Forum Rules and Guidelines Discussion

So I was trying to post some links to mainstream news and I got a message that it is only permitted to provide 3 links per week.

This does not facilitate informed discussion, it means reliance is placed on personal opinion.

I think it is fair to have rules on politeness of discourse.  But this is not that.

I am saddened but not surprised that the march towards censorship of differing views has come to psciencequest.

My understanding of the spiritual life is that it includes the importance of ethical action and the deep personal deliberation on what is ethical.

Censorship contains both a rejection of free speech and an assumed authority to determine the truth.  The moderators here have not yet earned that.

Psience Quest exists for a specific purpose, and that purpose is neither to discuss news, politics and questionable beliefs, nor is it to be "spiritual."  The mods have to keep some kind of order and the mods here are far more generous and less authoritarian than in many other forums.  If you are that desperate to discuss news, why not do it in another forum designed for that?