I have a question

[Los Para Noias]

What's up with all this banning? What happened to freedom of speech? Does it really matter if people complain?

[Nygel]

well, all i know is one guy said something, and minton deleted the posts, and then the same guy said something about 'why don't you just ban me?'...so he did. mintons just doing his job, some of ya deserve to be banned, most don't.
free speech only goes so far

[minton]

Regarding the deletion of posts; we're doing our job. In each and every case, it's reasonable whether you like it or not. If you don't like it and you think it's ok to be openly offensive (racist, ist, homophobic etc.) or whatever you were being, then leave. We don't want that around here. Keep that to yourself in your own home where you won't offend other people, if you feel you must spit that.

Lastly, I know that you're upset about what happened earlier this week. So I'll explain this one incident (again). A user was banned for repeatedly private messaging another user, telling them that they're gay and that they should be shot for that. Not only did the offending user send this message once or twice, they sent it a third time after being warned. Warned twice, actually. That's not cool and will not be tolerated. Furthermore, making a thread after we ban a user for such conduct, in which the same 'insults' are pulled out isn't cool either. So, we deleted that. Again, if you think that conduct is acceptable, then leave.

Fair? Sure. Case closed.

[BeastieBoys.com]

What's up with all this banning? What happened to freedom of speech?

Oh and also, the answer is: it doesn't apply here like you think it does. Read this:

http://www.beastieboys.com/bbs/faq.php?faq=vb_read_and_post#faq_freedom_of_speech