Thread: Who agrees that Salem should have his admin priviledges revoked for abuse of them?

Originally Posted by awsdert

What just like salem lost all respect from me the moment he decided the topic of a thread is unimportant and should only ever be what he declares it to be? That's dictatorship, anyone who supports that has automatically lost my respect. Sure it appears the politics are not on my side but that's what democracy & freedom of speech bring sometimes, salem completely ignored my freedom of choice to seek a out a specific solution just to satisfy his narrow viewpoint, that is NOT democracy, that is dictatorship.

I ask again... What is your desired endgame here?

You harp on about democracy, you have put it to a vote in your poll (not that internet or forum polls count for anything). Even if this forum was a democracy (which it isn't) the numbers are currently strongly against you. You stand alone. Does that not tell you something?

Can I refer you to xkcd: Free Speech, which has the alt-text of

I can't remember where I heard this, but someone once said that defending a position by citing free speech is sort of the ultimate concession; you're saying that the most compelling thing you can say for your position is that it's not literally illegal to express.