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Post by Dabbit on Dec 3, 2007 2:36:55 GMT -5
I found myself getting so wound up on another forum recently that I have now left it. The forum a well known TV programme here in the UK decided to remove one of my posts on 'legal grounds'. Fair enough if what I had written had been illegal or nasty or similar. But what I actually wrote was about a presenter who some years ago got arrested for stealing wine from Tesco and the fact he wasn't actually whiter than white. It was a fact that was easily found elsewhere online through search engines - and yet they removed my post...
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Post by Mark on Dec 3, 2007 21:13:40 GMT -5
Sounds like blatant censorship, Dabbit. There's room for all opinions here, and as long as no particular person, religion, race or belief is hurt or defamed I see no reason why something which is public knowledge should be grounds for removal of a posting.
It's hard to imagine someone in the public eye like that stealing, isn't it? But here, as well, celebrities have been caught stealing, when they obviously could well afford to buy what they were attempting to steal. Must be a sickness.
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Post by Alex on Dec 4, 2007 15:27:17 GMT -5
Did you contest the dismissal of you item? I would make my feelings well known and they should make their decision and reason very clear to you. I demand a review!
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Post by Dabbit on Dec 10, 2007 13:57:13 GMT -5
There is little you can Alex to be honest but I did make a post on the forum before I left explainingwhy I was leaving and many people agreed with my reasons saying they had also been censored
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Post by Mark on Dec 10, 2007 14:05:25 GMT -5
But Dabbit, surely you recall that all great governmental bodies have sanctioned censorship as well - The Nazi's, for example, and let's not forget the Soviet Union.
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Post by Dabbit on Dec 11, 2007 4:43:32 GMT -5
And there was me thinking I lived in a democracy...
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Post by Mark on Dec 11, 2007 18:40:51 GMT -5
Right. That's what it's supposed to be. Imagine how it would be though under the regimes I mentioned....In one of those you might no longer be with us....
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