Originally Posted By: Hemi426
I'll just solve the whole problem. I'll no longer post on any of the forums on this communist ruled message board. Anybody else can post anything they wish but if I post anything I either get banned or chastised. There are plenty of other oil forums out there to join.
I hope I don't regret interjecting. Freedom of speech (both in the U.S. and Canada) rights are designed to protect individuals against infringement by the state, and not by other private individuals. As far as I know, Helen and donors pay for this site, and not the state. So, if I tried to hijack BITOG to shill a bunch of products while not being a sponsor, I should expect to be censored. This isn't my bandwidth. It's BITOG's. If I wish to shill or want more freedom of speech, I can open my own board. Alternatively, I can follow the rules here.
Freedom of speech, within the rules of BITOG, is limited by the need to protect users and BITOG. I suspect that no one would want this board to become a soap box for slander, for example; no one wants lawsuits.
Also, if someone gave me some seemingly innocuous advice that would, in fact, if followed cause severe, costly damage to my vehicle, I would expect either other users to chime in, and if they didn't, I would expect the mods to censor the post if they recognized the peril. We also all know we cannot yell "Fire!" in a crowded theatre.
Besides, this isn't a communist ruled message board. The means of production of BITOG are privately owned, and not commonly held, so communism doesn't apply.