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Friend · 04-17-05

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Originally Posted by Sybs

Clearwitch is no longer a moderator of Religion, and made no such rulings about expression/discussion of religious beliefs.

that's not true, here's the dictat Stickied by ClearWitch in the Religion Forum:

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Controversial and provocative comments are invited . Please use respect and common sense when doing so.

Any DarkForum Moderator,SuperModerator, or Administrator has the right, but not the obligation, to remove:

Posts that malign, vilify, defame, abuse, harass, or threaten others;

posts that advocate illegal violence against or harassment of groups or particular individuals, even if religiously motivated;

posts that contain expressions of malevolent disrespect toward others on the basis of age, disability, gender, nationality, race, religion, or sexual orientation, even if religiously motivated;

posts that contain aggressive, repeated, or unwanted attempts to convert someone's religious beliefs;

posts that advertise or contain commercial, religious, charitable or any other form of solicitation, including URLs or hyperlinks;

posts that are substantially repeated in more than one discussion or board; posts that are off-topic; excessive posts or topics by any one member;

posts in violation of rules and guidelines posted for a specific message board;

posts that are visually distracting or disruptive;

what's constitutes visually disruptive? - a subjective notion

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posts that contain personal information such as phone numbers or addresses, or any personal information about another person;

posts that promote the use of an illegal substance, promote illegal activity, or discuss illegal activities with the intent to commit them (Our server is located in the United States and is governed by this law) ;

posts that contain copyrighted material, or consist substantially of material that has been copied from another publication;
posts or other material that contain a virus or other harmful component;

posts that substantially inhibit the ability of others to use and enjoy this website;

substantially inhibit others enjoyment - urrrr what's this subjective notion supposed to mean?

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posts that impersonate Darkforum members, or moderators;
screen names, member profiles, or any member-created content that violate any of these guidelines;

posts that contain hyperlinks that lead to sites that violate any of these guidelines.

We have the right to remove your membership for violation of the above rules.

If you are given a warning by any Moderator, SuperModerator, or Administrator of DarkForum please take it seriously. Any of our Moderators, SuperModerators, or Administrators have the right to give a member a warning for any abuse of the above rules. These warnings will come in the form of a Private Message or possibly a public one if the Member has thier PM turned off. If a warning is disregarded your posting privilidges may be removed.

These rules will be strictly enforced and pertain to all Members, Moderators, SuperModerators, and Administrators posting in the Religion Forum. These rules are for the Religion Forum ONLY!

Remember to PLEASE Report any post you may find that violates any of the above rules. You will be notified as to the decision made about your reported post.

Now if someone arrives on the Religion forum and sees all these rules, theyr'e going to think either ClearWitch or the people on this site are the personification of Stalin. How can someone talk about anything with all these rules, theirs not much room for manouver is there?

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