bernmeister
Registered User
Check the board rules again:
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I did.
My emphasis that we are best served by free expression as much as possible is not spam, nor in conflict with the rules.
Below is #4 for terms of service:
"Contains any information or content that we deem to be unlawful, harmful, abusive, racially or ethnically offensive, defamatory, infringing, invasive of personal privacy or publicity rights, harassing, humiliating to other people (publicly or otherwise), libelous, threatening, or otherwise objectionable;"
These are not held, in a standard of law under which [pretty much any and all] entities [including Crave/Mandatory/Evolve etc.] lawfully operate, equaling restrictions on free speech.
Those are proper legal identifications to conduct which is illegal due to the consequence of the speech [a distinction as opposed to speech itself].
You've heard you have the right to say almost anything, but you can't yell "fire!" in a crowded theatre unless there actually is a fire? That's what this entails.
Although the powers that be have great authority, they surely are aware, to quote something you have heard before, that with great power comes great responsibility.
IF arbitrary restrictions on free speech took place [without the valid justification identified herein], that would not serve anyone well, as suppression of free speech inevitably prompts pushback for liberty, and that could result in all kinds of complaints to the ultimate powers that be here -- again IF that were the case, WERE censorship to happen. In fact, the ultimate judges here are not even the highest ups in any company or entity, because appeal can be made to the people to boycott.
Companies/entities are not so stupid as to challenge the will of the people.
PS - this is NOT an exercise in playing mod. This is a statement of opinion. I am not saying how mods are to conduct business; I am saying that free speech is a constant and setting aside any inclination to fight for it as a matter of virtue, ANY business failing to embrace it ultimately reaps the consequences for such decision.