Its easy to agree about freedom of expression when its people you agree with, its when you accept that even people you disagree with have a right to it, that you can claim you believe in it.
i dont understand. while we theoretically have the right to opine about anything in a free society. there are restrictions on what and where you get to exercise this right. in sci the tos defines what is acceptable or not. it is also obvious there are many gray areas and biases in interpretation but that is something we can hash out in sfog. incompetent moderation can also be a problem but that too can be challenged and arbitrated to a hopefully. amicable and mutually satifactory resolution.
What do you think? Am I being overzealous?
in this particular venue, yes.
in principle, perhaps conditionally tho i lean towards no (bit confused)
Norsefire said:
And Jews sabotaged Europe, manipulate world banks, and created the conditions necessary for both World Wars.
i support the right of norse to make those statements. he can stand ouside my house with swastikas and a megaphone. shit, i'd bring out the deck chairs, some beer and enjoy the show. he can orate his shit down at the local park for all i care. however as parmalee pointed out....
would i throw Norse out of my living room? hell yeah. perhaps not after the first or second time he exhibited such behavior, but after the dozenth...
...sci is the cyber equivalent of a semi private living room and this is why he can be thrown out for violating sci's code of conduct that had been instituted by porfiry and refined over the years. bigots will never find this a hospitable place and if anyone wants to be or remain a member, they better shape up or ship out
sci is not obliged to have responsibilities but has taken it upon herself to have some. this is a fairly well browsed site on the internet for those partial to an intellectual spin on shit and when one is in a position to influence the larger dialog, it is far better to present the sort of rhetoric that lends itself towards the advancement of society rather than its goddamn retardation. all opinions are not given equal weight here in the name of free speech. sci is proudly partisan and quite unapologetic about it too.
decent readership, ja?
i can imagine some budding nazi skinhead eagerly following norse thru sci and taking all those ludicrous statements to heart. why the fuck would we plot our own downfall either as forum or as a civ? it does not make sense. are we $tormfronts lackeys?
I am no fan of norse, he's mostly ridiculous. That does not mean he should be banned for an opinion or forced to respond to posts.
you are simply being myopic. try looking at the larger picture. make inferences and extrapolate from these opinions into their logical and probable conclusions
Norsefire said:
It is of a vision, a unity between all Semites: Arabs, Jews, Phoenicians, Assyrians, and whoever else I left out. A grand alliance, including Israel as well (our Brothers). For we are Semites, and foreign forces cannot destroy us. No, foreign forces may attempt to turn us against each other, but both domestic AND foreign enemies must be realized and eliminated to have a true SEMITIC ALLIANCE! (
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Norsefire said:
I'm no expert on British politics, but I do know the usual about the mainstream political parties (Lib Dems, Labour, and Conservatives); however, it seems to me like Britain has gone to hell. Everything that made the country great once before, is basically dying. Patriotism, family values, etc, not to mention the laughable British police system
The BNP seems like a good party in my book. The problem is their past and some of their policies make them seem racist, but they really aren't. Being against immigration isn't racism.
For all you Brits on this forum, what parties do you support?
Kenworth said:
they are racist,do a little research.
Norsefire said:
I have, as well as gone on their website. They seem to the the only guys with a clue.
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oh i like to congratulate all sciforumers that enabled norse and his 11,000 posts by giving him a goddamn audience. are you guys really that starved for attention?
morons like that are a clear and present danger and sci has no obligation to provide a platform for his rhetoric. if he is indeed syrian......
Syria has been under Emergency Law since 1962, effectively suspending most constitutional protections for citizens, and its system of government is considered non-democratic.
The country has been governed by the Baath Party since 1963, although actual power is concentrated to the presidency and a narrow grouping of military and political strongmen. Syria's current president is Bashar al-Assad, who won a referendum on extending his presidency for second term, garnering 97.62 percent of votes in 2007 and is the son of Hafez al-Assad, who held office from 1970 until his death in 2000
.../snort
no wonder the tard heils his ass thru sci
now
the manner of his ousting may have been a bit confusing in the sense that bells could have let james handle it since he was first on the scene. still tho, she is well within her prerogative. it was unfortunate to see the discordance b/w both their approaches but neither was wrong. as james more or less indicated, norse's intransigence over the years probably qualifies him for a permaban. sci owes him nothing