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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bob Blaylock" data-source="post: 740329" data-attributes="member: 16749">I have to cry “Foul!” here.  Comments included with my entry were censored, because they expressed an opinion which [USER=13196]@hark[/USER] apparently finds disagreeable.  These comments were necessary to put my image in context, and without them, my entry's meaning was destroyed.  Another entry, expressing an opinion contrary to mine, has so far been allowed to stand.  That entry doesn't actually consist of any original context, only a picture of text expressing its opinion.  I am not in favor of such censorship in any event, but if my entry is to be censored, for the opinion which it expressed, then it would only be fair that the entry expressing a contrary opinion to mine equally be censored.  I find [USER=13196]@hark[/USER]'s act of censorship to be cowardly, intellectually-dishonest, and inexcusable.  I also think that in the context of this challenge, it constitutes cheating on behalf of the other entrant, whose opinion opposed mine.  If we are to have a rule, connected with these challenges, that the expression of controversial opinions is not to be allowed, then lets state that in the rules, and enforce it evenly and fairly.  But I would be opposed to such a rule.  This is an art, after all, and I agree with the widely-held opinion that it is a legitimate application of any form of art to express opinions which may be controversial.  But for now, the only fair resolution is either to restore my entry, as it was before that craven act of censorship was inflicted on it, or else to remove the other entry, which still stands, expressing the opinion contrary to mine.  Anything else, as I said, is cheating.</blockquote>

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