On 26 Aug 2007 at 16:07, Armed Blowfish wrote:

It doesn't matter if the attack site is 'evil' or not. It doesn't even matter if the content actually qualifies as an 'attack' (by whatever standards), or is just hurtful to someone. It's about protecting people (usually editors, but not always) from psychological harm, or occasionally other types of harm.

That's too subjective a standard. The things that offend individuals, and possibly cause them psychological harm, are as varied as humans are. Protecting everybody from every real or imagined harm they may claim is inconsistent with allowing individual

freedom.

Again, courtesy blankings and deletions are not sanctions against any one.

I've never much liked courtesy blankings either... I'm from the old- school geek mindset of "Information wants to be free".