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http://www.rpgsite.net/news/305.html
Xbox Live Bans Straights as well as Gays
A story surfaced yesterday about how a Lesbian Xbox 360 Gamer got banned from Xbox Live for listing herself as being Lesbian in her profile.
As always with controversial issues, fans jumped in and issues got heated as people debated if Microsoft and the Xbox Live service were discriminating against homosexuals.
Thank god for the industrious people of NeoGAF, who decided to put the whole issue to the test. One member added a simple statement to the end of his Xbox Live Bio - simply stating "Heterosexual." The people of the forum then reported him.
Several hours later he recieved notification of a 24 hour ban from Xbox Live and the removal of the 'inappropriate content' from his profile.
Check out the original post and discussion thread over on NeoGAF.
So there you have it - Xbox Live bans gays and straights. That rules out discrimination - but is it still wrong? We'll leave that one up to you.
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Just as I thought.
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Case closed, MS haters defeated once again...
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Actually this just shows that there discrimination in the TOS against freedom of expression. So like the last question in that article states. Is it still wrong? the answer is YES.
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You get more and more wrong with every post you make. It has NOTHING to do with discrimination. There would only be discrimination if they were banned because of their orientation. This is NOT the case. They were banned for using words that are against the TOS, which has nothing to do with discrimination. If you can't see this then you need to not bother posting anymore about anything EVER.
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I just wont keep arguing because you dont understand Freedom of Expression in the USA and that the TOS goes against first amendment rights.
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Wow, this is your worst argument yet. No TOS violates any constitutional rights. Want to know why? Because those TOS agreements are for private services where the company has complete control over the content The company can choose to not allow anything they want to on their service. Don't like it? Don't use their service. It is just like how a store can refuse to sell to anyone they damn well please.
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Actually a store in Tampa was just closed down for that.
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Wrong, no store can be closed for that. You might want to read up on some of these laws that you obviously know nothing about. Every privately owned business has the right to refuse service to ANYONE.
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Apparently you missed the segregation part of US history.
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Um, segregation has nothing to do with this at all. Go read the business laws. A privately owned company can refuse service to anyone. They just cannot openly refuse service to all people of a paticular group. They must have a valid reason. Such as, refusing to let a bum in your place because he has no shoes/shirt/smells, etc.
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Doesnt those two statements strongly go against eachother. Even if you refuse service to people of a certain group without voicing you opinions but get called out for the fact you dont let people of one ethnic group, religion, etc be served at a place that means that your violating laws because you do not have the right to just willingly ban anyone from being served. Like you said there has to be a reason like they smell bad, clothes are poorly kept, to young, etc. So the wording of the phrase "private company can refuse anyone" isnt completely correct as while they can refuse anyone at any given time if they keep refusing one natured group of people for reasons of questionable belief is presented against the company. This is pretty much what nightsurge just said though.
Still I guess my standards is a bit to high for society as nightsurge stated as I have a more balanced mind for not giving a damn about things like race, religion, sexual preference, etc. Maybe it is that I believe that everyone has the right to express their beliefs freely without being judged by the masses no matter where they express themselves is considered wrong by the society at large (there are still moral and legal rights that need to be held strong if actions occur after the stated beliefs but the human voice should not be silenced).
