ProgArchives censorship

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I'm starting to see what I consider to be excessive censorship on this site. It started with the posting. A** instead of Ass and that sort of thing. Some of it may have been self censorship to be sure. I've censored myself out of respect for other site visitors. But now I see this sort of thing happening. These are different images than what they were a few years ago.

http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=5259

And this

http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=14576

My feeling is that someone (site administrator??) is going too far with this sort of thing and damaging the artistic integrity of what was done by the bands. We're not a bunch of 12 year old's here and even if 12 year old's visit the site what are they being protected from, cleavage, bare butts?? Give me a break!!  In Canada we value freedom of expression and I thought the US liked to wave the oh so holy "Free Speech" flag as well. I really would like to hear from as many members as possible on this so I can understand if there is a disconnect between what we all expect as members and what we are 'given' by the controlling parties or if I'm just out in left field all be myself.

Poll Question: Is the PA site becoming overly censored?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Yes	21	[56.76%]
No	8	[21.62%]
I hadn't noticed until now	8	[21.62%]
This topic is closed, no new votes accepted

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	I'm starting to see what I consider to be excessive censorship on this site. It started with the posting. A** instead of Ass and that sort of thing. Some of it may have been self censorship to be sure. I've censored myself out of respect for other site visitors. But now I see this sort of thing happening. These are different images than what they were a few years ago. http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=5259 And this http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=14576 My feeling is that someone (site administrator??) is going too far with this sort of thing and damaging the artistic integrity of what was done by the bands. We're not a bunch of 12 year old's here and even if 12 year old's visit the site what are they being protected from, cleavage, bare butts?? Give me a break!! In Canada we value freedom of expression and I thought the US liked to wave the oh so holy "Free Speech" flag as well. I really would like to hear from as many members as possible on this so I can understand if there is a disconnect between what we all expect as members and what we are 'given' by the controlling parties or if I'm just out in left field all be myself.
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