Good points but censorship is a whole new can or worms. For instance, if I use the following words on this forum: ****, ****, ********, **** – there is a very good chance that they’ll be censored yet I can hear them on any football terrace, high street, or movie (I apologise if they’re not censored!). Would you consider this a correct use of censorship simply because this kind of language is likely to cause offence?

The subject of seeing fatal airshow crashes in the public domain for the purpose of entertainment is completely disrespectful to the pilot and my concern is that on a forum that is populated by many airshow ‘consumers’ we’re debating whether it’s right or wrong to see our friends killed over and over again in the name of entertainment.

This is very much a private forum and the users have agreed to the terms of use. Furthermore is this forum moderated. When this forum remove certain words, its actually not censorship, as the essence of the post is not changed or censored. Its simply an expression of the tone, that the forum owners have set for discussions here.

There are other terms for using Youtube.

I would assume that none of those clips are actually public domain. Although that has little to do with the issues we discuss here.

Debating if a moral questions is right or wrong is dangerous ground. Its not possible to judge morale against a fact-sheet. Morale deals with choices and when you choose not to watch such a video, it does not make it a defacto law. Others might choose differently for other reasons.

Nobody if being forced to watch anything. If the video contains a friend, or relative, it almost sure Youtube will remove it on the grounds you mention.

I see no difference between watching WWII gun camera film, or bombing raids, and watching a crash on Youtube. Although I can see the difference for people who recognise the aircraft and perhaps knew the pilot.

Again, I personally prefer to watch aircraft flying, even if I too have seen a few Youtube crash videos. I might find that people who revel in death and destruction are missing certain human emotions, but I can have absolutly no judgement if they are right or wrong, I can only express my own view.