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Oh, and by the way: One of the things you'll learn about blogging is that you don't get to control the subject matter. You are a host of a conversation, you are not a coordinator of a conversation. Yes, you may WISH that everyone talked about something else, but the fact of the matter is that censorship touches a raw nerve, and regardless of how you spin it in future blog posts it isn't going to go away until your Minister drops it. Why? Because nobody trusts your Minister. What you guys say about censorship has no credibility, so please don't imagine that you can smooth things over by "responding to the issues we've already raised in the comments." Finally: If your blogging platform has deficiencies (requirement for post review, lack of paragraphs, etc) then pick a better blogging platform. Another rule of blogging you haven't yet encountered but shouldn't ignore is that if you disrespect your contributors with pointless annoyances, your contributors will disrespect you.