Trustyd1:


My dear freedom of speach doesn't mean abusing people, even social networks dont allow abusive words and if you report any they will block or deactivates the user acc.
You must not abuse to make your point.

lol Who are you to define what freedom of Speech is to me? If you find anything libellous please go to COURT

NewNigeriaMind:

"STEALING IS NOT CORRUPTION" President Goodluck Jonathan.

Will I be wrong to call him clueless.

ROTF

Seun:
Hello,

I'm working on a modification to our rules that will make it an offence to disrespect government officials and call them derogatory names on Nairaland. The objective is to prepare Nairaland for a time when the Nigerian Government may not be able to tolerate such things. Currently it's against our rules to deliberately insult a Nairaland member, so we will just be extending this rule to make it cover government officials too.
What are your comments on this? I promise to read all your comments, though I can't promise to reply all of them, of course.

Thanks!

Pls do.u dont need to be told to do such.

NewNigeriaMind:

"STEALING IS NOT CORRUPTION" President Goodluck Jonathan.

Will I be wrong to call him clueless.

No, but will be wrong to call him jona.daft, ogogoro master, retardeeeenden etc

blizard44:


okay

May Kids say same about you and your parents.

You can add an 'amen'!

Bye;>

Your kids only exhibit the foolishness of their father, who inherited it from his own father. In other words, it is hereditary and it predates you

All 21 other rules are trampled freely on the daily. Adding another rule won't change anything. Bring it...

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tunery004:
I think there are some questions begging for answers
[s]1. Is Seun a saint,
2. Is Seun not guilty of this same rule he is trying to enforce
3. Has Seun being bought over
4. What is Seun driving at with dis idea
5. Shall we not call a spade a spade any more
6. What of the insults to God
7. Is God not bigger than any being
8. Or is it because u are an Atheist u don't care of the insult on God
9. Is Seun depressed?
10. Is Seun confused
Let's pray for Seun.[/s]

Nonsence
highlight anywhere in that post that indicate he is taking this decision int he interest of any party

NewNigeriaMind:

"STEALING IS NOT CORRUPTION" President Goodluck Jonathan.

Will I be wrong to call him clueless.

You see you guys myopic mind :Aggrieved people's Congress.
Did Seun mention President Goodluck in his post.?

All of you may end up committing political suicide after 2015 election

Seun if given power will be worse than a dictator.....

FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU CANNOT TAKE AWAY FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

The government tried with FELA and they failed.

Fela is celebrated every year now because he had the guts look into the thieving politicians and dictators in the face and tell them exactly what they are....

maybe you should relocate to South Korea.

Seun!

It is a pity that no one has been able to decode what Seun is actually trying to achieve.

In the last few days Ngwakwe has been using scare tactics to intimidate Nlanders. He keeps saying that the election of Buhari will lead to censorship and that is what Seun is trying to now use as a strategy to further demonize Buhari

Please critically evaluate this statement by Seun

The objective is to prepare Nairaland for a time when the Nigerian Government may not be able to tolerate such things

This is getting pathetic by the day

Buhari,Tinubu,El-rufai are not government officials,so they should be insulted abi? Seun,you no well I swear!!

Olaolufred:
[size=14pt] Is Seun now a PDP sychophants?
Many of us will react if we sence injustice occassioned by partisanship.
Best is for you to stay neutral and keep your business.
If not, they will use you like Nyesom Wike, and tell you " www. that is all"
May you not get yourself into such gully.[/size]

Did Seun mention APC or PDP on his post
Why are you APshit people so aggrieved?

barcanista:
Your kids only exhibit the foolishness of their father, who inherited it from his own father. In other words, it is hereditary and it predates you

On this bend, I've always known you share a similarity with Peak Milk - It's in you.

Omoreminder101:
It is a pity that no one has been able to decode what Seun is actually trying to achieve.

In the last few days Ngwakwe has been using scare tactics to intimidate Nlanders. He keeps saying that the election of Buhari will lead to censorship and that is what Seun is trying to now use as a strategy to further demonize Buhari

Please critically evaluate this statement by Seun

The objective is to prepare Nairaland for a time when the Nigerian Government may not be able to tolerate such things

This is getting pathetic by the day

decoder, how sure are you buhari will get the apc presidential ticket let alone beating GEJ, must you reason with your anus?

berem:
imagine the hypocrisy? When he called APC supporters boko haram sympathizers and later apologized nko?
Seun cannot stop me from venting my anger towards PDP leaders. Never!!!

I believe there are other media in which you can vent ur anger on PDP. There are Facebook, Twitter, Newspapers. You guys always make Seun and Nairaland appear like a tin god. His forum, his rules!

But of all the uselessness that exists on Nairaland, this is what he thinks should be done. I advise anyone who catches Seun when he's up to these kinds of things to screen capture, munch, screen-grab it before he can delete his posts/threads/anyone who quotes him, as he is VERY PRONE to doing.

You would think he had been hacked, if you hadn't seen this kind of rubbish in the past. Document this.

Remember the thread where he said he would censor anything negative about the Nigerian army and frontpage anything positive, even if it was false? Oh, wait, he DELETED IT.

berem:
Buhari,Tinubu,El-rufai are not government officials,so they should be insulted abi? Seun,you no well I swear!!

don't you have govt. officials in APC? i.e Adams oshiomole, go and die, Amaechi, aboki, or APC ATM, Rochas, Aljahi etc for Christ sake why are you APC hired posters so myopic, i'm yet to see any of the PDP supporters complain about this.

