Burnt,

  We seem to have our own serious intolerance, serious resentment, and now, like you say, they've devolved into a free speech problem, thanks to the crappy changes in comment format and childish emoticons. How does it feel to be treated like a child? I don't like it. How does it feel to be censored by my fellow posters? When the Establishment is challenged they always smack down the most vulnerable powerless people like us. Sad.

  I have no idea who is nixing my comments. I've been quite outspoken here these last 11 years. Often disliked by liberals and often disliked by conservatives so who knows?
   One thing, though, conservatives call liberals "left wing" but they are not. They are right of centre. I sometimes feel like the only left winger left in Canada. Just because I support workers and don't support corporations. That's what left wingers were in the 1960's and that's the way they need to be now - to bridge the gap between middle and working classes and rein in the 1%.