Actually, I really take this point. I think I, and many other people, do kinda see that expressing one's opinion is a RIGHT and the internet especially is a platform for freedom.
But it isn't. This site is run and paid for by SOMEONE, and they're the people who have the rights to do whatever the **** they like. To post here is a 'privilege' (of crappy sorts), not a right.
I just automatically take the idealised view that moderators are actually fair, and people are free to say whatever they want. But you're quite right, I'll shut up.
This reads far more as some kind of back-handed compliment than it really is. I'm just setting out the status quo. Needlessly.
See? What a nice way to phrase things, Rich. Havoc would just have twisted my nips.