How come political and religious questions are quickly censored?
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Only some, not all.\n\nIt has become self-evident there is a Troll or Trolls here.
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People get enthusiastic about talking about their faith, or talking about an issue that seems to involve their set of beliefs. It just so happens God is a hot topic, espeically on these boards. Part of the problem may be (and i have to admit i dont know what your questions were) no feels they know enough to answer your questions. Much like most people on here id imagine, i try and answer questions that i think i can have some benefit to the asker. If your questions were either too specific or about an area no one felt comfortable answering (other than the wiki paste) then that might be why.
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Okay that was rude. But censorship sucks too, and where would they draw the line? I don't think they have time to check out every single thing we write on here anyway. You have to be pretty tough to play here sometimes. Just ignore rude people and be happy about the nice respectful ones who don't act that way. Or if someone says something really bad report them.
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I could see if you were being vulger or using a lot of profanity, just for the fact that there are some very young people who use this site, however, the question that you had on here that was censored was not of any distaste. It was certainly retarded, and it had no relevence to anything, but it was not something that needed to be censored. We live in a country that was at one time "Free". It has now become so politically correct you cant say or do anything without offending someone.
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I think the fact that you were scolded in the first place is an example of the underlying problem western society faces.  We all believe in freedom of speech, to the point that ignorant, irrational and illogical cartoons about a sacred religious leader are allowed, albeit with some disdain, under the ideals of freedom of speech.  Yet so many great questions, like yours, based on logic, are completely written off as taboo.  I too like to discuss the "unmentionable" issues that are in fact key to our society's progression.  A huge example is the "unpatriotic" label alot of Americans got back in '03.
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lol! Sorry Libby, I guess excessive typing leads to a lack of self censorship.\n\nHave you checked your other answers recently?
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Don't let it bother you.  Any one can cause a censor from questions and answers by simply clicking on the abuse tab and complaining about your answer.\nHappened to me.  Some one said my answer was neither a question or an answer.  go figure.\nForget it, it'll happen again.  You can bet on that.\nReally I feel the questions and answers staff should spend a little time and check out a reported abuse rather than just notify you that you have been censored.\nJust do not get a major censor from Question and answers it's self.  They are the only ones to worry about.\nAnswer on, my friend.
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Censorship can not truelly be justified in any sense.  It is simply societies way of controlling what they do not agree with.
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Because any straight answer will be used out of context against them at a later date. Any statement without enough reservations to clog the idea will end up in a campaign commercial against them, showing how heartless they are.\n\nJust look at most of the political answers on this service. You never see any straight answers, just comments on how evil someone else is.
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I don't think there is any rhyme or reason for deleting questions. I saw the green ooze one and looked no farther - it sounded so disgusting. My theory is that there are so many questions asked they can't check on each one so they are mindlessly deleted if reported. Stupid system all around. You'd think computer geeks could come up with a better mousetrap - er, I mean hamster trap.
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The site would be better with less censorship in the Political and Religion sections. There's an old saying "Never discuss religion or politics."  That is because they are explosive. Yahoo should just censor profanity, racism, and illegality. There would be a freer exchange of ideas. The censorship on Yahoo  now is much stricter than TV or radio. There is no need for that. Those who are offended can leave. Those who want a lively discourse can stay. I have actually learned a lot being on this site. But if it becomes watered-down and stale, it will be worthless. This site has made me angry, made me laugh, and has been good entertainment, and educational. I hope Yahoo does not increase its censorship even more.
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I have had this happen also.  It depends on the time of ay sometimes and how fast questions are being posted.  Sometimes they don't stay up long enough for people to read them.
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http://www.rockthevote.org/censorship/cen_history.php
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Free speech has some limitations, like not screaming fire in a closed theatre. Thus, it is not unrestricted, and whenever it goes against the basic morals of the country it should be deemed as detrimental. In these times of electronic communications, free speech needs to be reviewed and more limits imposed.\n\nThere are some 'cons' to restricting it, if it is done by irresponsible people or Satanists. For example, the left is trying to make it impossible for Christian people to voice their faith. So having public prayer is restricted in some institutions. That is a huge 'con' on restricting free speech, since the people who want to push religion out of our lives are the same who would benefit from a decadence in our moral values: homosexuals, pedophiles, communists, etc.
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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.
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There is too much censorship in Yahoo. I'm a resaonable person, I don't offend anyone. But if some nut just reports, Yahoo removes the question or answer. they even close some of the accounts altogether.
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First, if these sites are censored, it might be a bad idea to proxy around those censorships.  Otherwise, you can try a proxy bypass site, in which you enter the web address, and the proxy site goes around the censorship somehow.  Try http://www.unipeak.com/