Similarly, posts including, advocating , or linking to illegal or adult material are a very quick way to end your time as part of The Escapist community. An example of these are:
Piracy
Ad Blockers
Illegal Drugs in the United States
Illegal Acts in the United States
Pedophilia
Pornography
Sexist, Racist or Perverted Remarks
I am uncomfortable with the use of advocating here. I can't advocate piracy, in any situation, not even playing games out of distribution, watching subversive films banned from theatres in your country, etc? Or ad blockers? If an ad is stopping some online game from loading, and an adblocker fixes it, if I mention the fix I get banned? I can't advocate marijuana use, even if I live in, say, the netherlands or somewhere else with a less harsh view on the drug, and have positive things to say abou it? I can;t start up a discussion on pedophilia? (Child molestation is not ok, but pedophiles are just people who have a mental disorder, that they don;t have to act on to be pedophiles. Pedophile does not equal child molestor, definately. its a square rectangle relationship.)(also, not a pedophiles. Pedophiles are wierd, I don't like them, But I respect their right to exist, and post on forums, and to try defend their sexuality)
Wait, how are ad blockers illegal or adult? thats fucking bullshit! I mean, I don't use adblockers because I want sites like the escapist to get revenue from me, but fuck banning advocacy of them.
the letter of the law is is very vague to. "Pornography" is a term which gets slung around a lot. one mans porn is another venus de milo. so I advocate what I think is a sexual work of art and get banned for promoting porn? (for example, I think IFM is a pretty arty take on female masturbation, but most people would probably classify it as porn.)
I dunno, the vague wording, the banning of advocating illegal activities, and the banning of ad blocker discussion even though they are neither adult nor illegal makes me uncomfortable.