Well, that's a good example of bad censorship (though I can't help but wonder if ants should be offended by being compared to the AIDS virus as well). The Smithsonian is administered and funded by the American government; once the museum clearly labeled the ant Jesus piece as art, it should not have caved in.
However, FurAffinity is not funded or administered by the American government; it has the right to prohibit or restrict whatever it wants. Simply put, in purely American legal terms, censorship by the government (at any level) is illegal; censorship by private entities, including websites, is legal. Self-censorship is a form of expression; we say almost as much by what we choose not to say as what we do.
Well, that's a good example of bad censorship (though I can't help but wonder if ants should be offended by being compared to the AIDS virus as well). The Smithsonian is administered and funded by the American government; once the museum clearly labeled the ant Jesus piece as art, it should not have caved in.
However, FurAffinity is not funded or administered by the American government; it has the right to prohibit or restrict whatever it wants. Simply put, in purely American legal terms, censorship by the government (at any level) is illegal; censorship by private entities, including websites, is legal. Self-censorship is a form of expression; we say almost as much by what we choose not to say as what we do.