Nemesis,I think you have misunderstood.
I, and I am sure others, are not objecting to censorship and regard it as an essential part of any Forum or Blog. It is essential to keep people's private information and bad language off the system but to censor a word such as the one beginning with r and the one beginning with t is tantamount to idiocy. I wanted to put RIP in full on the Amy Winehouse Obit but it would not be accepted. Instead I got "o in Peace". How ridiculous does that look. So I had to change my whole comment.
Running a Forum or Blog is not easy for Moderators as they have to keep watch on almost an hourly basis.
As for being affected by information - I have had my share of aggravation as some on this Forum can confirm. Being an ex Councillor with a fairly high profile some seem to regard me as a target for their inane comments. Let them come as far as I am concerned, I'm a big boy now with broad shoulders and thick skin. All I ask is that they leave my family alone. I am quite capable of taking care of my own problems.
Let the Forum continue but lets keep it on a proper footing from both contributors and Administrators.