What is happening at www.CGBLOG.org?

We here at the Center for Blogger Studies have been watching the recent turn of events at www.cgblog.org very closely. Over the past 24+ hours Ryan Erickson introduced a new set of posting rules. In these rules, Erickson threatened to moderate (nice term for censor) the comments of posters. True to Erickson's word, he began immediately. His first step was to edit out the Center for Blogger Studies link. He also proceeded to ban what we believe are multiple commenters. Peter Stinson, the publisher of the Unofficial Coast Guard Blog, chimed in with support for Erickson's move. Peter went so far, as to add his own comments to the rule page, which included ones specifically saying that "moderating" might occur and that they didn't subscribe to the same "rules" as official blogs or other unofficial blogs. We found this ironic, not only because Stinson's disclaimer at the bottom apparently champions a poster's "First Amendment Rights", but also because in the past Stinson has claimed to lead by example. Wishful thinking? That's what we think. Sparky WD chimed in that he was disappointed by the censorship (my words, not his) on the site. Within 12 hours, someone at CGBlog had removed the "Rules". The Unofficial Coast Guard Blog however continues to censor its posters and blocks posters who do not voice agreeing sentiments. In the past Stinson said he would not allow this to happen.

Is Stinson's Unofficial Coast Guard Blog leading by example, or do the wish to become ineffective. How long with Stinson allow, underqualified (however tech-savvy) people to maintain his blog?