Freedom of speech being denied, when it's the law?

[Jamesy]

You don't go out into the street calling "people all names under the sun" but there's still freedom of speech allowed there.

Go call a black man something nasty near a policeman, you would be arrested for disorderly behavior in public. Same as if you were swearing at everyone on the streets.

there is no true freedom of speech, and there never will be unless you spend your entire life in international waters.

[Niall!]

The internet is not a democracy or a government. Habbox are a company seeing as they make profit on certain things to pay for the servers etc and can enforce the regulations they want. You wouldn't go into work and call people all names under the sun and expect to get away with it on grounds of "right to free speech".

If you do not like the lack of "free speech" then there are plenty of other forums out there :rolleyes:

It's a human right.

Wikipedia, excellent source. You usually use Wikipedia when you need some background, not to present an argument. As I can see you have a pretty weak foundation.

Freedom of speech is allowed to be curtailed in private establishments. Even in public, libel is still a crime. You're a little mixed up bud.

So you honestly like it without freedom of speech? Or even accept that, because it's a forum, it can deny us human rights? Oh I suppose you would since you have the ground to ban us for arguing against something.

[Janczyk]

Go call a black man something nasty near a policeman, you would be arrested for disorderly behavior in public. Same as if you were swearing at everyone on the streets.

there is no true freedom of speech, and there never will be unless you spend your entire life in international waters.

If a black man called a white person something in front of a policeman it would be a different story though.

[Jamesy]

It's a human right.



So you honestly like it without freedom of speech? Or even accept that, because it's a forum, it can deny us human rights? Oh I suppose you would since you have the ground to ban us for arguing against something.

Right, not law.

Why not take this to the EU court, people do it for less :rolleyes:

[samsaBEAR]

Right, not law.

Why not take this to the EU court, people do it for less :rolleyes:

seriously, if you are really thinking about taking Habbox the EU court, lol@you
if you dont like how it is, there's a million and one other forums, especially forums that are purposely made for debates/free speach.
if you're being banned/warned for what you think is free speech, perhaps the reason you are getting punished is because you are wording in such a way that staff think you are being rude them/staff

[Jamesy]

seriously, if you are really thinking about taking Habbox the EU court, lol@you
if you dont like how it is, there's a million and one other forums, especially forums that are purposely made for debates/free speach.
if you're being banned/warned for what you think is free speech, perhaps the reason you are getting punished is because you are wording in such a way that staff think you are being rude them/staff

you seem to have misunderstood the meaning of :rolleyes:. I was being sarcastic at everyone taking this issue so seriously like their lives depend on freespeech on one forum.

[Niall!]

Right, not law.

Why not take this to the EU court, people do it for less :rolleyes:

Right, not law? Human rights are far more important than the law, you can't deny someone a human right for example, if you were given no education, that's the same as freedom of speech.

seriously, if you are really thinking about taking Habbox the EU court, lol@you
if you dont like how it is, there's a million and one other forums, especially forums that are purposely made for debates/free speach.
if you're being banned/warned for what you think is free speech, perhaps the reason you are getting punished is because you are wording in such a way that staff think you are being rude them/staff

I'm not being rude and I apologize if I have been sounding rude, I merely think the matter should be looked into and a change be considered.

[Plank]

Most forums have rules that limit what you can say. If Habbox didn't have these rules then it would be a mess.

[JackBuddy]

I think everyone takes it too seriously...

The same could be said for some mods too though, Neversoft said 1 thing bad about Habbox and he gets banned.

[Nick-]

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=475051
A whole host of valid points that are eerily similar to the responses in this thread. Just to save me time re posting what I've already posted in another thread.
The thread won't be removed and you won't be banned for this sort of post (although if you keep claiming Habbox is a dictatorship without valid evidence or valid arguments you may receive punishment of some sort based on the negativity rule). It's more likely to be discredited due to the fact that you've quoted Wikipedia.
In short, free speech does not exist any where, as Shane said, it's a myth, a myth that some people hide behind in court when charged with an offence because they know it's the ultimate get out of jail free card.
Not even 4chan, possibly the most uninhibited 'forum' in existence has pure freedom of speech, there are still rules and people are still banned for breaking them.