The_vagabond7 said:
Those are poor counters to my supposed straw man. Now this is just turning into a debate for the hell of debate, so I'll make this my last post in this thread.
A police officer can indeed come into my house and do what he wants, he has legal authority to do that. But nobody here is the equivalent of internet police. Nobody here can force ioi's hand. That argument is just silly. Time is money, but that's also a contrived arguement. By that notion I can demand anything of anyone that I spend time with. I could make the choice to go spend my time with some friends, but I would be a huge jackass to show up and tell them that their conversation is stupid, they had better do something better because they are wasting the investment of my time that I have spent on them. If I spent my time at somebody's house and demanded that they make it worth my while I would be kicked out. Now I do have the option of spending my time in some other way without making demands of others. I am not bitching at the rules saying they are unjust and making demands that they should be changed. So yes as long as ioi or the head mod says that I have the right to say it, I do. |
Yes that argument is indeed silly. You were the one who made the comparison between houses and how they differed from the "American like democracy". I see you are still using the house analogy. I do agree you could classify that as "that argument is just silly". This isn't ioi's house, it's his website. You say your house isn't a democracy. Well, if you live in a democratic country then your house exists in a democracy. That's still neither here nor there.
As to your question "You think you have a right to complain here?", I don't know. I didn't see anything in the rules that say you didn't. I didn't see any rules that say you did. I suppose it depends on what your definition of "right" is.