The reason for starting this thread was not to condone the Ugly Wives thread. It was to do with the wider issue of censorhship. I was concerned that PPRuNe was becoming boring. Jet Blast used to be hilarious, then we got the introduction of legal considerations (necessary, but unfortunate). I occasionally still look in Jet Blast but not nearly as much as I used to. I still check in with Mil Aircrew but find precious little that keeps me amused - serious issues only seemed to be the order of the day. Nothing wrong with that, but where had the banter gone (it had gone before the majority of mil aircrew had gone to the desert). Ugly Wives was a "blow for freedom" in a way, despite the bad taste, but if the moderators didn't like it thay should have killed it completely and given a reason, not taken the underhand action they have done.