OK so we’ve established that you think the operators of this board sanction threads they allow. Presumably you must agree that this board sanctions tight gun control and absolute gun freedom? Abortion and anti-abortion? Theism and atheism? I am curious about what conclusion you are able to draw from this.
I’m curious also about your post in which you appear to imply that topics should for preference be raised as hijacks or in a PM. Is that what you believe the usual practice to be?
Ah, so not everyone has lost sight of the big picture. At least somebody is keeping his or her eye on the ball.
…and yet we have talked about illegal downloading and illegal drugs any number of times without sanction. Do you genuinely not know this? If you do know this, I am curious about why you feel the need to state a blatant falsity.
The big picture is that in half a billion years the sun will go nova and everyone will die. The small picture is that I should either be writing an essay on calvinism, arminianism and outsider religions’ views on God and family or going to bed. Somewhere between the two is a weirdo in a basement laughing to himself as he watches people work themselves into histrionics over pedophilia. If the thread is made, it will most likely devolve into mockery, derision, or jokes and get locked within a day of being created. And the secrets of the deviant mind will be forever lost to Argent Towers. Sad day.
Ok, one of us needs a humor tune-up and I’m pretty sure mine’s not that faulty.
Incidentally, I found this thread. So we can add faking an accent to the list of no-nos.
Perhaps we mis-spoke; as far as I know, promoting illegal downloading and the use of illegal drugs are not allowed here. Why don’t you give it a go if you think it’s kosher? I don’t think it is.
And neither is promoting the violation of US rape law allowed. Which Cesario doesn’t do.
So you didn’t mean what you said to have any rhetorical impact at all? I see.
He can say whatever he wants, but no one is obliged to give him a venue or an audience. He may have to say it to the mirror in his bathroom. Oh well.
Guin beat me to it. You can easily extrapolate answers to all those questions by what he’s already said.
Well, I already brought up the potential legal/liability complications; that’s not enough?
I mean, there’s potential for even greater problems (real world ones, not just “someone is wrong on the internet!”), but I’d think the potential for putting Creative Loafing’s ass in a legal swing would be plenty reason to steer clear. It doesn’t really matter if we think it’s a reasonable legal response or not; just what the authorities in question might think.
You’re serious enough for the both of us.
And what those authorities in question would think is that some guy may or may not be having certain thoughts, which doesn’t even put him in any legal difficulty much less the board. It’s a non-issue.
And anyway, the board itself will decide that for itself, as always. Potential legal hassle can’t possibly explain this reaction from board members.
Oh so you genuinely don’t know that advocating legalisation of downloading and smoking dope (or harder) are commonplace here? You’ve been here for about ten years and have not quite 23000 posts and you’ve never seen that? I guess that’s possible. I guess.
You didn’t read my post about the comic book guy, did you?
When it’s pedophilia, you don’t need a reason.
The value to be had is the same value that always exists in the airing of unpopular opinions.
Summary.
Note that Mill isn’t talking about human rights, but rather about the practical benefits of free speech; his arguments apply just as much to a community such as ours as to society in general.
Yes, I did. It’s an entirely different matter. The guy was in possession of material that actually violated child pornography laws. That has very little in common with advocating a change in the pedophilia-relevant statutory provisions.
Is this a Welcome back kotter thing?
Does your insulting me change the fact that a peaodphile posts here?
You da man.
I’d rather cut off a finger than watch the life cycle of a child that has seen it first hand bear it. I have personal experiance in that. That shit never goes away.
Why do you think there’s so many fucked up people in this world?
It never goes away .
I posted this in the other ATMB thread on this topic, but it’s relevant here, too - regarding free speech, obscenity is not necessarily covered under free speech. Whether Cesario is/has been obscene is a judgement for other people other than me to make - by some definitions, he is indeed obscene (“a term that is most often used in a legal context to describe expressions (words, images, actions) that offend the prevalent sexual morality of the time.”).
From the registration agreement - “You agree not to post material that in our opinion encourages activity that is illegal in the U.S.” I rest my case, and my carcass. 
Night, all.
This is going to sound harsher than I really want it to, but that really doesn’t have anything to do with anything going on on this board. It’s not a constitutional issue. If it was, nothing he has said would come close to passing the test for obscenity, but it isn’t. Nobody is saying Cesario’s thread is constitutionally guaranteed.
Regarding your most recent post, note, not for the first, second, or eighth time, the difference between advocating the legality of and advocating the actual engagement in behavior that is currently illegal. Different animals.