(March 20, 2022 at 7:28 pm)deepend Wrote:

(March 20, 2022 at 6:13 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Read the rules.

You are allowed to post memes...after you have been here 30 days and made 30 posts.

Don't like the rules here?  Find one of those many other forums that will let you do what you want, when you want.

You can play by our house rules or you can take your ball and go elsewhere.

  That's a pretty stupid rule.  I suggest you change it.  Does a meme of George Washington and what he said become acceptable to be shared on after 30 posts?  Or should such a meme be acceptable right from the get go.  I guess it depends on how you feel about George Washington.  So, how do you feel about him.

I think the rule is primarily a spam filter. Why do you assume we would not like George Washington?

(March 20, 2022 at 7:28 pm)deepend Wrote:

(March 20, 2022 at 6:13 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Read the rules.

You are allowed to post memes...after you have been here 30 days and made 30 posts.

Don't like the rules here?  Find one of those many other forums that will let you do what you want, when you want.

You can play by our house rules or you can take your ball and go elsewhere.

  That's a pretty stupid rule.  I suggest you change it.  Does a meme of George Washington and what he said become acceptable to be shared on after 30 posts?  Or should such a meme be acceptable right from the get go.  I guess it depends on how you feel about George Washington.  So, how do you feel about him.

We'll take your suggestion under advisement...


...no, we won't.  You have ignored the rule time and again as well as throwing out hate speech.

At this point, you have no vote.  

At this rate, you never will.

I'm waiting for the window to open so I can get my bet in.

(March 20, 2022 at 6:18 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:

(March 20, 2022 at 6:16 pm)deepend Wrote:   Do you know what the opposite of a troll is?  A fairy.  As in homosexual???  Take a guess.  Whatever the outcome, I would prefer to be a troll.  I also see that this forum is overflowing with rules.  My avatar shows what is going on with that.  I choose to disobey.  Anybody who doesn't like truth can "suck it."

We (staff) don't tend to react to dares.

Your future behavior here will dictate how long your visit is.

  I did not impute any sort of dare.  It was just a statement of fact.  So let's just forget about the whole homosexual thing.  I would rather be a troll than a fairy.  Being a troll just seems more manly to me.  Again, setting the whole homosexual thing aside.

Quote:I did not impute any sort of dare.  It was just a statement of fact.  So let's just forget about the whole homosexual thing.  I would rather be a troll than a fairy.  Being a troll just seems more manly to me.  Again, setting the whole homosexual thing aside.

(March 20, 2022 at 7:42 pm)deepend Wrote:

(March 20, 2022 at 6:18 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: We (staff) don't tend to react to dares.

Your future behavior here will dictate how long your visit is.

  I did not impute any sort of dare.  It was just a statement of fact.  So let's just forget about the whole homosexual thing.  I would rather be a troll than a fairy.  Being a troll just seems more manly to me.  Again, setting the whole homosexual thing aside.

‘Trolls are a bit slow on the uptake.’ - JRR Tolkien

Boru

(March 20, 2022 at 7:46 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(March 20, 2022 at 7:42 pm)deepend Wrote:   I did not impute any sort of dare.  It was just a statement of fact.  So let's just forget about the whole homosexual thing.  I would rather be a troll than a fairy.  Being a troll just seems more manly to me.  Again, setting the whole homosexual thing aside.

‘Trolls are a bit slow on the uptake.’ - JRR Tolkien

Boru

They are also loud and overweight and they smell awful and they turn to stone in sunlight. Like this poser.

(March 20, 2022 at 7:20 pm)deepend Wrote:

(March 20, 2022 at 1:14 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: How do you know what “The Truth” is? What’s your process, and can you defend it?

 
  As far as any forum is concerned, to them the whole problem with my truth is that I can defend it.  You could have a forum with 100 of the absolute top smartest people on the planet on it and I could still defend it.  Far beyond their ability to disagree.  That is if any of them were foolish enough to disagree.

Cool. So, are you going to tell us what it is, or…? Is part of the fun leaving us hanging in suspense?

(March 20, 2022 at 6:21 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote:

(March 20, 2022 at 6:10 pm)deepend Wrote: As I said, I have been to many forums.  I have never run across one that wouldn't allow you to post a link to a website.  In fact at one, if you are posting something in their current events section, it is required.  How big of a pile of crap does a forum have to be to not allow it.  I gave the support for what I said.  It wasn't allowed.  What do you make of that.  Also, neither have I been to a forum that didn't allow you to post memes. 

Ah, yes. The 30/30 rule. I'm not too sure that rule serves a good purpose anymore. Perhaps it's something that the community at large ought to discuss. But, still. I saw what you posted before it was removed. It was a bunch of shitty memes that didn't do much to support your point. Let's imagine a world where your memes weren't removed (which is the world I'm in because I saw them and read them all.)

You still haven't convinced me of your point: America is worse about free speech than North Korea. Please convince me.

Quote:This place is the poster child for the results of censorship.  What do you make of that.

Like I said before, I don't like the 30/30 rule either. But I don't think the rule is motivated by censorship. So I'm unconvinced there too. But I'd rather discuss North Korea than this particular issue. Can you back up this thread's thesis with your own words... in argument form? Whether or not you can post memes, we can still proceed in this way if you're interested.

  Did you go to the link before it was removed?  If so, you know what the North Korean defector Yenomi Park had to say.  In what she was speaking of, you have to take her word for it that the U.S. is more nuts than North Korea.  Because she was actually there.  Next, from much experience I already know that I would be banned before I got very far in telling you in what isn't allowed to be said here in the U.S.  This forum and any other are part of the U.S. aren't they?  (And certainly in one way or another run by the government)  Forums are places where people communicate with each other aren't they?  Anyplace where Americans communicate with each other is where freedom of speech should apply.  But it appears that technology has trumped the basic human right of freedom of speech.

  Sure, I might be able to stand out on a street corner and speak the truth.  But no doubt I would end up getting attacked, possibly killed, by one of the brainwashed minions of our government.  I have no power.  The media has all the power.  In taking on freedom of speech in that regard would be suicidal.  People should have a right to kill themselves.  But I reject freedom of being assaulted and possibly murdered.  Even our government isn't above murdering people.  Just like the Mafia might do.

(March 20, 2022 at 7:28 pm)deepend Wrote: Does a meme of George Washington and what he said become acceptable to be shared on after 30 posts?

Does that answer your question?