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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
Disagree, obviously. It boils down to a freedom of expression/censorship argument in my mind. I think that is a valid point of view.
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A valid point of view, yes. But not an entitlement. CP is a private forum, and as such, its operators have the right to set whatever limits they choose on the community's privilege of expression.
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Exclaiming "Slippery slope!" is equivalent to what I am hearing as the counter argument (not sure if it is yours), "Who will think of the children!?" [Insert Flanders/Simpsons pic here]
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I mentioned the slippery slope fallacy in response to the people arguing that this gives anyone offended by anything the ability to have threads shut down.
In the end, I would feel very confident that the ultimate change to the forum will be minimal. Hot chick sitting behind the bench at a game? Guys watching on TV are going to comment and joke. Ditto our female members when a hot guy is shown, or Lundqvist does a spread for GQ. Those examples, however, are normal discourse with limited spans that will usually be commented on and forgotten faster than a 4chan post. The issues lie with threads intended to have a lasting impact - which ylyl did - and which creates an ongoing cultural issue where a large percentage of the forum's membership was made to feel uncomfortable, and therefore unwelcome, on the basis of their being female.