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Entry: [comment deleted] Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/comment_deleted#22401 Post contents: I understand the desire to avoid abusive language, and, indeed, in the past (last year) I complained about the use of "four letter" words, and the need for courtesy, even in strongly-worded messages. But, at the same time, I have numerous doubts about the kind of censorship that apparently some who write messages apparently desire for this list. Apparently, some would like to proscribe entirely discussions that deal with Judaism, or World War II, or race, or some other "hot" topics that, for some, seem beyond the pale. Certainly, well-spoken responses and discussion are desirable on such topics...but would we "ban" a Dr. E. Michael Jones, or a Kevin Macdonald, for instance, from authoring messages and/or articles on this site? What about the distinguihsed professor Philippe Rushton on race and genetics, Jared Taylor? Or, what about someone such as myself, with strongly-held views on religious liberty, the meaning of Vatican II's declaration Nostra Aetate? Last year I wrote on this list at lenghth (and in debate) about such issues. How--and where--and who---would draw such lines? I was called at that time by a couple posters an "anti-semite." For those old enough to remember, go back and read issues of the National Review, beginning in the 1950s, and then 1960s, up to recently. Every so many years, Buckley would "excommunicate" another grouping. I remember vividly what happened to M.E. Bradford, for his views on Lincoln. Are we then going to excommunicate a distinguished author such as E. Michael Jones for his very critical history of revolutionary impulses within Judaism? What about Alfred de Zayas and James Bacque on the final days of World War II and the "extermination" of German expellees from eastern Europe? Perhaps these are not good examples, and such good writers would not run the risk of being banned. But, there are indeed some persons who contribute to this forum on a regular basis who consistently and repeatedly urge banning of those that THEY consider "browns" or "Nazis" or "racists." I understand the desire to maintain decorum and stay on topic and refrain from certain usages, but it seems to me that there is worse danger in attempting to ban or censor messages, even if in the opinion of most on this list they are idiotic or hateful. It is, very simply, the slippery slope.... No thanks. Sent at: 2008 08 30