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Originally posted by epic0002Yeah, well whatever, I was talking more generally about free speech. I mean, who really gives a crap if I choose to smoke, or watch porn, or even post controversial stuff on a public forum? Really...just ignore it, find a useful cause, and stfu. Or is it just me who thinks that people get their panties too bunched up over this stuff?
I was one of those people on Sunday night..I didnt get bent.. I just wanted DD booted😏
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Originally posted by cmsMasterif your smoke is damaging my lungs, then i care. if your porn or controversial posting is being viewed in a place where 13yo kids have access to (like here), then i care.
Yeah, well whatever, I was talking more generally about free speech. I mean, who really gives a crap if [b]I choose to smoke, or watch porn, or even post controversial stuff on a public forum? Really...just ignore it, find a useful cause, and stfu. Or is it just me who thinks that people get their panties too bunched up over this stuff?[/b]
Personally I think the ban should be made to stick. I have nothing against DD, but he must have known he would be banned and he did it anyway. Besides, as a kid, it will teach him a lesson that his actions have consequences, which is a useful lesson for any kid to learn. At any rate, being banned from an internet chess site is no big deal anyway.
As for free speech, there are widely-accepted limits to it, and it's more applicable to political states than to privately-run institutions such as this.
Originally posted by cmsMasterIt wasn't *controversial* and no one cares what you do at your house. However, if you agree to adhere to certain standards as a condition of joining this site and you don't honor your agreement then it isn't really about other people at all and their values; you've failed to keep your word with the understanding that such failure could terminate your ability to remain at the site. You do not have a universal sort of free speech right that cancels out the terms of service which you agreed to.
Yeah, well whatever, I was talking more generally about free speech. I mean, who really gives a crap if [b]I choose to smoke, or watch porn, or even post controversial stuff on a public forum? Really...just ignore it, find a useful cause, and stfu. Or is it just me who thinks that people get the panties too bunched up over this stuff?[/b]
I find it really odd how often people refuse to hold others responsible for their own behavior, how it's not the fault of people who knowingly broke the rules but instead the *meanies* who enforce the rules are blamed.
Originally posted by Iron MonkeyJesus Christ, why don't you understand that 15 year olds AREN'T kids, as much as you want them to be? Hell, at 15 I was doing stuff that could never be classified as "kid stuff" - if you catch my drift.
if your smoke is damaging my lungs, then i care. if your porn or controversial posting is being viewed in a place where 13yo kids have access to (like here), then i care.
Personally I think the ban should be made to stick. I have nothing against DD, but he must have known he would be banned and he did it anyway. Besides, as a kid, it will teach him a ...[text shortened]... r any kid to learn. At any rate, being banned from an internet chess site is no big deal anyway.
IDK about you, but I'd seen porn by 13..I mean at least playboy, kids aren't so innocent, dude.
You really think that a 15 or 16 year old doesn't know about consequences yet? You've got to be kidding me, 8 year olds know about consequences, dude. I'm sure he knew he'd get in trouble, but sometimes you do things that you regret. Sht happens.
Being banned is no big deal...not for you at least, maybe it is for him though, you know? Remember "he's just a kid" so it's not the same situation.
If 13 year old kids are freely roaming the internet, then it's their own damn fault for what they see. 13 year old kids should have enough responsibility at that point in their life to be careful of what random links they click on.
Originally posted by huckleberryhoundwhen i got banned for ten days ..you didnt here from me either during that time😛
How come some people cant accept decisions when made ? I got a ban a couple of weeks ago, but you never heard about it...why ? Because i took it like a man, and moved on.
War is war, losers 😛
Originally posted by cmsMasterThey can rome all they want, but when they sign up here, they sign up for chess....not porn.
Jesus Christ, why don't you understand that 15 year olds AREN'T kids, as much as you want them to be? Hell, at 15 I was doing stuff that could never be classified as "kid stuff" - if you catch my drift.
IDK about you, but I'd seen porn by 13..I mean at least playboy, kids aren't so innocent, dude.
You really think that a 15 or 16 year old doesn't kn ...[text shortened]... ity at that point in their life to be careful of what random links they click on.
Get over it.
Originally posted by pawnhandlerIt's not even just being a "meanie", it's just the fact that it's not really hurting anybody. I saw the damn video, I laughed, said hell that's disgusting, and moved on with my life. It's not something that should have a huge effect on a person unless they're maladjusted. People let crap have such a major influence on them when they should really just laugh it off.
It wasn't *controversial* and no one cares what you do at your house. However, if you agree to adhere to certain standards as a condition of joining this site and you don't honor your agreement then it isn't really about other people at all and their values; you've failed to keep your word with the understanding that such failure could terminate your ab ...[text shortened]... e who knowingly broke the rules but instead the *meanies* who enforce the rules are blamed.