I am a restricted commenter  and I am proud of it.  When I post a comment under the new system I simply hit YES six times in a row to not censor anyone else's comment.  I find the comment section to be the most informative and entertaining part of the G&M paper and the censoring system is counter to free speech in my opinion.  I think we are all mature enough and intelligent enough to ignore abusive and off topic comments.  I've had comments rejected in  the past for not being politically correct and it would have been nice to be able to offer a counter argument or at least to be told why the comment is not acceptable.  I am restricted now because I okay'd comments that were considered not civil.  I suggest that everyone just hit YES six times in a row whenever they post a comment and maybe the G&M will get the message.  I suspect that eventually I will be kicked off altogether and then I will wave bye bye to the G&M as they sink into irrelevance.