(May 23, 2011 at 2:35 am)bbrettle Wrote:(May 23, 2011 at 1:00 am)apophenia Wrote: I forget who said it, but some wise/acre once said that the remedy for bad speech is not censorship, but more speech.i agree 100%... yet when posting you are giving up that right ( willingly) to ABSOLUTE free speech because of the rules set in this forum
"Rights" are illusory... I can post whatever I want here. What happens to it afterwards is someone else's decision.
I don't follow the rules of the site... it just so happens that the site's rules do not interfere with how I desire to post (As I don't intend to post porn, insult-laden posts, or state secrets). As such... my speech is entirely free on this board. The speech of those that want to post porn, insult (extensively), or otherwise engage in 'naughties' is not 'free' here.
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