Seun, please as soon as you implement, just notify so i can readjust, if the Aggrieved Peoples Congress can't abide they should go to osundefender and post their gibberish there

blizard44:
On this bend, I've always known you share a similarity with Peak Milk - It's in you.

berem:
Buhari,Tinubu,El-rufai are not government officials,so they should be insulted abi? Seun,you no well I swear!!

Berem, but Seun did not mentioned anybody's name on his write up? He said government officials
All these people you mentioned are Government official in one way or the other including
our president Gooduck Jonathan.

Omoreminder101:
It is a pity that no one has been able to decode what Seun is actually trying to achieve.

In the last few days Ngwakwe has been using scare tactics to intimidate Nlanders. He keeps saying that the election of Buhari will lead to censorship and that is what Seun is trying to now use as a strategy to further demonize Buhari

Please critically evaluate this statement by Seun

The objective is to prepare Nairaland for a time when the Nigerian Government may not be able to tolerate such things

This is getting pathetic by the day

Opening of email is free bro, I am sure you know what I mean

barcanista:

Seun:
Hello,

I'm working on a modification to our rules that will make it an offence to disrespect government officials and call them derogatory names on Nairaland. The objective is to prepare Nairaland for a time when the Nigerian Government may not be able to tolerate such things. Currently it's against our rules to deliberately insult a Nairaland member, so we will just be extending this rule to make it cover government officials too.

What are your comments on this? I promise to read all your comments, though I can't promise to reply all of them, of course.

Thanks!

Offensive? Yes! Derogatory? Yes! Sometimes threatening, sickening and belittling? Yes! Yes!! Yes!!! But in the end, people should be allowed to say what they want to and get it off their chest. In effect, what you're proposing is tantamount to asking people to ONLY praise Govt officials. Some people want to insult Buhari because they feel he deserves it, let them insult him all they want. If they feel like GEJ is the best thing to happen since slice bread---and Buhari supporters think GEJ has the I.Q of a crooked 3-legged table and the thieving skills of a hundred Maddoffs'--- for God's sake let everyone feel free to express their opinion. You want to make it fair? Then ban the praise of Govt officials too, so you can't praise or criticize them, and it'll all be balanced.

Doesn't make sense, right? Exactly!

Of course the Government (or Seun himself) can/should prohibit speech/writing that i.e: threatens physical arm, or leads to incitation resulting in violence against another. BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE SOLELY FOR PROTECTING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS!!! Such law should be structured primarily to protect the ordinary citizens from everyday violence, physical and verbal abuse that they suffer in the hands of public law enforcement officials, teachers, bus drivers, everyday. Such a law will also protect the citizens---and in effect the whole country--- from polarizing figures like Asari Dokubo and Dr.Junaid Ibrahim. Theirs are the kinds of speech that needs to be stifled. When the citizens are safe, the Government is safe and doesn't have much to worry about and can even walk in the streets and nobody will notice them. But when the Govt doesn't carry out its primary duties of welfare and security for the citizens, of course it will fear free speech. A Govt that is taking care of business will not care about simple words to the extent that it will propose banning it.

Let people speak.


p.s: Also, if you're really serious about banning insults then refrain from posting articles or topics that would bring up such reaction in the first place. You can't expect people to think the same and agree on every topic, there will always be opposing views. So, either ban it all or accept it in its entirety with a few minor tweaks here and there.

egift:
Why is it that the PDP members who fictitiously express fears that Buhari will clamp down on Free Speech - Now the ones leading the Charge to silence and oppress anyone that dares to speak out.

I smear Hypocrisy at the highest level. Seun, don't go down that road. If anyone from the Coven is pressurizing or threatening you - Let Us Know!

Seun is not stopping anyone from campaigning for Buhari. His write up he said, government not PDP, there are still some APC that are in government too. If per adventure Buhari wins next year, wouldn't he be the government in power?

Or you can simply close down the politics section if the heat is getting to you.

diluminati:
You can not trample down on FREEDOM OF SPEECH! No matter What!

I quite agree with you completely.
I hope you will also agree that our INDEPENDENT courts will also have freedom of trial (devoid of technicalities delay) for any libel case for peddlers of FALSEHOODS.

Lilimax:
But the OP did not mentioned anybody's name on his write up? He said government officials
All these people you mentioned are Government official in one way or the other including
our president Gooduck Jonathan.

Yes you are right

Tinubu, Landlord in Alausa
El rufai, APC tweet chairman.
Buhari, Three x presidential aspirant, as in presidential aspirant emeritus

So we should only be singing praises for the government abi? Because very soon even criticizing the government will be derogatory. We shouldn't call a spade a spade.

Even in saner climes where their government acts much more responsible than ours people insult and abuse them let alone ours filled with irresponsible officials. I prefer you come out to say you have joined the elitist who will do all in their powers to impoverish our youths. The rule is simple, "if you can't stand the heat, stay far away from the sun".

Even those who don't like to be called JJanjaweeddian .. are here talking nonsense. Anything to ensure decorum is highly welcome by me.

Seun you can't run this forum with absolute freedom to say anything.


communication without boundaries and control is useless.

brownlord:


shut up, you think you are in govt. own forum right? if you are serious with your activism then take to the street, the politicians don't get to read the nonsense you are your hired goons post here, seun's business and you don't tell him how to run it.

u sir are a very uselessss and unreasonable human being whicb planet did u come from,seun business no wonder africa cannot improve,dont ever quote me again i talk to knowledgeable pple not a moroon,am vex see this uselesss mofo u are just as dulll as ur president