I make the assumption that censors, fanatics and some persons in positions of authority either have difficulty distinguishing use from mention, or choose not to

I make the assumption that censors, fanatics and some persons in positions of authority either have difficulty distinguishing use from mention, or choose not to make the distinction. For example (at the risk of offending certain sensibilities), I took the defensive attitude that the operating assumption in academia was that space-like separated, non-interacting particles at opposite ends of the universe were actively sexually harassing each other, and behaved accordingly.