This place is a joke !

Yes, hipforums is a joke. Free speech is not here. If you want to speak freely you will be banned. If you oppose drug use in many threads you will be flamed by people who are not being banned. If you favor bush and his policies you will be banned etc. This site is run by someone who obviously has no idea what the meaning of free speech is. In free speech there can be different views. Free speech is all opinions and everyone has there’s. This site is very misleading and a majority of it's patron's are naive enough to believe that there opinions are better than anyone else’s. For people who advocate peace, understanding, and open discussion this is very hypocritical. What I'm saying is I believe that you should change the site's theme of free speech so that it is no longer known as something it is not. This would save a lot of people the annoyance of registering. There are some intelligent people on these forums which amazes me .But I am sure they know how things are run around here.



P.S I’m sure to be back again and again and again….

 

life is a joke, why should these forums really matter that much?

 

i do have to agree with you in many ways...

 

Just like in anything, there are rules. It's posted in the rules that you can't do certain things. If you don't like what the rules are, then don't come here. I'm not trying to be rude, but it's the reality of things. Just like in schools and business and corporations there are things that you just can't do. This is one of those places. I mean who's going to go into work and say to their boss "Fuck you asshole, you're a fucking fag" and expect not to get fired? Come on.

You'll be warned with a ban if you put people down or harrass people and if it continues then you will be banned. No one wants to come here and be called an "asshole" or a "fag" or a "dumbass" or other names that have nothing to do with the thread in which those things were said.

Free Speech is a cop out and an excuse for people to say really stupid, rude things. I agree that we should have free speech but not at other's expenses.

 

To add to Annie's thoughts: The entire point of a COMMUNITY is to have a group of like-minded individuals. You have freedom of speech, but no one has to listen. It's like having someone pro-drinking come to an AA meeting; it's purely stupid and pointless. If you disagree with everyone here so much, it's not any fun for you to be around.

 

I've always liked this quote of Voltaire.. and just think of it.. what's the use of having free speech if everyone is hiding in their own cliques? If you don't like someones views on .. well.. whatever.. use the ignore function!

As long as what is posted is within the boundaries of the law (the law of the country in which the server is hosted), thus making sure the whole forum doesn't get endagered.. and as long as someone isn't obviously spamming (=only posts about how and where to buy viagra etc).. free speech should be really free speech! If someone bashes you.. ignore them.. that's what that whole function is for.. right?

" I disagree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it"

 

''just me again ''
posts =2 and guest huh
'''This place is a joke ! ''''
no i don't agree with u anyway ( u said that =This place is a joke ! ) so leave !!!

 

I obey the rules. I have never been warned before ban ether nor do I t use free speech to hurt others.







Also to the response below yours, I do not know how to double quote my bad but.. yes I am aware of the ignore function. But I also read other people's opinions and take them in to consideration. Thats how compromise happens in the real world. I do not badger people as I have been badgered myself. I do not think drug users are worthless. That’s putting words in my mouth and by doing so you completely ignored what I have said. For all you know I am a drug user. So in that sense I guess our type is not wanted here.

 

I wrote what I did in hopes it would improve things around here. I'm sorry you have been exposed to false ideals of what free speech is composed of. Maybe in the future you will view things from a different vantage point.

 

''save a lot of people the annoyance of registering.'' i smell a lazy person ( nar just joking)
i think you have to keep in mind this is just a forum at the end of the day not worth getting so heated up about.But i get partly what your saying.freedom of spech is just dead(not that i know anything about anything).We have the freedom to say what we want but we can still get shot or put in jail for it.So when your thinking along those lines freedom of speach hasnt been around sence we were monkeys lol much love

 

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Love, Bogs

 

(Being open-minded doesn't mean you have to compromise your opinions to suit others, so there are always going to be people who disagree and argue and have opposing views... but that doesn't mean they will get banned. Yes, there are rules, there has to be. Without them the forums would inevitably turn into any other forum overrun by 13 and 14 year olds who have all of about six words in their vocabularies.


By having rules, an environment has been created where people feel comfortable to share lives and where others are receptive to that information.

Also, I'm not quite sure what you are talking about with being "attacked" by others with opposing views. I am absolutely opposed to any drugs or alcohol and people on here have done nothing but respect my views... not to mention the many other debates. Maybe the issue is that you aren't being open to their lifestyle. I'm opposed to drug and alcohol use, but I don't see how I have any place to tell anyone what is right and what is wrong. (Now, I have no idea of the specifics of which you speak, I'm just using drugs as an example)

 

Free speech sucks anyway. I don't like to be denied the right to tell people to shut the fuck up and/or die.

So you all shut the fuck up and/or die.

*sigh* Aww, I love you all... ^_^

 

To the person who started this thread, why do you care so much? Just leave if it's that much of a problem. How can an internet forum get to you so much? It's a waste of time to worry over it. And so what if people are being mislead? What do you care? Why should you give a damn? Maybe the people here don't give a damn about what you have to say, or what anyone outside of these forums has to say. I'm sure you were trying to get some point across, somewhere along the line, and that's all fine and dandy, but what benefits are you going to receive by saying that this place is a joke?

Let me put it more blunt: If you don't like how things are run here, simply leave. It's not that hard. And get over it.

 

If Skip didn't have some amount of control over what went on here it would be an ever bigger mad house than it already is. And if this place is "such a joke" then why bother registering as someone else, coming back here, and writing up some long-winded post whining about how you got banned? If this place is just a big joke then why do you care so much? Bottom line, everyone knows the rules. If you don't like them, you don't have to be here. No one is holding a gun to your head.

 

And for this, we pay taxes.

 

Well I am guessing skip sees a point in what I am saying other wise I would be banned again by now.You people think this place is something it is not.In all honesty it is sad.I'm sorry for you.I was just doing you a favor to let you know what is up.

 

so be off then...

 

I am really surpised that this thread isn't closed or removed yet. Opposition is usually so quickly killed..

 

Maybe it is just tired and repetitive. Maybe you are being given JUST enough rope.......