While impressed by Rabin, I was disturbed by the lack of critical feedback. Questions were not permitted, even to the other speakers, which seems most odd for an allegedly liberal religious gathering. Oz V'Shalom's Prof. Uriel Simon in our video library. But our Torah teaches that rulers must investigate and eliminate sins done by their aides for their benefit. One can ignore an idea or fight it with convincing arguments, urging others to do likewise.
Censorship shows lack of confidence in one's own teachings and authority.
Apologetic fears of non-Jewish reactions were often involved. The Council of the 4 Lands tried to control all printing and importation of books. The Badatz bans all video, rather than just its abuse. Targum and Feldheim will not publish Zionist books. The boards of the adjacent Conservative Synagogue and a nearby Reform shtiebel banned these study sheets, as our viewpoint is modern Zionist Orthodox.