My opinion of the site and forums as a newcomer

Sounds kind of hypocritical in a way.. Who are you to choose who gets to say what according the constitution of the U.S in an International forum?

All in all, this isn't about free speech though. This is not a governement operated/owned website. This is a privately run operation and whatever the rules, they are final and undeniably clear.

I'm all for free speech. I would like to be able to use whatever language I please, but we are trying to keep the forums respectable and "safe" for the viewing audience. Granted, "safe" and "respectable" are open to interpretation... By general standards, however, I believe it is widely accepted that vulgarity is indeed vulgar, rude and inappropriate.

Just as a side note, I do not take any offense to vulgarity itself. I personally don't see what makes things like "crap" acceptable when other alternatives are not.. But so is the spiral of life.

The point is, we are just trying to keep this place clean so it is sensible, useful and on topic for the most part.

In the history of 3DS, the worst offenders have always claimed they have a "right" to Freedom of Speech. None can explain the meaning of this Constitutional protected right & how it allows them to use of profanity. None can explain why they agreed to 3DS's terms of service, yet they alone are exempt from the rules.
I consider these persons ignorant, rude, immature, & uncaring for the feelings & sensibilities of others.

Years ago I stopped & walked out of my sales presentation when a dept. head we were pitching to started using profanity. This was his habit, I suppose, to intimidate people & cut to the bottom line. Later one of their "higher ups" apologetically called our office & asked us to return, thinking they had upset a religious conviction.

I declined & explained it wasn't a religious reason. It was logic. This person as a representative of their company, would indicate they could not or would not comprehend the sevice package we were offering, therefore the cost was irrelevant. The sale was a waste of time.

Within five years that company closed. :dead:

Rights as dictated by the Constitution of the US are only good until you use that right to infringe upon someone elses right. Profanity is considered to be an infringement upon someone's rights. Which has little bearing anyway because as has already been said, this is a private run site that has rules and they have to be followed.

I am kind of a getting a little sick of this particular argument, however in my book:

Don't come on here and use sexual swear words, post adults only content, XXX, nazi, racist, etc....

I can live with "damn" "hell" and "crap" - I've heard this words on BBC morning news and seen some of them posted on the main 3DS page...

We all know the kinds of things that are just plain not acceptable to anyone here. A mature and sensible mind should be all that it takes to work that out.

Whilst in the past some editing here has, in my opinion, got somewhat out of hand, as a moderator I can assure you that many times have members posted using language and imagery that is just plain offensive and / or unsuitable for minors.

Keep it PG. (Or at a push 15 cert). That's all I ask. No one is asking you to be all "golly gee!" and "gosh!" but keep the sexual swear words and four letter words and explicit references for somewhere else.....

I agree that the site does have it's rules and they must be followed. If you dont like the rules, there are many other forums to swear in. Hey, even I don't agree with all the rules, but it is a privatly owned site. Heck, if I owned a site you would have to be 18 just to read the first page! hehehe.. But that's just me...

Gee golly willikers.. You must be an awfully rude man, gosh darn it!

Golly!

Hehehe Rick that sounds like a line from "The Wizard of Oz"!



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