So is advocating "hate speech" too illegal to advocate? Drug use?Friendshipandmagic said:By using your head. I thinks its very clear what is meant by "illegal" in the context of what is and is not appropriate forum posts. They should not have to spell out every possible violation of that rule, most self respecting posters know exactly what it means.Trolldor said:So what?Friendshipandmagic said:I think exercising common sense would save a lot of pondering. I don't think the mods are gonna punish anyone for discussing where bicycles should be or weather or not you should own a gun.MelasZepheos said:I have a new concern (every time I think about these rules I think of a new concern.)
Advocating illegal activities.
According to whose legislation?
Don't advocate piracy, don't advocate child pornography, don't encourage people to go out and murder their neighbors, ect. Easy enough, I think I could go on but you get the point.
Yes it is up to moderator discretion as to what is permissible to discuss, this is their site after all. You don't have freedom of speech on someone else's site, you have permission to post on it.
If they don't define their rules how are we supposed to abide by them?
They've already stated that some illegal activities can be advocated, so how do we know which activities are illegal enough to avoid advocating?
I guess some posters won't, but if a post is going to cross that line I am willing to bet it deserved to get moderated. Meaning the posts saying "I pirated X game" are going to get strikes against them and silly stuff like differing road rules are gonna get overlooked.
If a few people learn the lesson the hard way, so be it.
White collar crime? Tax Avoidance?
Drink Driving?
There are a lot of laws to go through.
Edit: Also, once again, what Jurisdiction are we referring to?