[Cerek the Barbaric]

Originally posted by Rokenn: The thread was about misguided people thinking that changing the evolution to 'biological changes over time' is a good idea not about religion. Also the other thread had to do with the free spending habits of Bush. Again not a religious topic. And in that thread Ziroc even felt he had to edit the title of thread as well.

Well, Ziroc IS the owner of the site and has commented numerous times in the past that there is not a "right of free speech" here. He holds the right to edit, delete, or lock any threads for content he feels is unsuitable at any time and without explanation.

I agree it is very frustrating to have a thread locked without explanation. If nothing else, an explanation would at least let all the members know exactly WHY a thread needed to be locked and could prevent the same "mistake" from being made by others in future threads.

Still, Ziroc is usually pretty good about answering PM's - especially when it involves a member complaint.

I was sorry to see the Evolution thread get locked also. I thought the discussion was going along pretty good. Unfortunately, any discussion of evolution will eventually bring religion into the discussion. Still, I felt the topic was being handled maturely and think that it could have developed without turning into a flamefest or not even necessarily a discussion of religion vs evolution.

But right now, religion is a taboo subject and ANY mention of it is likely to get a thread closed down. Sad, but true.