> Or maybe the Crusades are considered a touchy subject by someone at Youtube? Or more plausibly and less conspiracy-esque, a company like YouTube will eventua

> Or maybe the Crusades are considered a touchy subject by someone at Youtube? Or more plausibly and less conspiracy-esque, a company like YouTube will eventually come up with a formula like: threshold=1.5 if hassle(topic) / threshold > revenue(topic): ban(topic) I.e. maybe they don't care at all about the subject, but dealing with reported videos, comments, the PR impact from flamewars about a contentious subject etc. just isn't worth it. All for a topic that's hard to monetize, easier just to ban it and move on.