Censorship is patently wrong when it is the GOVERNMENT limiting your speech and expression.

Personal choice about what speech you allow in your own home is a form of censorship, but it is also an expression of the right of a property owner to decide what is acceptable/allowable on his/her property.

For example: hate speech is not allowed in my house, but (until recently, when my infant son joined the household) you could drop "f-bombs" or say things some consider blasphemous all day...

We used to have some friends, who visited once after they'd consumed too many drinks. The couple started dropping "n-bombs" (they were fighting with one another and trying to embarass each other). I censored their speech that night and they've not been back.

The board's rules have a purpose: they set a certain tone that most of us appreciate. The enforcement of the rules preserves the environment of educational and professional discourse (which does include the ability to engage in play/ fun).

I suspect we've all seen too many boards where the lack of rules (or lack of enforcement) made the board devolve into little more than filth and expletive. I don't want that to happen here. Thus, I think its okay for the BA to set the rules and the Admins to enforce them. THe board is essentially property - and the BA/Admins have the right to set and enforce any rules they choose.

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