Posted by: Cockburnicus
Posted by: Carnage_A51
Posted by: Cockburnicus
Posted by: Carnage_A51
Posted by: Cockburnicus
Not so. It's their website, so they can set whatever rules they like and ban you for no reason should they wish to. They STILL have to abide by rules themselves. What do you think would happen if they put dirty pictures of children on their site? They would go to jail.
They have rules they have to follow. Their rules do not come before the US governments rules(the country in which they formed).
OK. But let's say I own a house, you want to come into my house, I will only let you in my house if you promise not to talk about religion and sign an agreement that says the same. You talk about religion and I kick you out. What laws have I violated? None, if it's your house. But, this is a PUBLIC place. Anyone can go to it. It's like a restaurant, because it's public they can't set forth such policies. Sure, they own the restaurant, but they're making it available to EVERYONE, thus can not create rules that go against certain rights.
I do like your response though, it makes for good debate.
This isn't a public place. And neither is a restaurant.
A restaurant can set forth such policies, they can set rules that go against free speech because it's their property. Try going into a restaurant and loudly trying to engage other customers in a discussion on religion, you'll be asked to leave. Restaurants often exclude people based on dress too, since usually restaurants don't care what you talk about but they do care about how presentable you are.
I expect that when I rock up to the Ritz in my T-shirt and tracksuit bottoms that I will be asked to leave and I expect than when I talk about religion on b.net that I will be asked to leave. If someone came in harassing others(against the law) with religious debates, then sure. But if two people are having a conversation about religion peacefully and the restaurant owner walks by their table and hears it then tells them both to leave, you can bet that restaurant will get sued and be all over the news.
And, if you're wearing skimpy clothes, if certain areas are shown I could see why the would tell you to leave. But, if you were a part of a religion that you didn't wear clothes, it would be illegal for them to kick you out.
A good way companies get around these is to ASK someone to leave. If that person refuses, there's nothing that company owner can do if that person isn't breaking any laws or infringing on the rights of others. And, if they do, they can be sued.