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt."
This is a wise sentiment that many have not yet taken time to understand. They should be given every opportunity to do so.
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I agree. If you censor one thing, it sets a dangerous precident to enable censoring in the future. That's the theory behind Slashdot- No posts can be deleted or edited. It's been a very contraversial stance for them, and they've been threatened with legal action a few times because of it. But the idea is if one post can be deleted, it opens the doors for other posts to be deleted. If that happens, there's no stopping how many posts can be deleted, or under what criteria a post would be eligable for deletion. Some would argue political or moral censorship, and the site would loose lots of credibility as people complained. Of course, this means there are plenty of trolls who take advantage of the system, but I think it's a small price to pay for the freedom of knowing your thoughts can be expressed without fear of censorship. It's easy enough to browse around trolls, but far more difficult to get your ideas heard in a public place without fear of ridicule or censoring.