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Old 04-09-2008, 10:19 PM   #1

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I'm fedup of members screaming "You can't tell me to NOT say that, I have free speech", so can someone tell me once and for all. Does free speech laws apply on forums, can i actually tell someone to stop talking about something on my forum, or does Free Speech actually prevail and I can do nothing to stop them?
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No, they don't. Ban them if they keep claiming free speech.
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No, they don't. Ban them if they keep claiming free speech.
Can you give me the reasoning for that? Just so I have something to post when it happens again, and it doesn't look like i'm getting all stuck up and just a plain twat on them.
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no personal attacks and no racial slurs. thats the only limits they (my members) have. if a rule is broken, they are punished.

if its in your rules, you have a rock solid "fall back on" everytime.

bama said what he said, cause it's YOUR site, you made it, you pay for it, you run it, you can do as you please....period.
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Can you give me the reasoning for that? Just so I have something to post when it happens again, and it doesn't look like i'm getting all stuck up and just a plain twat on them.
Would you let someone go into your business and dog cuss you for 8 hours a day and let them get away with it on free speech?
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....er no. I get your point

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You are only entitled to free speech in public places - your forum is a private place which has its own rules.
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Yeah, you're basically the president of your own state and can do whatever you want as long as it doesn't break the rules of the country.
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Send them a private message. Kindly explain that the laws of free speech do not extend to privately owned communities such as this one. I quote from Managing Online Forums."you have no legal obligation to allow users to say whatever they want, whenever they want, however they want - or, in their eyes, to 'uphold free speech.' "
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