Censorship

I spent a long time in the military...joined up when I was just a kid (had just turned 17) and sometime between that time, and the time I left the military (many years later), I'd become a man. But that's not my point. My point is that, having spent so much time in the military, I spent alot of that time thinking about, and honoring, the oath of enlistment...more specifically, the portion that obligated me to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies, both foriegn and domestic. Well, one of the most important parts of that particular scrap of paper is the Bill of Rights, which includes the first amendment (hence it's first place position) which guarantees all citizens of the U.S. the freedom of religeon, speech, press, peaceful assembly, and the right to petition the government for redress of grievence. But the only important part of that here, is the freedom of speech. While I may not like what someone says, the way they say it, their reasons for saying it... hell I may even despise them personally, I would, in an instant and without a second thought, defend to the death their right to say it. And I hope that I'm not the only member of this forum who would do so. I'm sure there are a great number of international members on this forum (and I'm glad there are), but this forum is American based, I'm quite sure, and while the moderators have every right to ban anyone they wish, on any whimsical reason they wish to conjure, I'd prefer to think they have enough patriotism deep in their blood to allow Tunny, and any other asshole who wants to show what an asshole he really can be, say whatever they like, to whomever they like. While racism truly is despicable, censorship is a thousand times more so.