Today’s poll involves my column on Sunday, which most of you didn’t see. If you read my column in The Washington Post, or Wapo online, you saw this column, reprinted from 2002, presented without explanation, as though I were on vacation. But those of you who read my column in its syndicated version -- in one of the other newspapers that carry it, such as the Buffalo News and the Aspen Daily News -- saw this column , about a real medical practice in Texas. The Washington Post Writers Group, which syndicates the column, liked it a lot. The Washington Post, which originates the column, didn’t like it at all. Post editors declined to run it on the grounds that it did not meet Post standards of propriety OR humor.

So, I am okay with this, both officially and unofficially. It’s the editors’ job to edit the paper. It’s the editors’ duty to have standards, and to enforce them. Preemptively, because the word always comes up in these contexts, we may dispense with the notion of “censorship.” This wasn’t that. This was “editing.” (My only teensy worry is that the editors haven’t been reading my column for the last 12 years, and are going to start now.)

Anyway, without rancor and in the spirit of honest inquiry, today we examine whether, in your opinion, The Post made the right decision. I urge you all to give this real thought, and not respond in lock-step allegiance to Chatological Humor, or with concern for my feelings. Not that you ever do.

Gene Weingarten will discuss these poll results, take your quesitons, and more in his live chat with readers Tuesday at Noon ET. Submit questions and comments for Gene to respond to now.

At least 12 people were killed in a shooting at an Aurora, Colo. movie theater, during a midnight premiere of the new Batman movie, “The Dark Knight Rises.”

Judy Goos, center left, hugs her daughter's friend, Isaiah Bow, 20, while eyewitnesses Emma Goos, 19, left, and Terrell Wallin, 20, right, gather outside Gateway High School where witnesses were brought for questioning Friday, July 20, 2012, in Aurora, Colo. (Barry Gutierrez — Associated Press)Warner Brothers, the studio that produced the film has released a statement on the mass shooting, which states that the company “is deeply saddened to learn about this shocking incident.”

The Paris premiere of the film has been canceled.

Will you see “The Dark Knight Rises”? Take the poll below and tell us more in the comments.

Read more:

“Dark Knight” shootings: Should Warner Brothers cancel weekend screenings?

Live Blog: Colorado theater shooting

At least a dozen killed at Colo. theater shooting; James Holmes, 24, identified as alleged Colorado shooter

AP: Paris cancels its ‘Dark Knight’ premiere

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In honor of Wednesday’s Fourth of July holiday, we’re putting together a playlist that will compliment all of your Independence Day festivities.

Visitors to the national Mall watch fireworks over the Washington monument on Independence Day(Bill O'Leary — The Washington Post) We’ve started the list off with a batch of our favorite tunes — among them are Katy Perry’s “Firework,” Lenny Kravitz’s “American Woman” and (perhaps the most obvious) Mariah Carey’s ethereal ballad, “Fourth of July.”

Put your suggestions in the comments or tweet them using the hash tag #July4playlist and we’ll add them to our playlist.

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Need inspiration? Our pop music critic, Chris Richards, helped WNYC Soundcheck put together a Fourth of July playlist. You can listen to them explain their picks in a podcast here.

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Going Out Guide: Fourth of July events

Where to find fireworks

After months of uncertainty, the future of Metro’s Silver Line is clear: rail is coming to Dulles International Airport and Loudoun County.

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors voted 5-4 Tuesday morning to support the second phase of the Silver Line construction, which will bring Metrorail to Dulles Airport and to two planned stations in eastern Loudoun. Without Loudoun’s commitment to contribute nearly $270 million toward construction costs, the second part of the long-planned projectwould have been in jeopardy.

Related:

- Silver Line Route Map

- Silver Line’s second phase to Dulles in doubt

- Parties reach financing deal on Phase 2 of Dulles rail