Authoritarianism/rules and regulations

Whoa, watch it. You're getting close to breaking rule # 5.

 

But it's really like Gibbs' rules on NCIS: Most of them are not written down. You only learn them by violating them.

 

First, upload the image using the manage attachments.


Then select the arrow to the right of the paperclip.


Then select the image you want to attach.


and boom goes the dynamite!

 

Or, don't upload at all and just paste the link using the image attach button.

 

That's definitely an option if the image you are attaching is already hosted somewhere else. If it's an image you have stored on your local pc and wish to upload and attach it, without having to go through a third party image hosting service or using a cloud based drive application, the method above will work just fine.

 

While i understand why the rules are in place on these forums.
I agree with the OP.
It is censoring somebody's freedom of speech.
(done so that the big guberment won't come in and shut down these forums and take away w/e ad revenue is generated from it)

It goes to show that the avg person does not read the rules before signing up.
But i find it odd that somebody would announce it and then ask for their account to be deleted. You would figure most would just stop posting and dissapear into obscurity. Especially with such a small post #
Se La Vie

 

I think there's a misunderstanding about freedom of speech. You have freedom of speech, but what you do not have is the right to demand others provide a platform for you to exercise that speech.

OP has the right to develop a website from which he can say most anything he wants, ask questions, and so on. I think it's a little presumptuous of him to demand others provide him that platform.

 

You don't have freedom of speech on HBT. This is a privately owned web site.

 

I was under the impression distilling was legal (in some states, as it seems from other threads I've read here alcohol laws can vary widely from state to state) in the US. It's illegal here in the UK

 

^^ +1. As was so eloquently phrased above, this is basically a club. If you want to stay in the club, there are some simple rules. You don't need to use one of George Carlin's "Seven Dirty Words" to make your point, we don't need to discriminate based on gender, race, religion, sexual preference, or anything else. Above all, we need to be civil and respectful to each other...even when we totally disagree (Yooper's rule about being a dick.) If the club rules says we won't use vile language, talk about Mary Jane, or making hooch, then that's the rules. You want to talk about making sour mash whiskey?...start your own forum or join Home Distiller's Forum. Personally, I like this club and the rules set forth, so please don't delete my account. Ed

 

Hmmmm

 

Yes there is a misunderstanding. You misunderstood what i wrote.
Nowhere did i "demand" that anybody provide anyone else a platform.
Nor did the OP demand it be done here.
Sinse he discovered that this HBT website is not that platform, he moved on.
Re-read my post, then re-read it again.
The admin at least could admit that HBT does not allways permit free speech. I don't need it explained to me as i allready know this and conveyed that i knew this (the rules) and even went on to say that i understand WHY those rules are in place. Telling me something i allready know is about as usefull as handing me last months newspaper, just don't do it.

Now you all may or may not agree with the OP, or are just buttsore about him posting about it, my actual point was that it just goes to show you that the avg person completely skips over reading the rules as shown by the OP. Had he been aware that he cannot speak his mind here regarding the evil D-word he merely would have not created an account and continue googling for a forum where he can speak his peace.
Secondly, i stated that i found it wierd/odd that he would post asking to be deleted. Perhaps he wasn't aware of how to contact a mod when he posted.

Was i not clear in my ealier post on this? Is my sentance structure so strange/out of the ordinary to the point that communication is lost in text?

 

Yes.

 

Well......crap.

 

I think everything you've said their is how we run our forum over at HBF. We've got a reptutation for being very friendly because we step in when things cross a line. Like you say if people dont like it they're free to go elsewhere

 

Boy, this expanded quick ...