Fellow AnandTechers,
I want to call your attention to the blatant disregard for free speech that is taking place in our forums. My username is Morph and recently I was banned for expressing my opposition to the war in Iraq. I have been a member of the Anandtech Forums for over 3 years and the other day, without a single word of warning, I was permanently banned from the forums. The following post is what prompted my ban (comment by Mod added later, of course):
The thread in question is located here: text
Banning me for this is ridiculous and way out of line. I was simply expressing concern about dropping bombs in a residential area and wondering if and how many civilians were killed. A number of posters in the thread were concerned about the same thing. How is this "immature" or "trollish"? As for my previous posts, while I have spoken out freely against the war and tried to highlight what I felt were hypocrosies on the part of the Bush administration, I've always done so in a reasonable manner.
This banning is completely unjustified and was done purely out of spite by a moderator that does not agree with my anti-war opinions. But there can be no doubt that I have the right to express those opinions. Freedom of speech is what this country is all about. If we allow this to happen it sets a dangerous precedent, whereby a moderator can silence anyone that they do not like or that have political views that they disagree with. We should not allow this type of censorship on these forums. I hope you will all let our moderators know that this is UNNACCEPTABLE.
As for me, I hope to get unbanned, but even if I do, I don't know if I want to participate in a forum where I am always afraid to express my opinions from fear of being banned at any time, without warning, by overzealous moderators.
NOTE: THIS POST WILL BE REMOVED AS SOON AS A MOD SEES IT. NICE CENSORSHIP, MODERATORS.
It's been seen and will be discussed
Do not open another account here in the
meantime.
AnandTech Moderator
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I want to call your attention to the blatant disregard for free speech that is taking place in our forums. My username is Morph and recently I was banned for expressing my opposition to the war in Iraq. I have been a member of the Anandtech Forums for over 3 years and the other day, without a single word of warning, I was permanently banned from the forums. The following post is what prompted my ban (comment by Mod added later, of course):
The thread in question is located here: text
Banning me for this is ridiculous and way out of line. I was simply expressing concern about dropping bombs in a residential area and wondering if and how many civilians were killed. A number of posters in the thread were concerned about the same thing. How is this "immature" or "trollish"? As for my previous posts, while I have spoken out freely against the war and tried to highlight what I felt were hypocrosies on the part of the Bush administration, I've always done so in a reasonable manner.
This banning is completely unjustified and was done purely out of spite by a moderator that does not agree with my anti-war opinions. But there can be no doubt that I have the right to express those opinions. Freedom of speech is what this country is all about. If we allow this to happen it sets a dangerous precedent, whereby a moderator can silence anyone that they do not like or that have political views that they disagree with. We should not allow this type of censorship on these forums. I hope you will all let our moderators know that this is UNNACCEPTABLE.
As for me, I hope to get unbanned, but even if I do, I don't know if I want to participate in a forum where I am always afraid to express my opinions from fear of being banned at any time, without warning, by overzealous moderators.
NOTE: THIS POST WILL BE REMOVED AS SOON AS A MOD SEES IT. NICE CENSORSHIP, MODERATORS.
It's been seen and will be discussed
Do not open another account here in the
meantime.
AnandTech Moderator
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