I agree with gooberific. We all have that freedom of speech and the free will. But what happens when you want to do anything that crosses your mind? Then we realize we live in a society, and we must follow some rules, otherwise chaos would be everywhere. So we are not that free after all huh? There are always "only if.."'s
Same goes for this forum. You can state many things, but in the end, in this case, it all can affect
GP's in a way or another. What happens when you make certain statements that you think they are good for your pet but they are not? Well, new members might get very confused, not knowing better, so that is why moderators are very strict in what we state. This forum stands for the well care of piggies and bad information must be erased.
Questioning the opinion of the moderator is done very frequently, in The kitchen area. Things usually get very heated and they might go very personally to some. Moderators are there for a reason, and usually because they can handle it. Arguments should not be on a forum, but they happen everywhere. That is why there are rules, each forum has some, a society has them too after all, harsher or less. So we always have that freedom of speech "only if..." And we always have to handle that part.