And in addition, I'd say that the person/people who own the forum right now apparently don't give a shit about how bad it is from a quality perspective, nor about who has "power" here.  In fact, the admin is responsible for putting the trust system into place, so this is how it's working out.

I don't know about censorship, though.  You can pretty much say what you want to say here, and that's one of the reasons why I was drawn to bitcointalk in the first place.  There aren't many discussion forums where you have to watch your language or care who's feelings get hurt by something you write.  I know it's in the rules that you're not supposed to use profanity, but that's never enforced--and I don't think it should even be a rule.  I rather enjoy the free-for-all nature of discussions here, which usually don't have the mods stepping in to censor or lock threads when it gets heated.  That's a plus in my eyes.