Amiga.org Moderation Policy has been Updated!

[Damion]

neo-nazis?!? anti-semites?!? The generic rule against racism isn't enough?

Hmmm....I was also curious as to why there are several rules
applying to the same general topic, seems a little excessive for
a computer forum (is there an excess of neo-nazi amigans out
there or something?).

[Damion]

@Wayne

Keep in mind please that the "Coffee House" forums get 3x the
traffic of the actual computer-related forums on this site. In
those forums, there are those who continually seek to express
neo-nazi (and other extreme) views which a good number of our
patrons find offensive.

Wow, well, although there are many threads and posts I don't
get around to reading, I had never read anything even resembling
neo-nazi viewpoints here in the past, and I'm sad to hear that's
the case. (Although I hope noone is confusing racism with general
criticism of governments and politics.)

[Damion]

The question is, really, what type of community do we want.
One more aligned with

freedom, or one more aligned with restrictions?

Essentially...and maybe I can partially relate to where MarkTime is
coming from here...and that's, are we responsibile enough to
conduct ourselves "freely", understanding at a fundamental level
what is and is not beneficial to oursleves and others socially,
or would we rather forgo that...and subject our decisions and
actions to an "external" rulebook, which spells everything out??
(at someone else's discretion?) Some will choose the former,
whilst others may need the latter...so, in that sense, I understand
the judgement call which Wayne and the moderators have to make.
I do believe though, that "overall", we should tend to shoot for the
former...and I suppose I mean that moreso as "societies", not only
here at Amiga.org.