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Subject: Why can't we talk about religion here?

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  • 09.14.2011 3:09 PM PDT

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Posted by: Carnage_A51
Very valid point, but if you're giving everyone in the world access to the site, is it still considered private? As in, are message boards where anyone can post AND see, private?

In accordance to what you and me said, I guess it all depends on the certain legal limits a company is allowed when creating the terms of service and what not.

The Bungie.net forums are considered private because they are owned by a company, not the government. Just because it isn't an exclusive group doesn't mean that it isn't private.

To your other point, yes there are legal limits on what a company can ask you to do. For example they cannot ask you to prostitute yourself or murder someone. They can ask you to limit your behavior. The right to bear arms is a constitutionally mandated right, but a company can have a policy against bringing firearms on the premises. This is just like Bungie asking you not to discuss certain topics on their site.

  • 09.14.2011 3:09 PM PDT

δόξει τις ἀμαθεῖ σοφὰ λέγων οὐκ εὖ φρονεῖν.

Euripides, Bacchae. 480.

Religious discussion is prohibited because it causes tempers to flare, and we can't be having that.

Besides, as we well know, no discussion which is permitted ever causes acrimony. In fact, the discussions on Bungie.net are some of the most serene I've ever come across. To permit religious discussion would inevitably blemish the community's otherwise impeccable record.

So, yes: it is sensible to not allow people to talk about what is to billions of human beings the most important aspect of their lives.

Remember: if the rules ban something, then that thing should be banned because, it, er, is banned.

[Edited on 09.14.2011 3:11 PM PDT]

  • 09.14.2011 3:09 PM PDT

Alright, Recon, you may have me. As long as the legal limits don't restrict it, I see why they can limit it. Personal opinion, though, I think we should be able to. But that would put a ton more responsibility on the moderators to clean up/ban people going beyond the discussion(people harassing and what not).

  • 09.14.2011 3:18 PM PDT

Posted by: Great_Pretender
Case and point: don't worry about it. Girls start getting boobies pretty soon, and then you'll have plenty of other things to think about. Being an Inheritor is not a life goal.
-TGP-

Bungie.net is not the place for debates, you can call / label it under "discussion", but let's face it, how much discussion is done? I even use the word debate loosely, because, as some raise points and try to debate, there are others who are simply mud slinging like toddlers after a heavy rain.

There are sites dedicated to discussions such as these, but these aren't meant to be discussed on a game developer's website.

[edit] Forgot my forward slash, looked silly. [/edit]

[Edited on 09.14.2011 3:21 PM PDT]

  • 09.14.2011 3:20 PM PDT

I spend too much time here.. too much time indeed.

I tweet?

If all the people who openly complained/whined/etc. about not being able to discuss religion and politics would join The Black Chapter, where it's encouraged, then it's no doubt achieve an astronomical membership numbers.

  • 09.14.2011 3:35 PM PDT

Because my beliefs are right in every way and anyone who dosen't share them is a moron.

  • 09.14.2011 3:37 PM PDT

Posted by: coolmike699
Because my beliefs are right in every way and anyone who dosen't share them is a moron.
I agree.

  • 09.14.2011 3:41 PM PDT
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Posted by: timothy pumpkin
Because Bungie is a religion.

  • 09.14.2011 3:44 PM PDT

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I can 100% agree wit this rule. Religious and Political debates get heated quite fast and will be back and forth between Users. Those people can get quite vicious towards other people and their beliefs.

[Edited on 09.14.2011 3:46 PM PDT]

  • 09.14.2011 3:46 PM PDT