Originally Posted by
AltyPie
First – Grantham, I am sorry to hear of your recent loss, any parent who suffers such a loss has my deepest sympathy. I also suffered a level of depression that did give me suicidal thoughts about ten years ago, which is maybe why I have some empathy/sympathy with CB’s death. Time is a great healer, so please stay strong.
2nd – Vlad’s ban : Posters on this thread have used phrases in the past like “vile piece of ****”, accused others of wanting to murder minority groups, and called others a ****. They have not been banned, presumably because other posters did not complain. I was the target of at least two of those rants but never once did I consider calling for a ban of those people because while I may have been angered and offended, I also believe that my right to be offended does not come close to trumping an individual’s right to freely express themselves. If the right to express oneself freely has any limits, they were not overstepped in those posts aimed against me in my view.
I was also banned on here myself for reasons I did not agree with. I did not blame the Mods at that time and neither is this post a dig at them either. Societal political correctness and a group’s right to not be offended by the written word won over freedom of expression in that case and continues to win in our society. Yes there should be some limits to free expression in a democracy, but were they really overstepped on this thread? Who gets to set those limits - an offended group?