++ for the effort of thinking about what is good for our Monastery, but I cannot agree with your proposal.
Freedom of speech is such a precious right that it does not support any censorship except in the most blatant cases.
Only 4 Monks of above Friar level and a score of -8 to hide the content of a node, is IMHO far too low a quorum.
At least one must take into account the keep votes as well and as a matter of principle I will always consider a node to be kept in such circumstances.
You understand that your arguments are exactly the same as those used by people favouring other forms of (political) censorship?
- Freedom of speech: You are allowed to express any opinion you wish, but we will make it difficult for others to access it.
- Fairness: It will be much better for all of us not to be bothered by your opinions, and neither will you be ridiculed for expressing an opinion which we do not look favourably upon. So censorship is a win-win for all of us!
Using the <ignore> tag for your own nodes is different of course, but I'm not sure if we really need it.
CountZero
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