[bena]

Only point I would make is to say that censorship has occurred.

But that's not necessarily a bad thing. There are times and places to censor and be censored. Not all things should be said at all times.

I think the problem is that we see censorship as something bad, so anyone quelling speech inappropriate for the setting can't be censoring because they're doing something good, not bad. But censorship isn't bad in and of itself. It's the reason for the censorship that makes it good or bad.

Censoring people because they are criticising you? That's bad. Censoring people because they are talking about hockey on a basketball forum? That's good.

So I would say, don't fall into the trap of getting into an argument about defining censorship. Keep the argument focused along the lines of kicking assholes out of McDonalds. Have them explain how its different from that.