Well no shit Sherlock. You have the right to say whatever you want. If you shout out that Africans are subhuman, you have the legal right to do so. Employers can fire at-will employees instantly for any reason. It's their right by the contract. If Yoel Romero wants to go on some "EAT THE POO POO" rant, you can't stop him. They can turn off the camera, fire him, and remove him from their private property but they can't stop or physically punish him from saying or publishing it . What are the UFC going to do? Cut his tongue out for blasphemy against the liberal creed like Saudi Arabia crucifies Shiite theologians? You can say what you want as he can say what he wants as long he doesn't threaten physical harm or incite others to do so. If the Fertitta brothers and Dana White want him to go for any reason and he's an at-will employee, it's their business.

So you agree that Marv has every right to set the rules of speech on his own - this very - website and censor certain kinds of speech. Great, we are in agreement! Good day to you, sir.

I don't even know what the point of the argument is, or why people are arguing it, nor do I even know how it got here. Seems like a pointless argument, but what do I know?

Keep it simple. Life is demanding enough.

How about "you can joke and make remarks but not in certain places"?

Like, say... the measurement forums, the headphone discussion, etc...

I'm sure dumbassery in the off-topic section is very appropriate and should, in fact, be encouraged.

I could get behind that.

We have developed seven simple guidelines. "No politics" and "Don't be a dumbass" among them.

I don't like being a fascist. This is why they are called guidelines. Rules will always be broken, sometimes for good reason. Ultimately everything goes back to the prime directive: "Try to be nice. Don't be an ass."

I don't care if people post a little diddy on their gay wedding. This happens all the time now in the modern world. I would probably get mad if someone kept hitting the moderation button because someone said "The Hugo looks gay" or "TRRS jacks are lame" instead of "The Hugo looks ghey" or "TRRS jacks are lahme". I won't tolerate "PC Police", if only because standards and customs across the world (and CS is an international site) are different. I would hope that the more enlightened Europeans and Americans be aware of this and be more tolerant of the heathens in Asia and toothless curmudgeons in the less advanced parts of the USA.

I expect moderation will be non-existent or very light. Depends how stupid people want to get. Again, everything goes back to the prime directive: "Try to be nice. Don't be an ass." No one should have to be scared of one or two people. Meltdown threads on non-audio issues should never occur. And these kinds of discussions are staying here. TheGame is much better than I at sorting these things out.