I was forced to post here, after FireIce locked my thread not
even a minute it was up. This is the original link to the previous
thread http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=285904
This thread is pertaining to forum's T&C and also the recent
ban of a fellow forumer; some of you may know him as Allentyb, or
Allen to some of his friends here. According to Allentyb, he was
banned for "spamming meow" in the shoutbox.
You may think that I'm championing for Allen or whatever, but I
speak with objectivity, I speak for no one but myself. With that
much being said, lets us first examine the SGF's Terms &
Conditions on usage.
Extracted from SGF:
"You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use
this BB to post any material which is knowingly false and/or
defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing,
obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a
person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law. You agree not
to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by
you or by this BB."
I honestly do not understand how "meow" is knowingly false and/or
defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing,
obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a
person's privacy.
The shoutbox is a convienient area for the forumers to interact;
and unless it is a demeaning remark - the people should have a
right to express what they think/feel. The principle of free
thought is not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom
for the thought we hate.
Here in Singapore, we have got people from all walks of life,
complaining about the lack of freedom of speech. Even in SGF very
own Speaker's Corner, forumers are yakking about it. Yet in this
forum itself, such rights we are deprived of. If we can't free a
forum, how do we free a country?
That much being said again, I hope that an injustice would be
redressed.
"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell
people what they do not want to hear." - George Orwell, Preface to
Animal Farm (1946)
