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09-30-2012, 04:40 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-01-2022, 01:01 AM by Fearless Community.
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I am aware that I have posted a goodbye thread to the fact that I will not be playing on the server anymore, but I do still hover on the forums.
So recently I've seen a lot of ban requests regarding a few Fearlessians using the word "N***A* and I kind of became rather frustrated by the responses some admins gave. Here are a few examples:
"It's a damn word like "lol" why should he get banned for saying a word?" - PrivateToast
"Serious chill, it's a damn word, how can you ever survive a day on the internet?" - PrivateToast
"...why even bother posting ban requests like this, it's just silly" - Zzzzap
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I would like to point a few things out. Rule 14 clearly states: "No racism, sexism, discrimination or hate speech, also not in IC chats." || Also rule 10 says "If you see someone breaking the rules, try to warn them or contact an admin."
People have attempted to contact an admin in game as I have seen previously and admins tend to "not see" the requests or are not online so a ban request is made, unfortunately two admins as seen above have made it clear that not all rules are set and stone clearly by their attitudes.
Now this is not me being an arsehole or what ever some of you may think but where I come from as a white male in England, if I said that word even as a joke it is automatically classed as racist by police and coloured or white people (and so it should be). *** is automatically a racist word when used as it was a popular word used against coloured people god knows how many years ago whilst they were bound to slavery by the arrogance of the white man. So no... it is not just a word. It is offensive and if you intend to have a rule up stating that racist words are not allowed then I expect admins to take the matter seriously when reported and not have such arrogance like seen above.
If admins are not going to respond firmly to the rules themselves then I suggest that they are changed or re-written to explain what is classed as racism!
Thank You and this is not a thread to flame, just putting my point across!
So recently I've seen a lot of ban requests regarding a few Fearlessians using the word "N***A* and I kind of became rather frustrated by the responses some admins gave. Here are a few examples:
"It's a damn word like "lol" why should he get banned for saying a word?" - PrivateToast
"Serious chill, it's a damn word, how can you ever survive a day on the internet?" - PrivateToast
"...why even bother posting ban requests like this, it's just silly" - Zzzzap
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I would like to point a few things out. Rule 14 clearly states: "No racism, sexism, discrimination or hate speech, also not in IC chats." || Also rule 10 says "If you see someone breaking the rules, try to warn them or contact an admin."
People have attempted to contact an admin in game as I have seen previously and admins tend to "not see" the requests or are not online so a ban request is made, unfortunately two admins as seen above have made it clear that not all rules are set and stone clearly by their attitudes.
Now this is not me being an arsehole or what ever some of you may think but where I come from as a white male in England, if I said that word even as a joke it is automatically classed as racist by police and coloured or white people (and so it should be). *** is automatically a racist word when used as it was a popular word used against coloured people god knows how many years ago whilst they were bound to slavery by the arrogance of the white man. So no... it is not just a word. It is offensive and if you intend to have a rule up stating that racist words are not allowed then I expect admins to take the matter seriously when reported and not have such arrogance like seen above.
If admins are not going to respond firmly to the rules themselves then I suggest that they are changed or re-written to explain what is classed as racism!
Thank You and this is not a thread to flame, just putting my point across!