is having your question deletd violate you freedom of speech?
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I don't think so.  I think that Yahoo, as an individual corporation sponsoring this forum, has the right to delete questions or answers.  You are free to start your own forum where you can say almost anything you want without fear of prosecution.
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I've said here on more than one occasion people should learn to respect the rights of others to ask anything they want.\nIf they don't like the question they don't need to answer it, but why do they feel they have the right to ask for it to be banned? \nWho made them better people than us that they can judge what is and isn't OK to answer?\n\n\nI'll say it again if you people want censorship and all that is associated with it, have questions banned, if you want freedom of speech you have to take the rough with the smooth and accept that there are people with ideas that you won't like.\n\n\nTo answer the question: I think that given the same circumstances and an even chance there will be no difference in the intelligence of any race. We're all as stupid as each other.\nIf ethnic minorities get a level playing field is a completely different question.
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Yahoo, does not seem to have a very good position on what can be ask, I am a Bush basher, ( I have my own reasons) I have had questions removed for what I felt was no reason. I have seen Bush supporters get the same treatment, but maybe because this whole thing is fairly new. I think if somebody reports a question or an answer it is automatically removed. It is like I wrote to them, just because someone does not agree with your answer should not be reason to remove it. Unless it is profane or truly objectionable they should leave it alone. All I get for an answer is a link to their policy. So I don't know. You should have had every right to ask that question freely and I should have the same right to answer it.
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You are entitled to your opinion and it is censorship to remove any opinion even if it is racist, sexist, obscene or inflamatory.\n\nI personally find your opinion insulting, but I would gladly defend your right to both have and speak it.\n\nFreedom is having to tolerate a man screaming at the top of his lungs what you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours.
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ooo thats funny but its rude\n\nsure to get deleted
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bye bye..you like having your questions removed don't you!
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Yeah.  Here's a prime example:\n\n\nHello,\n\nThank you for writing to Yahoo! Answers.\n\nThank you for participating in Yahoo! Answers.  We will investigate \nreports of possible violations of the Yahoo! Terms of Service and the \nYahoo! Community Guidelines and will take appropriate action.\n\nYahoo! may, in appropriate circumstances and in its sole discretion, \nterminate, or take other action on, the accounts of users who appear to \nhave violated the Yahoo! Terms of Service or Yahoo! Community \nGuidelines.\n\nWe invite you to visit the Yahoo! Terms of Service and Yahoo! Community \nGuidelines. These documents can be found at:\n\n   http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/\n\n   http://answers.yahoo.com/info/community_guidelines.php\n\nThank you again for contacting Yahoo! Customer Care.\n\nRegards,\n\nChloe Mitchell\n\nYahoo! Customer Care\nhttp://www.yahoo.com/\n\n27675362\n\n\n\nOriginal Message Follows:\n-------------------------\n\nHuh?\nCan you identify either the "slur" or "epithet" that is is viloation?\n\nPeter Kemph\n\n\n----- Original Message ----\nFrom: Yahoo! Answers <answers-abuse@cc.yahoo-inc.com>\nTo: pk848484@yahoo.com\nSent: Thursday, November 2, 2006 11:48:07 AM\nSubject: Violation Notice Email\n\n\nHello PETER K (pk848484)\nYou have posted content to Yahoo! Answers in violation of our Community \nGuidelines. As a result, your content has been deleted.\nQuestion: What has caused religion to re-enter politics so vigorously?\nQuestion Details: I believe that human society is headed toward a \nculminating battle of good vs. evil. It's important to consider this as \na viable take on reality, and to consider which "side" one might want be\non. To take it a step further, I also believe that Isalm is a religion \ncreated by Satan unto himself (aka "Allah"). Whether it's politically \ncorrect or not, this may be truth. If it is, then it is imperative that \nour leaders be in tune with the Creator of our Universe; our existence \nas we know it may be more threatened than we realize.... At the risk of \nsounding like a Bible-thumper, please consider the claims of Christ; He \nis either telling the truth or the biggest liar that ever lived. You \ndecide....