NationStates Rules Are Too Strict

[Qwertyuioplkjhgfd]

Actually I believe it's the opposite. What is obscene, threatening, malicious, and defamatory is pretty much opinion. The rules intended to prevent flaming and trolling, so it's funny (to me, my opinion) how some people would find any discussion of homosexuality offensive (just like any discussion of Jews people think it's offensive) so it's banned. It's all human thought and relative.

You don’t think there’s a difference between “discussion”, more importantly intelligent, civil discussion, and calling for genocide? Wouldn’t that be an unacceptable view in our ideal world? NSG tries to maintain a respectful atmosphere, why are you against that?

I'm not against that, I'm just against not being able to talk about controversial topics that people think automatically mark it as non-intelligent or uncivilized. The Europeans sure thought they were civilized when they came to the Americas and indirectly causes mass genocide of the Native Americans. You think I am not having a civil discussion, so were the Belgians when they came Africa, King Leopold, anyone? It was common belief Africans were not intelligent or civil, and their genocide was actually intelligent and civil. Again, it's human personal thought and belief as to what is and isn't (that's my human thought). Just because a majority think the death of Jews is offensive, doesn't automatically make it offensive, especially if the Nazis won the war, NS would definitely not ban it. That's how society works (it is supported by sociology and anthropology but I'll just say, my opinion).

Also,
I am sorry, then Australian. I again say I do not plan on changing site rules, just discussing it. It's like if I was gonna discuss 4chan's rules on NS, except I'm just discussing NS's rules on NS.

[El-Amin Caliphate]

Discussion of homosexuality isn't banned. I've said this around 3 times now.

I'm pretty sure the point he is trying to make is that people find a discussion about Jews offensive and that get's banned. By using that same logic people having a Discussion about homosexuality should be banned too because people can find that offensive.

Discussion about Jews isn't offensive depending on what the discussion is about. If it's about how more Jews should've been murdered during the Holocaust, or how killing Jews is cool, then that'd be a punishable offense. That's loads different than talking about homosexuality.

[Qwertyuioplkjhgfd]

Discussion of homosexuality isn't banned. I've said this around 3 times now.

I'm pretty sure the point he is trying to make is that people find a discussion about Jews offensive and that get's banned. By using that same logic people having a Discussion about homosexuality should be banned too because people can find that offensive.

Yes, that is my point. Also to be annoying I'll say you just assumed by gender.

[Yohannes]

The rules are there to protect registered users. Registered users like you and me. I disagree with some things, and other people will disagree with other things. That's fine. That is why we can post in the Moderation forum to complain if we feel we've been wronged. We (Donata and I) have done this before and it was effectively heard by the Forum Admin (she apologised). There may be a weakness somewhere, but that's why we as registered users can post in Moderation to say what we think.

I don't know what you're here for. Is it to debate in NSG or to do some creative writing for your fictional NationStates nation? Or perhaps to participate in Gameplay. For me, it's creative writing. I try to stay within the rules, and to focus on what I love doing on NationStates. If there's something wrong we can voice our opinions by creating a thread (or post) in Moderation. The alternative is to not visit the NationStates forums any longer, because fundamentally, NationStates is run by the Admins and Moderators, who are the subordinate officers of Max Barry.

[El-Amin Caliphate]

You don’t think there’s a difference between “discussion”, more importantly intelligent, civil discussion, and calling for genocide? Wouldn’t that be an unacceptable view in our ideal world? NSG tries to maintain a respectful atmosphere, why are you against that?

I'm not against that, I'm just against not being able to talk about controversial topics that people think automatically mark it as non-intelligent or uncivilized. The Europeans sure thought they were civilized when they came to the Americas and indirectly causes mass genocide of the Native Americans. You think I am not having a civil discussion, so were the Belgians when they came Africa, King Leopold, anyone? It was common belief Africans were not intelligent or civil, and their genocide was actually intelligent and civil. Again, it's human personal thought and belief as to what is and isn't (that's my human thought). Just because a majority think the death of Jews is offensive, doesn't automatically make it offensive, especially if the Nazis won the war, NS would definitely not ban it. That's how society works (it is supported by sociology and anthropology but I'll just say, my opinion).

Also,
I am sorry, then Australian. I again say I do not plan on changing site rules, just discussing it. It's like if I was gonna discuss 4chan's rules on NS, except I'm just discussing NS's rules on NS.

So you think someone should be able to support genocide and not get banned?

[Qwertyuioplkjhgfd]

I'm pretty sure the point he is trying to make is that people find a discussion about Jews offensive and that get's banned. By using that same logic people having a Discussion about homosexuality should be banned too because people can find that offensive.

Discussion about Jews isn't offensive depending on what the discussion is about. If it's about how more Jews should've been murdered during the Holocaust, or how killing Jews is cool, then that'd be a punishable offense. That's loads different than talking about homosexuality.

This is again your belief, your opinion. [i]You[i] think it's different than homosexuality. Not trying to offend, I think the logic applied to both situations does not make either of them different. Some people do find any discussion of homosexuality offensive, just like you find the same with killing Jews. There are people who treat them the same way, you may not be one, but there exists people who think they are both fine, who think just homosexuality is fine, who think just killing Jews are fine, and who think neither are fine.

[Qwertyuioplkjhgfd]

I'm not against that, I'm just against not being able to talk about controversial topics that people think automatically mark it as non-intelligent or uncivilized. The Europeans sure thought they were civilized when they came to the Americas and indirectly causes mass genocide of the Native Americans. You think I am not having a civil discussion, so were the Belgians when they came Africa, King Leopold, anyone? It was common belief Africans were not intelligent or civil, and their genocide was actually intelligent and civil. Again, it's human personal thought and belief as to what is and isn't (that's my human thought). Just because a majority think the death of Jews is offensive, doesn't automatically make it offensive, especially if the Nazis won the war, NS would definitely not ban it. That's how society works (it is supported by sociology and anthropology but I'll just say, my opinion).

Also,
I am sorry, then Australian. I again say I do not plan on changing site rules, just discussing it. It's like if I was gonna discuss 4chan's rules on NS, except I'm just discussing NS's rules on NS.

So you think someone should be able to support genocide and not get banned?

Yes. Just because it's your opinion, or a lot of people's opinions it should be banned, doesn't mean it should be. It's called moral relativism.

[El-Amin Caliphate]

Discussion about Jews isn't offensive depending on what the discussion is about. If it's about how more Jews should've been murdered during the Holocaust, or how killing Jews is cool, then that'd be a punishable offense. That's loads different than talking about homosexuality.

This is again your belief, your opinion. [i]You[i] think it's different than homosexuality. Not trying to offend, I think the logic applied to both situations does not make either of them different. Some people do find any discussion of homosexuality offensive, just like you find the same with killing Jews. There are people who treat them the same way, you may not be one, but there exists people who think they are both fine, who think just homosexuality is fine, who think just killing Jews are fine, and who think neither are fine.

Well then they can take that issue up to the mods.

[Reploid Productions]

And at this point it's just running in a spiral into bad faith territory. Probably past time to stick a fork in this one.