Posted by yxibow on February 16, 2007, at 23:15:37
In reply to Re: What ever happened to freedom of speach... (nm), posted by Sebastian on February 16, 2007, at 20:54:46
There is freedom of speech on this board up to a point.
I can say sh*t and crap and f*ck and damn because I have both the nicety filters turned on so the above words will not appear when I post, and I am saying them out of my personal frustration with say, my 5 year illness.
But, the rules of the board like them or not, have to do with civility, and you can read the description of them on the board, they are an acknowledged condition of posting on the board. I don't happen to always like them and if you post on the admin board, as I have from time to time, you can argue about them, again, with civility.
So I can't say you f*cking _____ or f___ you, I think you are a piece of _____. Etc. No further demonstration is necessary.
Some people with a poor grasp of the English language may inadvertently use phrases wrongly, we can understand this, this is a worldwide posting board.
That's why, for better or worse, and sometimes I have doubts, but at any rate, we have deputies who remind us that other people can be hurt by phrasing.
That's the best I can describe it.
Now if you meant freedom of speech as to harm; if Dr. Bob, in a rare moment, believes that someone is not firing off cursewords but actually is going to harm themselves, maybe through direct personal email, as a doctor, while this is an experiment in computer mediated therapy, he has an obligation in the US to report imminent danger of suicide.
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