We can't always say whatever we want without consequences. Free speech means speech cannot be banned by the government and you cannot be criminally prosecuted for what you say. That's it. It doesn't mean there aren't consequences for certain language in other situations.
You can't cuss out your boss or use that word in school or at work. Why? Free speech is supposed to exist everywhere, right? And it does. While your boss can't have you arrested for doing that, he can fire you. And a school can suspend you or expel you for using that sort of language.
It's the same here. We have rules. If you break the rules, you won't get arrested for it, but the mods have every right to remove the post/ban a person for breaking the rules of this site.
And as long as the rules are applied equally to everyone, there is no problem with that. If you don't like the rules here, you may go to another forum that has different rules. I come here instead of the other sites because I like the rules, and I do not want to read that garbage.
If you'll read what I posted as you were so kindly telling me that I needed to leave if I thought a blanket word ban, regardless of intent, was, you know, a bad idea... you'll likely find that I largely agree with you.
The point here, which evidently drove you mad for some reason, is that a "blanket word ban" was just a really ill-considered rule based on willful blindness to intent. And if we can't even discuss and reconsider rules here... yo, now that's a real problem.
Also, just speaking practically, leaving picayune considerations of prudence and justice aside, I have been quite supportive of and grateful for the mods and their efforts here. Not that you or your feisty little opinion matters much at all, but if the mods collective felt that my concern here, on this one issue, is unreasonable or incorrect, it is worth noting that there are many, many others on here who are even far more cheesed off about this than I.
I'm just trying to head off gratuitous division over a well-intentioned mistake.
Lib cancer bunny. ??????
Live free or die, the choice is yours, trailer trash, hillbilly redneck, inbred, cracker.
Nigerian is the root word. Australian is an Aussie, sticks and stones...get it and get over the word, and the overlords.
LET IT GO!
If you don't like the rules here, you may leave.
We can't always say whatever we want without consequences. Free speech means speech cannot be banned by the government and you cannot be criminally prosecuted for what you say. That's it. It doesn't mean there aren't consequences for certain language in other situations.
You can't cuss out your boss or use that word in school or at work. Why? Free speech is supposed to exist everywhere, right? And it does. While your boss can't have you arrested for doing that, he can fire you. And a school can suspend you or expel you for using that sort of language.
It's the same here. We have rules. If you break the rules, you won't get arrested for it, but the mods have every right to remove the post/ban a person for breaking the rules of this site.
And as long as the rules are applied equally to everyone, there is no problem with that. If you don't like the rules here, you may go to another forum that has different rules. I come here instead of the other sites because I like the rules, and I do not want to read that garbage.
If you'll read what I posted as you were so kindly telling me that I needed to leave if I thought a blanket word ban, regardless of intent, was, you know, a bad idea... you'll likely find that I largely agree with you.
The point here, which evidently drove you mad for some reason, is that a "blanket word ban" was just a really ill-considered rule based on willful blindness to intent. And if we can't even discuss and reconsider rules here... yo, now that's a real problem.
Also, just speaking practically, leaving picayune considerations of prudence and justice aside, I have been quite supportive of and grateful for the mods and their efforts here. Not that you or your feisty little opinion matters much at all, but if the mods collective felt that my concern here, on this one issue, is unreasonable or incorrect, it is worth noting that there are many, many others on here who are even far more cheesed off about this than I.
I'm just trying to head off gratuitous division over a well-intentioned mistake.
Ponder that, killer.
Lib cancer bunny. ?????? Live free or die, the choice is yours, trailer trash, hillbilly redneck, inbred, cracker. Nigerian is the root word. Australian is an Aussie, sticks and stones...get it and get over the word, and the overlords.