Katsumoto:

No I don't see anything wrong with those terms. I don't use those terms but what I am against is censorship. I deplore wholeheartedly, the attempt to stifle speech. Particularly for the spurious reasons being advanced by your co-moderator. This will always be a heated section and anyone who can't stand the heat, should get out of the kitchen. Politics is not for kids or the faint-hearted. Anyone who uses an inappropriate term for a public official leaves him/herself open to intellectual attacks by those who are more grounded with facts. That is the beauty of debate. Take the kumbaya BS to other sections like literature or family.

malc619:

Why are you tryin to squeeze water from a rock....??

oily-Yoruba:
Silence dia! You need to quit this thread and stop crying/bi.t#ing like a battyman. You've been on this thread for almost a month, complaining here and there. Bigotry is over....live by the rules or vacate this site

Katsumoto:

Is that the same as 'expecting intelligence from Afam'?

I apologize if that's not the message you were trying to pass.

Katsumoto:

Is that the same as 'expecting intelligence from Afam'?

I apologize if that's not the message you were trying to pass.

OAM4J: "Insulting" Public Figures

[b]Nairaland does not encourage insults on public figures, rather we encourage members to respect them especially the president and his office. However, Nairaland will not ban or penalize members for their negative opinions on these public figures which some might found provocative.

We therefore strongly advice members not to insult any member for their opinions on public figures they find provocative as doing so will be against the forum rules and warrant a ban.

As much as some of us are attached to these public figures, we should understand that they are answerable to the populace and if they feel insulted by comments on Nairaland, they are free to register here and defend themselves.

Permit me to share the analogy that came up while moderators were debating this matter: No one encourages indecent dressing, but outside sharia states, there is no law against indecent dressing in Nigeria, if someone get provoked by a lady that dressed indecently and went further to rape such lady, he will be found guilty and the lady will be acquitted.

If someone says the president is clueless, Buhari is bloodthirsty, Tinubu is corrupt, please give reasons why you disagree with such comments without insulting the poster or the poster parents.

That said, please respect public figures.

Thank you.

Afam4eva:
We're not perfect and will never be. We'll deal with those that we can deal with and leave the rest to God .

sexkillz: Part of Rule 2 says "don't deliberately provoke a nairaland member".

Does your calling him a retardeen provoke a nairaland member or not?

Keeping it in your sig is even better. You aren't breaking any rules there.

Gboliwe: Even though I can't call Mr President names, I should not be banned when I call Gen Buhari a Vampire or Sanusi Lamido a fundamentalist or Elrufai twitter a noisemaking attention seeker. Its my opinion, I do not give a damn if it provokes any body

and someone thinks Jonadft doesnt fit my president

Afam4eva:
Banning the use of retardeen and Tinubu is not stiffing open speech in my opinion. Why we aim to lambast any of these public officials, we should endeavour to call them by any of their given names.

sexkillz: I've tried to reason with you all, but it seems I'll have to really face my lane. If you insult a public official and you get insulted by another member over that, leave the mods to deal with him/her for if you reply an insult with an insult, you shall both be banned.

«Sniper mode activated.»

OAM4J: [b]"Insulting" Public Figures

Nairaland does not encourage insults on public figures, rather we encourage members to respect them especially the president and his office. However, Nairaland will not ban or penalize members for their negative opinions on these public figures which some might found provocative.

We therefore strongly advice members not to insult any member for their opinions on public figures they find provocative as doing so will be against the forum rules and warrant a ban.

As much as some of us are attached to these public figures, we should understand that they are answerable to the populace and if they feel insulted by comments on Nairaland, they are free to register here and defend themselves.

Permit me to share the analogy that came up while moderators were debating this matter: No one encourages indecent dressing, but outside sharia states, there is no law against indecent dressing in Nigeria, if someone get provoked by a lady that dressed indecently and went further to rape such lady, he will be found guilty and the lady will be acquitted.

If someone says the president is clueless, Buhari is bloodthirsty, Tinubu is corrupt, please give reasons why you disagree with such comments without insulting the poster or the poster parents.

That said, please respect public figures.

Thank you.[/b]

Demdem:

Excellent. Very fair. U will do well governing this country than what Jonathan is currently doing.

elrony:
"Jonathan" abi??...and one small boy at d top hid my post for callin Tinubu a corrupt man!!.....I D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ see una o

Eko Ile:


Who cares? Call Tinubu whatever your hear desire.

People ever cried because of that?

elrony:
"Jonathan" abi??...and one small boy at d top hid my post for callin Tinubu a corrupt man!!.....I D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ see una o

elrony:
oh really??....someone cared dats why my post was hidden...!!

OAM4J: "Insulting" Public Figures

If someone says the president is clueless, Buhari is bloodthirsty, Tinubu is corrupt, please give reasons why you disagree with such comments without insulting the poster or the poster parents.
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Pipsland78:
Opt out button should be created so that those who wish to quit being a member of NL could easily de-register. Telling me I could come into your house but I'm not allowed to leave once I step in is kidnapping. We should have the right to opt out!

OAM4J: [b]"Insulting" Public Figures

Nairaland does not encourage insults on public figures, rather we encourage members to respect them especially the president and his office. However, Nairaland will not ban or penalize members for their negative opinions on these public figures which some might found provocative.

We therefore strongly advice members not to insult any member for their opinions on public figures they find provocative as doing so will be against the forum rules and warrant a ban.

As much as some of us are attached to these public figures, we should understand that they are answerable to the populace and if they feel insulted by comments on Nairaland, they are free to register here and defend themselves.

Permit me to share the analogy that came up while moderators were debating this matter: No one encourages indecent dressing, but outside sharia states, there is no law against indecent dressing in Nigeria, if someone get provoked by a lady that dressed indecently and went further to rape such lady, he will be found guilty and the lady will be acquitted.

If someone says the president is clueless, Buhari is bloodthirsty, Tinubu is corrupt, please give reasons why you disagree with such comments without insulting the poster or the poster parents.

That said, please respect public figures.

Thank you.[/b]

Demdem:

and thats why we are fighting it.