[calreaganfan]

"Technically, what you are describing is editing."

I guess that's why the TV networks call them censors. It's not editing. The censors literally stand by to bleep out any unwanted comments.

[Wormwood]

I guess that's why the TV networks call them censors.

The networks don't even call them censors, but use the term "Standards and Practices". Only the uneducated use the term, 'censor' when describing voluntary restraint.

Only a government can truly censor you.

[Howlin]

Main Entry: ¹cen·sor
Pronunciation: 'sen(t)-s&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, from censEre to give as one's opinion, assess; perhaps akin to Sanskrit samsati he praises
1 : one of two magistrates of early Rome acting as census takers, assessors, and inspectors of morals and conduct
2 : one who supervises conduct and morals: as a : an official who examines materials (as publications or films) for objectionable matter b : an official (as in time of war) who reads communications (as letters) and deletes material considered sensitive or harmful
3 : a hypothetical psychic agency that represses unacceptable notions before they reach consciousness

[Keith in Iowa]

Rule of holes: When you're in one, quit diggin'...

[pollyannaish]

The censors literally stand by to bleep out any unwanted comments.

Uh...that would be in case something breaks FCC obscenity rules which is an entity of the government which has the force of law behind it.