I read an article about this in the Denver Post this weekend. When I heard a more complete report on NPR today it brought back memories of my experience with heavy-handed
censorship on a JavaRanch forum years ago, so I had to come back and respond to this
thread.
I find the attacks against Kathy Sierra to be criminal and abhorrent. However, I also find the over-the-top censorhip practiced by this forum and, apparently, supported by Kathy, to be enough to make me stay away from this place.
I had vowed never to return to this place after what I considered to be unfair and biased editing/censorship of one of my posts after being chastised by some long-time posters. In my view, the censorship was way over the top and I stopped using this forum. I had to come back today to say that this whole crazy business with the attacks against Kathy is disgusting but it does not suprise me.
It is sad because the JavaRanch is such a cool resource otherwise and I guess I am kind of friends of friends of this place because I am a longtime
Java programmer and I know people who know the people who run this place. It really bummed me out when they censored me years ago and I had to make the decision to leave. I believe that if you let adults be adults and don't try to censor every little thing then things will naturally settle at an acceptable level of civility. Kathy is way off the mark when it comes to the subject of censorship.
You can delete my account now, I'm never coming back.