Howdy folks :wave:
Just checking in, as time permits. I think I'm going to make a change or two to the terms of use. I'll have to run this by qualified legal counsel, of course. But, if this is legal, the new policy will include a clause about our reserving the right to bust out the identity of anonymous posters who commit certain specific infractions of policy. Masquerading as another user, as in creating a username that looks identical due to the use of a l instead of a 1 or an 0 instead of an O, would be one such infraction.
But that's about as close as I want to get to dictating what anyone wants to say here or what anyone wants to use the forum for. I've glossed over some discussion about what these fora are here for and how they should be used, even what I would do if I were looking. Well, while I don't have the time right now to hunker over every new post, I am looking in from time to time. And I probably wouldn't do much differently as regards administration, though I might well get into the mix and contribute to the discussion if I could.
If you want to use it to write angry satire, go for it! I know a lot of ppl enjoy that. If you want to vent on a more serious level, do that. If you want to connect w/ ppl w/ whom you may share some of the really serious, sensitive issues, we're glad to be of service.
If you want to use these fora to try and control others or how we're all perceived as a group, well... good luck. If I banned all the angry, profane and offensive users or everyone who wants to try and make an argument in favor of the troubled parent industry, this would be a very lonely place indeed.
An ye harm none, do as thou wilt. That shall be the whole of the law. But there is no authority to compel you to enforce it. The only "law" enforced by compulsion around here is this "The server shall remain functional."
If we choose to violate the rights of the innocent in order to discover and act against the guilty, then we have transformed our country into a police state and abandoned one of the fundamental tenants of a free society. In order to win the war on drugs, we must not sacrifice the life of the Constitution in the battle.
--US District Judge H. Lee Sarokin
