Actually, the thread disappeared for some tyime before turning up here. And, as Bongo said, it belongs in the Oregon area where it started and is applicable.
I have no doubt that this discussion would have disappeared forever had some of us not caused such a ruckus. I've seen it happen here before.

The removal of the post was not censorship. It was simply removing something which should have been placed someplace else in the first place. A note could have been placed in the Oregon box to state the existance of the post in the other forum and the note probably not have been removed.

Why do some posters in these forums have a tendency to "over intellectualize" any subject which they "attempt" at address....

Also....censorship can ONLY be practiced by the government...not by an individually unless acting FOR the government. I do not believe that this site is owned by the US government therefore it is NOT possible for censorship to exist. This site is a privately owned property and any use of it...you or me...is solely by the permission of the owner (Keith). Rules and regulations by which use is allowed are available to anyone who will read them. Maybe some people should take some time to read the rules instead of posting long and extremely convoluted postings on the various forums...

Thanks.

No, censorship cannot only be practiced by the state. Go read any text on the Fourth Estate. If the daily paper in your hometown refuses to print, say, the news of a series of gay bashings, that's censorship. Jesus, what could be more fucking self-evident?

As for your complaint about the way some posters "over intellectualize": Perhaps it has more to do with the way you read.

Hey guys...we have another sterling example of the "genius" Bongo...and of course there is no sarcasm implied...LOL..

I think that "BONGO" exists only to be a pain in the ass of the rest of us who attempt to have a good time on the boards and follow threads. He is lurking around someplace ready to stick his nose into everyone else's business and add his very arrogant "two-cents worth". In Bongo's case...maybe its more like one and one half cent's worth...anyway.....
he will not go away...or make sense....either one would be very acceptable in my opinion..

The Fourth Estate.....Everyone knows what the Fourth Estate is but must you mention it in every post you make.....Please..it grows a bit tiresome...as do you!!

Censorship can ONLY be practiced by the GOVENRMENT. The last time I read the US Constitution I did not notice Keith mentioned in it. He is not one of the Three Branches of Government (note...no Fourth Estate there)...to my knowledge he is not President Bush or a member of the Supreme Court.....he is PROBABLY not even Attorney General John Ashcroft.......BONGO will probably argue that webmaster Keith is an alien controlled by the CIA to convolute everything that he (Bongo) attempts to get across to us....(LOL)

You need to give it a rest........This is not
censorship...This so-called "problem" is simply a businessman trying to enforce the rules which he has established in order to efficiently run a business. This website is a business.....not a stage for a group of Eleanor Cliff want-a-be's to make a name for themselves...

Get over it...and give it a rest...

GOOD WORK KEITH......Please keep up the great job which you have been doing...and PLEASE remove another other nonsense which need to be removed.....or placed in its proper forum.

Oh yeah, you're making a real case for your argument...and yourself. My feelings are hurt.

At the risk of making a few people mad I have decided to close this topic because I feel we have gotton off target. I don't like doing this and I thought about it all day, but I don't like the direction it is going. Keith runs this web site and if he wants to make any changes he can do whatever he want's. I don't believe for a minute that Keith believes in censorship or promotes it. As with any thing in a free county if you don't like something make a change. There are other web site out there that list sex sites but I feel that this is the best one. Let's just try to keep this forum on topic and try to remember as a people we can be our own worst enemies and I think we need to direct our energy to the people who really want to shut us down and censor the web. Thank-you