₦airaland Forum

centje:
That's usually how it starts, how can you call someone vagabond and expect him to be quiet.

What 'am yet to understand is why Seun and Mynd44 would ban Biafra promoters but allow Nairalanders to castigate Biafra. This 21 century, I seriously think we should be more civilised than this. I know you don't like igbos but at least use a fairer means to express you hate.

I cannot tell you, Seun or Mynd44 how to run this forum but I believe strongly in fairness, and our constitution promotes fairness, and freedom of expression. If your rule 9 is only against Biafra promoters, while Anti-biafra goes free, then it's gravely wrong, and it will back fire on your Nairaland business.
The thread on federal staff by state of origin, which is on the front page now, is filled with people castigating Biafra. I haven't seen any warning, or ban or hidden posts.

laurenziz6:
Your welcome

MathsChic:
Yeah. Slightly different views and that's okay. Nice talking to you.

Mustiboy:
dude, get off ur olympian height n come down 2 earth already! u're nofin bt a bag of fug.
now, stop sniffing my ass, ok?

laurenziz6:
Bad belle Shy people wishing for others to be shy like dem

darmys:
Lmao.... you be winsh o?!

MathsChic:
Certain things are a no-no on social media. P.orn is one of them. Of course, that should be regulated. So is racism. And every online discussion will surely have some elements of this, and thus should be regulated.

I understand your argument (and also like the way you argue, by the way), however I still don't accept that biafra talk should be outrightly banned. Of course, it can be regulated, with the spammers, trolls and haters warned or banned but not the subject itself, which is what Nairaland's owner has done.

Discussions about biafra, while it may awake passions and vitriol, is not in itself bad, nor should it be a no-no. That's just all am saying

Well I am totally for those igbos following the right channels & most importantly the right wordings to voice their beliefs even though I think it'll come to nothing.... but I respect people like that. Pro-biafrans have been on NL for a while now and no one cared about what they did because they mostly stuck to the proper way of doing things & respected the peace here. But you'll agree with me that 99% of Pro-biafrans on NL right now have absolutely no regard for proper conduct and I consider Seun's outlawing of the whole topic to be out of necessity.
So in the end I think we only hold slightly different views on how total the ban should have been.
And I was pleasantly surprised by ur gorgeous civility ...most people will go on the offensive if ur view doesn't tally with theirs.

menesheh:
You've demonstrated that you are the vagabond and empty-headed fellow by using abusive wordings on people with different views on issues concerning them.

I can't imagine the kind of measuring tool to use to measure the jerky and absurdity level of this comment.

TonyeBarcanista:
Like I said earlier, Seun's Nairaland is part of the larger society. This is a Social Medium and it amount to irony for it to go against social justice. You and I may not agree with Biafra ideology but it doesn't justify gagging them.

if you agree NL is part of a larger society then I think we deserve a little peace & quiet.

Seun took a proactive approach and it's left to the rest of the NL masses other than the biafra agitators to agree or disagree with his decision.

and I think we'll just agree to disagree on this one.

Cheers mate.

MathsChic:
But why don't you just compare this with what twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other american social networking sites are doing. Isis sympathizers are never banned, suppressed, nor is their speech regulated. Nairaland's owner actually risks executing exactly what the senators are being accused of in their social media bill: silencing free speech.
I'm sure you were up in arms against the senators' idea as well.
Don't you think it would make sense for YouTube or Facebook to ban or regulate Isis and boko haram videos, or issue bans on users who declare support for their cause? But certainly, they wouldn't do that, as it amounts without doubt to opinion regulation, especially on such a massive and free platform as the internet.

We need to look at this carefully. Not just from what's good or bad for business, but for what's good or bad for freedom. The few people peddling rhetorics can always be banned. Speech regulation is no good thing.

mizquote:
kindly fuvk off.

thehorlufemi:
The hate is real and it will not let Biafra work. They will have no one else to blame but them selves

MathsChic:
And if they are spewing hate, ban the hate mongers, but not the idea. Everyone is entitled to freedom of expressing an idea.

TonyeBarcanista:
Self determination is a right not a privilege. Irrespective of our own opinion, promotion of such right shouldn't be toyed with. Nairaland should be known as the site that allows people express themselves...

Of course, any threat to national security or people's security should be banned.

thehorlufemi:
You want to seceed but you insult people while doing it. You call southwest, South West. Yoruba, Yoruba its not really nice to know that people hate you that much. They spew so much hate that you start having phobia that once u are among Igbo people you can loose your life.

I've not seen any real reason for the agitation.

MathsChic:
as long as they are not spewing hate.

Dongorgon5:
I've alwayz admire you!!! You're one Wise and Intelligent guy.