Check it out. Seems like everyone is in on it except me. Or the page has been hacked or something. Really weird.
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JMHO, FWIW, YMMV.
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Something weird going on at the Ball Python forum...
Thomas S.
Nov 19, 2003 10:31 AM
Replies (16)
Randall_Turner
Nov 19, 2003 11:01 AM
I would be extremely irritated at that if I was a ball python forum user... I guess I am glad I don't use that forum.
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Randall L Turner Jr.
www.aircapitalconstrictors.com
You never experience life until you have kids..then you realize what you should have done rather then what you did do
Thomas S.
Nov 19, 2003 11:12 AM
>>I would be extremely irritated at that if I was a ball python forum user... I guess I am glad I don't use that forum.
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>>Randall L Turner Jr.
>> www.aircapitalconstrictors.com
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>>You never experience life until you have kids..then you realize what you should have done rather then what you did do
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JMHO, FWIW, YMMV.
CE
Nov 19, 2003 11:14 AM
>>>>I would be extremely irritated at that if I was a ball python forum user... I guess I am glad I don't use that forum.
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>>>>Randall L Turner Jr.
>>>> www.aircapitalconstrictors.com
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>>>>You never experience life until you have kids..then you realize what you should have done rather then what you did do
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>>JMHO, FWIW, YMMV.
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Got Bats?
Thomas S.
Nov 19, 2003 11:15 AM
Ok, what is the story?
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JMHO, FWIW, YMMV.
CE
Nov 19, 2003 11:20 AM
because the moderator deleted all the posts , but a few people were not happy with one of the other forum goers and voiced their opinions. It wasn't very pretty , and probably violated the TOS. That is understandable , the moderator posted a pretty rude message to all the forum goers and proceeded to delete any thread that challenged him/her....
http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=250124,250124
I guess that forum is getting tired of the censorship..they are protesting , without users the forum is DEAD!
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Got Bats?
Skooter777
Nov 19, 2003 11:27 AM
As I posted in the Ball forum just now......they all need to get a life.
Thomas S.
Nov 19, 2003 11:21 AM
>>Ok, what is the story?
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>>JMHO, FWIW, YMMV.
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Still it's somewhat rediculous.
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JMHO, FWIW, YMMV.
bengkulu
Nov 19, 2003 02:13 PM
Ridiculous? Do think the thousands of Americans who gave their lives so YOU could have first amendment rights was ridiculous? I realize you may think this ball forum thing is silly and not important but every time a little bite is taken from your rights the less we all have. How long before you have none? If we can't voice our believes we are as good as DEAD.
Free speech is free speech...on the street corner, the newspaper, the radio, the TV or the internet.
Here at kingsnake I can't even type the word [bleep] (that's [bleep]) because of censorship. See my point?
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Edited for attempting to circumvent the filter.
Edited on November 19, 2003 at 17:28:03 by PHWyvern.
Simbo
Nov 19, 2003 02:50 PM
privately held website. If the moderator (owner) wants to delete a post then they can. The website is their's and they can do whatever they want with it.
Now, if this was a public (government-owned) website then that would be a different story.
- Eric
Jamison
Nov 19, 2003 07:08 PM
i think the main reason phwreny got mad in the first place is becuase someone pointed out he violated his own TOS he wrote him, saying no profane lingo or anything....but in the warning message, he used some cuss words. Talk about proving a point? he doesnt even follow his own rules. Go to Ralph Davis' Site. he is an awesome man to know (gonna buy some pastels from him when i get the cash). Phwerny, get some midol. and stop throwing temper tantrums that you are not "controlling" the reptile world.
simmons
Nov 19, 2003 07:38 PM
it is open to the public...therefore it is bound by the laws of this country. people have a right to protest if they feel they are being treated unfairly.
Ken Harbart
Nov 19, 2003 07:52 PM
has no applicability whatsoever, as kingsnake.com is not a government entity.
That being said, while the First Ammendment guarantees freedom of speech (with minimal infringment by the government), it does not guarantee an audience.
DR.EVIL
Nov 19, 2003 08:00 PM
the whole thing wasn't started because of a first ammendment issue.Thank you.
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Removed scrolling marquee.
Edited on February 18, 2004 at 10:17:25 by phwyvern.
bengkulu
Nov 19, 2003 09:36 PM
Yes, they have a right to do with this site anything they want....and they are free to destroy themselves and drive away their customer base in the process. And that is just what they are doing.
KS shot themselves in the foot. They have alienated the biggest and best known breeders in U.S. They have drove away and banned their members. They have insulted their customers.
There ARE other places to go....and that's were I and many MANY others will be.
sparke303
Nov 20, 2003 12:59 AM
That is not ENTIRELY true. As does any other business in the US, they are not allowed to discriminate based on race, religion, etc. etc. etc...
Additionally, there are some provisions in the Sherman anti-trust act that could hold KS liable. I doubt it would come to that, nor do I know whether KS owns enough "market share" to deem it valid, but there could be some correlation drawn between some of the things KS does and those things that led MicroSoft to their troubles years ago. Not saying it will, or that I know who was right or what the whole deal was, just that "private" does not necessarily mean "unregulated".
