Free speech in forums - Page 3

On June 07 2009 14:27 EsX_Raptor wrote:
I don't see teamliquid as some sort of house for senior citizens. I've always seen it as a prison, pretty much like that of the series Prison Break; there is disorder from time to time and it won't be a big of a deal unless it is something really serious. Otherwise there's always room for the users to be creative, make stuff out of nothing (like making hand made knives), get important shit from exterior sources (like smuggling drugs into prison) there will always be some corrupted mod (which hands important stuff to a selected group of users which he trusts, most likely the vets) and as always, bash on the fish and teach them the rules of the game. This is why old posters are favored, they already for a part on the big family.

On June 07 2009 16:39 Osmoses wrote:
Look what free speech did to the real world. Kim Kardashian (whothefuckareyouian?) does a paris and sexes someone on TV, Klu Klux Klan, papparazis lying in bushes shoving their cameras as far up the celebrity vagina as they can possibly reach, puke-porn, Jerry Springer, etc

Too much of anything is not good, and that includes freedom.

On June 07 2009 20:21 Osmoses wrote:
If it weren't for free speech I wouldn't have to walk into a convenience store and see celebrity vaginas in the newsstand, and if I was really lucky I might not even know such a thing as puke-porn existed because the degenerates who perpetrated it would have been shut down. I would be a much happier person if shit like Jerry Springer with his "I married a lesbian hebrew transsexual" topics didn't effing exist.

I'm a grumpy old man of 25 years.

On June 07 2009 15:25 Kennigit wrote:
Maybe i argued with Idra about God.

On June 07 2009 14:49 datscilly wrote:


I disagree. The internet, one could argue, was made for free speech.

On June 08 2009 02:58 Sonu wrote:
sometimes they power trip

actually i dont even know how to describe my situation.

i get banned from teh strat section. I didnt realize i was posting sht until AFTER i get a permanent ban. I try to apoligize and add that I was NEVER FUCKING NOTIFIED, NOT ONE WARNING. Then I get a mssg like "if the quality is obviously that bad, then i dont give warnings". I understand bad quality, but not even a warning? I didnt want to drag the situation further because i really dont care anymore...

I like how TL is run, but i agree sometimes it can be very uptight.

On June 09 2009 01:35 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:
if i ban you or send you a warning you did something very bad & should be ashamed of yourself

more active forum is more important than a thoughtful forum.

It's true that the intention of a pm is that it's supposed to be private, but if the receiver does tell other people, it's not like one can or should be able to stop them. It's like giving someone a secret threat in a dark alley and punishing him again if he tries to speak out.

On June 07 2009 14:49 datscilly wrote:
It seems like most people here favor the level of moderation that goes on in tl while acknowledging that it's harsh (and that's good, they say). However, have you been on the receiving end of it? The pm I read (out of context) seemed inappropriately harsh, and I though there could have been a better way to deal with it rather than to lose a member.



I disagree. The internet, one could argue, was made for free speech.