On Censorship (please don't censor this)

[fkusumot]

naznatips said:

fkusumot said:

naznatips said:
If they weren't banned that was a mistake on the mod's part. FF asked what reasoning there was for the initial ban. I gave him that reasoning. Insulting the site is not criticizing the site. His post after the insult may have been criticism, but he started with an insult, which directly contradicts the forum rules, and common decency in general.

Which forum rule is that in direct contradiction with? I think the whole point here is how things are interpreted. It would be helpful to know what the words are exactly and how you're interpreting them.

Hrmm. Good point, you have me there. There isn't a rule directly against insulting on the forums. However, there is in rule 3 "No posts specifically to to say that a poster or the thread sucks, either with words or pictures." Again, it's common sense not to post insults and it's reasonable for any site to enforce punishment on people for those insults. Even without a direct rule, insults shouldn't be tolerated. If you'd like you can always go to the site improvement suggestions thread and request that be added to make things more clear.

 Fair enough Naznatips. Stof has already commented that he was looking at revising the forum rules but that he didn't absolutely think it was necessary (or something like that). I know there will always be questions of interpretation and application. People usually have a better understanding of things when they have an idea of what they are standing under.