freediver wrote on Apr 30^th, 2010 at 10:20pm:


See how many are banned from the Islam forum but not the others.

Them.

freediver wrote on Apr 30^th, 2010 at 10:40pm:


He is silenced on the Islam forum. Who else is banned from there but not elsewhere?

I apologise for stating my point in those terms, however, the point is that I do feel threathened for posting the Southpark clip.
Should I need to feel threatened?
Well, seeing that the supposed "moderate" muslim Abu has banned me from his little islamic state for posting the clip, I think that I am fully justified in feeling threatened by more extremist muslims.

..and besides, muslims have been depicting Mo for centuries. Have a look at how many pics you fcan ind of him with just a simple google.
http://zombietime.com/mohammed_image_archive/islamic_mo_full/

I would have to agree that complete banning from any board should only be done in extreme cases and only where the senior moderator or forum owner also agrees.

The unilateral arbitrary banning of members by a board moderator skews the collective opinion of the board towards the sensibilities of one moderator and is therefore not representative of general opinion on this forum.

No board should be allowed to include in its terms that a member can be arbitrarily banned where that member's opinions or style of delivery is not consistent with those of the moderator.

However, I believe the moderator has the right to remove individual posts that are threatening, or have no point other than to be abusive or reveal members' identities etc... If a member persists with the practise, then he/she would be a candidate for complete banning from the board after warning then agreement from the board moderator and forum owner.

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But the fact is that I did feel threatened immediately after posting the cartoon in consideration of Abu's actions. I don't feel like it's any safe haven at all just because I posted outside of his Islamic state, his opinion will still be same, so too extremist opinions.
"Is that OK to show here?" "I don't know, I guess we'll see".


Considering the pictures I've shown or linked to of Islamic Mo depictions,  who wouldn't find it hypocritical for them to be dictating terms as they do?

It should be noted that many muslims have been depicting Mo over the centuries with no apparent backlash until it was somehow decided that his image should not be shown and should be punishable by death in some instances.
So forget the "respect for Islam" thing. Just say what you think, it's a ridiculous concept and it's offensive to most Australians to be told what we can or cannot create images of.

Soren wrote on Apr 30^th, 2010 at 10:57pm:


That's the problem with these forums. Turn your back for one second and contributors get stoned to death 

Soren wrote on Apr 30^th, 2010 at 10:57pm:


IMHO, it is a good thing that helps to detect the cancer of islamic caliphate in laboratory environment before it grows to fatal proportion in the wild.