JenX opened this issue on Jun 09, 2008 · 49 posts
LostinSpaceman posted Tue, 24 June 2008 at 9:55 AM
Quote - Lost - please, no need for a memory hole. Idea oppression (even ideas and opinions you do not agree with) only occurs with deletion and redaction, not with open discussion. I see a lot of opinion that sometimes, I frankly think to be ignorant, hateful, and outright unintelligent. That said, I treasure their right to post just as much as I treasure my own.
One has the right to be wrong. It's how we all learn and grow, even if the education and growth won't be apparent for awhile.
Well If it's the policy not to do so, I don't have a problem with that but I don't happen to agree that everyone has a right to an opinion if it causes disruptions to the operation of the site. Nobody has a right to shout fire in a theatre in order to cause a panic. Likewise, nobody should just be allowed to post vitriolicly in a thread just to cause a flame war or locking of a thread they don't happen to agree with.