Here's an interesting discussion on another forum about the merits of Freedom of Speech vs Reality on the internets.
richlowe from another forum:Our forums are not intended to promote freedom of speech at the cost of losing members, upsetting the group as a whole, or causing problems. They are intended to communicate about certain issues.
Thus, the moderators of the forums have a responsibility to ensure that posts which the group would find upsetting, grossly off-topic or designed to cause trouble (flaming, for example) are deleted and members who continually violate this are removed...
A moderator must be ruthless or the group is in danger. In fact, a moderator who is not actively deleting posts on a regular basis and banning unruly members is not doing his job.
I tend to agree with most of those folks, including the quote above. WGT has the responsibility, first and foremost, to protect it's community. Absolute free speech does not exist anywhere, on a forum or in the streets. A classic example of that is yelling "FIRE!" in a crowded movie theater. You will get arrested and any "Freedom of Speech" argument will fall on it's face.
If you truly want free speech, then write a blog, otherwise we're bound to the rules that WGT sets forth in it's Terms & Conditions that govern our use of the site.