I'm not against all censorship, as evidenced by the following:
I do not want this thread to be about the merits of censorship. If you can't think of several arguments for and against it, Google "pros and cons of censorship" and quietly ponder that.
Still, I am disturbed that a college student's reply downplays censorship, as though conditioning has already happened. Whatever one thinks is the purpose of college, it surely doesn't exclude learning in general.
Where forums go wrong, in my opinion, is when they ostensibly are open to all people and all discussion (in the appropriate sub-forum or thread), but then unofficially discourage various polite expression of beliefs.
That returns me to college and the education system in general. It's like few people these days know how to properly debate, which is a skill that has to be taught somewhere; and even the ability of intelligent people to think rationally seems to have deteriorated.
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