[QUOTE=fmgc]exSimGuy
(IMHO) no need to discuss further.[/quote]
Quite the opposite, this most definitely needs to be discussed. Whether censorship is justified or not it must not go unchallenged, lest we should end up in a Totalitarian state, (or maybe even a Theocracy!)
It's a very common mistake that free speech in a forum means just that. It doesn't. Period. Nothing to do with dictatorship.
Two things to be considered.
First of all, all of us here are guests in this forum, as in any other. The owner of any forum has evey right to remove posts he deems damaging or just not compliant with his policies.
Secondly, any forum owner can and will be held responsible by anyone who feels his rights have been violated by posts in a forum. Therefore, removal of such threads pending investigations is necessary to protect the owner and with him the forum as a whole.
I think Danny has said it clearly and in a very eloquent post. So let's wait and see.