\nSource(s):\nExperience\nDeleted Answer: I believe that human society is headed toward a \nculminating battle of good vs. evil. It's important to consider this as \na viable take on reality, and to consider which "side" one might want be\non. To take it a step further, I also believe that Islam is a religion \ncreated by Satan unto himself (aka "Allah"). Whether it's politically \ncorrect or not, this may be truth. If it is, then it is imperative that \nour leaders be in tune with the Creator of our Universe; our existence \nas we know it may be more threatened than we realize.... At the risk of \nsounding like a Bible-thumper, please consider the claims of Christ; He \nis either telling the truth or the biggest liar that ever lived. You \ndecide....\nReason of Violation:Epithets & Slurs\nYahoo! Answers is a service provided to all of our Yahoo! users and we \nreserve the right to remove your content at any time for any reason. By \nposting content on Yahoo! Answers, you agree that you will not post any \ncontent that is in violation of our Community Guidelines, or the Yahoo! \nTerms of Service. You may read the Yahoo! Community Guidelines at: http://answers.yahoo.com/info/community_guidelines.php\nWe invite you to visit the Yahoo! Terms of Service at: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/\n\nIf you have feedback on this violation, please contact Customer Care.\nYahoo! Answers Team
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Global? Are you serious? Of course not. There are countries where freedom of speech is a joke.\n\nAh, well if you are specifically talking about Yahoo, then no, there is not freedom of speech, there are rules and terms of use. I have no problem with them. There is no need to do any of the things that go against the rules of the site. There is a mature and respectful way to answer any question on this site while being both honest and within the guidelines of the site. Some have the ability to do that, and some don't.
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they removed one of mine yesterday.  it isn't prejudice but it is censorship.  they have vulgar questions and answers yet the removed ours.   we could boycott but then what would i do at work all day?  work-lol!
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I really wish you hadn't deleted the other question.  I had a great answer I was posting when it told me you had deleted it.  This is not a good question because a democracy is the ONLY way to go.  I personally don't want to be dictated to about how to live my life.
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Apparently one of the yahoo members that answer and ask questions found your question to be offensive thus turning you in and then having your question deleted.  It happens, some do not take kindly to what he or she feels offensive and then they report you and your question gets deleted.  I've even had one of my answers reported and it wasn't half as bad as the rest.\n\nHang in there!
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Compared to some of the Questions that remain and get Answered on this site is ridiculous. No you can not Mention any\nthing about any Religion Except Christianity. I do not believe your Question should have been deleted. To tell you something your Question has been attacked by a herd of overly sensitive Religious Nuts. Believe you me you are not alone in having Questions removed because of some S**T Excuse.
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No. Considering their feelings will change your question, and then you won't get the answer you may need.  Never censor yourself just to mollify the feelings of others.
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I've had a negative violation scorefor that kind of question.\nSo, you better remove it.
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I would like to think they would be responsible in some ways as to find and delete those kinds of questions as quickly as possible. \nespecially with so many people reporting him for abuse. \ni mean they were quick enough to give me a violation for chatting, all because someone posted that i was a skinhead and had a nasty site somewhere, \nso i asked this person what he meant, next thing i know a violation email.\nCatch the weirdo's as quick as you catch the simple mistakes.
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Yes, they do. It was your violation not their violation. Which questions of yours were removed? I can't imagine why anyone would report you. lol
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Hah!   I would have said that a while ago.      I  and  an increasing number of  Q & A  members are finding themselves being outrageously and  arbitrarily  censored...  having either a  question or an answer deleted by Yahoo for no other reason  than  that somebody thought it would be a fun thing to report   a  non-existent  "abuse"     Yahoo does not look into the allegation to see if it  was at all valid, and  evidently  they don't give a  darn.    So before you  get too comfortable  with your  feelings of  "lovely  freedom to  express your thoughts and ideas"   wait  a  while.    It  seems to have become  the current  fun thing to do to  somebody who hasn't posted a doggone thing that you would even hesitate  to let your grandmother read.