There are many threads started that are intended to go a different direction than other threads that may on the surface appear similar or the same. In addition, what one person sees, another person due to prejudice will not. Take “god threads”, for example. There are those who would dismiss every single one out of hand without reading, thinking that they don’t say anything but “everything is relative and you can’t prove god exists, blah and blah and blah…” That’s fine. If it doesn’t float your boat move on and let live. However, look at this comment: “Oh, I don't mean the ones that actually say something.” So who’s the mind police making that particular judgement? No offense to the moderators, but I seriously doubt if any of you have PhDs in theology.
This thread about censorship comes to mind. It might be a good idea to review that particular thread to gauge the minds of your customers. That being said, far be it from me to place limits on the moderator’s ability to censure their own forum! However, I think a responsible form of censorship would be limiting the ability of new members to start new threads in certain sections. I think that in the book’s section, for example, only those who have… say… 500+ posts and pass an IQ test should be allowed to start new threads. Well, maybe that IQ test isn’t such a good idea, but someone who has posted 500+ times, even nonsense posts, will at least have an idea about what has been posted in the recent past. Sure, it will enrage a lot of Tolkien experts out there, but so be it. Since when does any form of censorship not enrage (I really hate that particular word) a certain group of people?