At least in Mexico, most household insurances cover for the loss of items inside the premises, even if they're not yours.
In the US, a friend of mine once told me he was claiming a Laptop that he lent to his friend and was stolen from his friend's house. The claim was being done thru my friend's friend's insurance.
The implication is that the tiny Chinese gymnasts (average size 4-foot-9, 74 pounds) have a big advantage, especially on the uneven bars. They're lighter and more agile than the other gymnasts.
If a gymnast is fat, old and lazy she's at disadvantage over the slim, young and hard-working ones, how unfair!. Phelp's body is said to be made for swimming, how unfair to those other ones whose bodies aren't!
Yes, of course certain things give advantages to an athlete over the others, that's no argument to not allow a certain age to compete.
Physical and emotional distress are good reasons, but as someone stated before, they've been competing since they're little children already, so what's the point?
Let's not get entangled with semantics. It is, strictly speaking, not censorship, as you say, but that's not the point.
The point is that MS is now filtering what you can say thru their "Communications device" and not for the user's safety, as they claim to do sometimes.
But who knows... perhaps we should wait for a spokesman to give the official statement.
As of me, I'd love to go back to ICQ.
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At least in Mexico, most household insurances cover for the loss of items inside the premises, even if they're not yours. In the US, a friend of mine once told me he was claiming a Laptop that he lent to his friend and was stolen from his friend's house. The claim was being done thru my friend's friend's insurance.
The implication is that the tiny Chinese gymnasts (average size 4-foot-9, 74 pounds) have a big advantage, especially on the uneven bars. They're lighter and more agile than the other gymnasts.
If a gymnast is fat, old and lazy she's at disadvantage over the slim, young and hard-working ones, how unfair!. Phelp's body is said to be made for swimming, how unfair to those other ones whose bodies aren't! Yes, of course certain things give advantages to an athlete over the others, that's no argument to not allow a certain age to compete. Physical and emotional distress are good reasons, but as someone stated before, they've been competing since they're little children already, so what's the point?
Let's not get entangled with semantics. It is, strictly speaking, not censorship, as you say, but that's not the point. The point is that MS is now filtering what you can say thru their "Communications device" and not for the user's safety, as they claim to do sometimes. But who knows... perhaps we should wait for a spokesman to give the official statement. As of me, I'd love to go back to ICQ.