Is freedom of speech dead?

daveyboy · #11 08-06-2003, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by RichieW2001

thank god somebody else noticed!!! i've been posting this for ages. it's very difficult for newcomers because there are an elite band of people that accept no other point of view.

I would agree with that.

Tashjbj · #12 08-06-2003, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by daveyboy

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Originally Posted by RichieW2001

thank god somebody else noticed!!! i've been posting this for ages. it's very difficult for newcomers because there are an elite band of people that accept no other point of view.

I would agree with that.

I agree also, but it is bound to happen in any situation where you group people together. It's just a shame that name calling and ridiculing seems to be the way to solve issues.

Tash

daveyboy · #13 08-06-2003, 05:14 PM

Yeah, and editing other peoples posts, thats just plain out of order. Fair enough delete profanity but change the whole sentance, very wrong!

Mongoose · #14 08-06-2003, 05:29 PM

as is posting pictures of dead people ey davey

daveyboy · #15 08-06-2003, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Mongoose

as is posting pictures of dead people ey davey

At least I had the guts to apologise, have you?

Mongoose · #16 08-06-2003, 05:46 PM

for what?

+ regardless of the fact that you apologised, what exactly were you hoping to gain from posting that picture?

Derek Bliss · #17 08-06-2003, 06:44 PM

He gets out of posting that picture on this site the same thing you're hoping to get by posting at Backtage: attention.

Mike · #18 08-06-2003, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Derek Bliss

There a difference between freedom of speech and not agreeing with other people.
If you have a board like Backstage where there is massive moderation and posts are deleted and there are very strict rules, there's less of a chance anyone will deviate from the norm.
Here, there's little moderation.
Anyone can say just about anything, just about anyway they want to.
So, if you're going to post on a board that allows you to post anything you want you have to be prepared to see people respond to that post anyway they choose. That's freedom of speech.

As for someone with a lame moderator status actually going into my posts and editing words, well... that's just children playing games.

Pfffff - Profanity is not clever either

Jag · #19 08-06-2003, 08:53 PM

[quote="Mike"]

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Originally Posted by Derek Bliss

There a difference between freedom of speech and not agreeing with other people.
If you have a board like Backstage where there is massive moderation and posts are deleted and there are very strict rules, there's less of a chance anyone will deviate from the norm.
Here, there's little moderation.
Anyone can say just about anything, just about anyway they want to.
So, if you're going to post on a board that allows you to post anything you want you have to be prepared to see people respond to that post anyway they choose. That's freedom of speech.

As for someone with a lame moderator status actually going into my posts and editing words, well... that's just children playing games.

i guess yr one of those 'grumpy adults' who moan when 'children' have fun

:P

Mike · #20 08-06-2003, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by daveyboy

Yeah, and editing other peoples posts, thats just plain out of order. Fair enough delete profanity but change the whole sentance, very wrong!

In fact. All that was changed was that DB wrote the BS word...

BS was changed to 'pushing up daisies' - which, from a scientific point of view is what BS does....

Thats 1 word - not a sentence

Swearing will always be moderated.

Is freedom of speech dead?

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