Dino, even if I were to say "My next-door neighbour is, in my opinion, a tight assed, beastiality supporting chicken who likes to molest hamsters" it still would count as slander (or if not slander, defimation of character). Just saying "In my opinion" does not exempt you from law.
As for my "extremist utopian ideals", I do not have a problem with people expressing a difference of opinion. In fact, I greatly encourage people expressing their opinion as long as they take the time to do it in a mature, calm way. An opinion should have something to ground it. There's no point saying "I think hell is cold" or "Spice Girls are {IMO} the best band in the world" unless you can back it up. Before posting an opinion, question it.
"How can anyone learn how to behave if everyone is too polite to say anything? How does censorship help in this scenario?"
The point of politeness is that people should be polite. I'll admit, people aren't polite. There's a kid on my road who (when he would have been around 5) called me a "lez bean".
This does not stop me from acting poilite. People should realise everyone else is a person, and treat them as they would treat themselves. (NOTE: I am not trying to religiously alter anyone, or suporting any particular religious belief. I just know we're all human. Comunities and Society require equality.)
As for censorship, if a young Odd fan sees people profaning on OWF, they'll assume it's the norm. I may be extremely old-fashioned about this, but I think censorship is necesary, but varies in intensity depending on the audience. If this site was "mature" rated, I would not encourage censorship.
As to your final statement (which I know is not directed at me), it seems that Ambi was just stating an opinion like you did. I did not see any statement of infallibility made, so it is your assumption that Ambi assumes s/he is infallable (which is probably flawed).
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