Why is censorship running rampant?
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THE YAHOO ANSWERS TEAM LETS THEIR 'POWER' GOTO THEIR HEAD.  THEY SAME WAY BARNEY FIFE'S POWER WENT TO HIS HEAD IN MAYBERRY.
689380
No, because that's taking away free speech. It's the same as telling people they cannot write or publish books....
766249
It is called censorship by the participants.  Just keep coming on your part. If someone does not like your view, they feel fine  about censoring you off the page.  It happens all the time.
965835
Yahoo ! Answers censors seem to think so !
1037423
Censorship is a dirty word, I do think there is such a thing as polite, but we in everyday life are bombarded by mfer this and f that, just turn on HBO or Cinamax, things that go on every afternoon on my tv are soft porn. I find it humorous that we all do the things that we censor ourselves with, I sh*t every morning, I fcuk every night. but I do not want you to pass the fcuking salt at the dinner table. It is really hard to understand why one thing is considered dirty and the same thing is ok. If you get it all figured out let me know.
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People being too politically correct is a major issue. It only dulls our senses to what is really going on and what is dangerous. We are becoming too...."tolerant" of immoral behavior, ruining innocence for our children too soon, allowing poison ideas to run wild in our country....giving too much leniancy to enemies of our ideals. ...etc. It's sick and sad. Probably a side effect from everyone being on LEGAL DRUGS pushed to us like candy from our doctors. It's turning everyone into zombies who think everything is fine and dandy.
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there's gotta be, same for answers and users.\nsomebody oughta do a site like this and take out all the damn censors.\n\nnot just the deleting of answers and questions, but also they should do away with replacing profanity with this thing  *\ni think it's called an asterisk\n\nany one who dissagrees can do what bender from futurama said\n\n\nBITE MY SHINY METAL A,S,S
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I have no idea why some fairly innocent questions are singled out for immediate removal, and yet some of the most godawful racist spew is allowed to remain. \n\nFor example, this is allowed to remain:\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AvmRPel_FqWQyGHqUnaxVXnsy6IX?qid=20061125162054AAvyLsw\n\nBut your question was removed. It seems like some kind of bizarre double standard. . .makes me wonder where the monitors are coming from, literally and metaphorically.
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Yes ... since I answerd a question and had the Herman Mellvile book "MOBY DICK" in the answer ... and it gets censored too. (see!!!!) The censor program is just looking for certain words not the content or context.  Too Bad!\n\nBut this is their ballpark, and we gotta play by their rules!!
637386
Censorship doesn't make much sense. The word "Jew" for a long time was not allowed in an online Scrabble game. Now they allow it. Does that make sense?\nSince four letter words are not allowed on some sites, some people type f-u-c-k, and the words go through. Does that make sense?\nPeople that use a 4-letter word in every sentence are boring, but how can words hurt us, as the old saying suggests?\nP.S. When I reread what I have just said, I must admit that some words do hurt, especially if they are true, but I don't think that justifies censorship which is subjecting us to another's sensitivities.
718167
CENSORSHIP IS A BITCH. thanks yahoo for "allowing" freedom of speech!
598821
There is no official censor board in the United States. There are plenty of people who form groups to influence what should be allowed in schools, but they don't have an official capacity.
1022974
well they are a communist nation, and censorship is what communists do. impure communism is corrupt and the ruling group still feels it needs to crush dissent. if the chinese government allowed uncesored blogs and search engines, the people would organize and overthrow the communist regime. china is just trying to hold to to what will soon be an extinct form of government.
500051
Don't they're there for you protection.  It's censors, by the way.\n\nHave fun in school today!
770825
The user agreement sets out the terms of use. Censorship occurs when a fellow members reports abuse of the agreement. Yahoo reviews the complaint and has the right to respond in any manner they please. Often the abuse report IS in response to something that is "Politically Incorrect". Remember, you paid nothing to join, you receive nothing for participating, you have no rights, you do not have the right to complain about anything that happens in Yahoo Answers.
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Unfortunately freedom of speech means we have to put up with jerks. \n\nHowever if there are abusive posts just keep reporting them till the writer of them gets barred. If it wasn't long ago that you reported it then maybe no one at yahoo has seen your complaint yet. \nAll you can do is avoid disgusting people, I suppose it's not our place to judge or condemn but that doesn't mean we have to listen to racism etc.
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This site censors "ma$turbation". There are not any negative ones. However there are positive ones.