Windrider wrote:...and, I do support the idea that the owner of a free website has the right to enforce whatever censorship rules he/she thinks are appropriate...
If this was the case, Toby should have stated as such... "I, Toby, was offended by the insult to my good friend, Kristin... I don't want a site that is synonymous with my name to be an outlet for insults at my friends... however, "tasteful" peep shots of naked girls do not offend me so therefore ok..."
But this was not Toby's message... he chose to justify it in a lecturing manner that we all see through as double standards... accusing and admonishing people for being "disrespectful"... his response is disrespectful to us all for putting up with insults on this site from time to time... that's the spirit of loose accetaple speech here, right?
Toby should simply have admitted that the comments offended him personally and that why he deleted them. Accept the consequences and critical comments that inevitably will come. Clearly, it's much worse to justify the action in such a weak manner.
Next will be brands wanting bad news deleted "without proof"