NationStates Jolt Archive

Is this acceptable?

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10978098&postcount=98

We know happens during an abortion, but I think he shouldn't post these gory pics to make his point.

Definitely not acceptable. InstaDEAT.

Another one posted by Red Tory State:

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10978288&postcount=157

3 day ban.

Oh, and The Chinese Republics... trolling the Mods in your sig is a fantastically stupid idea.

Aww c'mon Hack. Oh well, I'll remove it.

BTW, thanks.

Tsk tsk tsk, should have said "It's in reference to a mod on another site" followed by "but I'll remove since you guys are mods here"

Eh, too late. ^_^


Though one question related to gory pics, I assume they're illegal in relation to RP threads too, such as a news report about atrocities committed by Country A? While worse things have been written, I can see how in a graphic (no pun intended) medium they can be a bit over the line...

Heh. You're asking the wrong mod for that as, personally, I think just about any pics degrade roleplay. Just like most books don't have pictures, most roleplays don't need them either. If you must use pictures, hyperlink, don't hotlink. Like thus:

As they approached the island, there was a visible haze (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/Tindalos/Terragen/IslandSunset.jpg) surrounding it, making the sailors realise why ancient pirates had refered to it as 'Blood Island'.

That sort of thing is usually okay as it's innoffensive (from an aesthetic point of view). Of course, if you're going to do that sort of thing, you should probably avoid emphasising words by underlining them as people may try to click non-links. Also of course, don't go nuts with it, and you typically don't need to bother if you're just going to link to a picture from FAS. If your JSF looks just like the F-35, don't bother linking. We know what it looks like (or can easily look it up).

Now then, the above is preference, not a Mod ruling. It is my personal take, as a player, on proper role-play etiquette. The following is me with my Mod hat on:

Linking to gory pictures in role play is just as illegal as doing it to try and score points in a debate in General.

Clear?

So... what you're saying is... Don't get caught?

(Hey, joking, it's a joke! Please... put down the DEAT-o-matic...)

Alright, does scale of violence matter at all, or is it all subjective based on the pic?

I recently discovered from my friend Matt that his nation (Disturnn) was deleted because he posted links to pictures of abortions. This is unfair as he only posted links to these pictures, no one was forcing people to see the pictures. Meanwhile there are nazi's talking about nazism in NationStates, but no one seems to care about them. If I complain about the nazi's are they going to be deleted as well? It is beyond words how unfair the decision to ban Disturnn was.

people can say Sieg Heil and kill all non-white people

but can't post links to pictures?(you open the link up on your own risk)

I agree with Verak, no one physically forced you to move your mouse pointer over the link and push the mouse button. Yet you complain about him posting links while others are posting about how wonderful they believe nazism is. Sounds like the priorities here a bit mixed up.

Gory pictures are and have been illegal under our TOS and nations who post them are deleted.

There is a difference between writing something and posting pictures of mayhem and maiming on a site used in middle schools.

I suggest you and your friends read The One Stop Rules Shop as it will help avoid any mistakes in future.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=416023

Tough.

This is the second time you've compared nazism and posting gory pictures. It's like saying you can't get a tooth removed because my aunt likes chocolate. The two things have nothing to do with each other.

This site is used in schools. There is no place for pictures of death and mayhem; there is however a place for civil debate here.

I suggest reading the rules of the forums so as to avoid any other missteps: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=416023

not to argue

but how can abortion be called death if it's not even human or living? as simple as chopping a tree down

and if this is used for schools, nazism, white power, communism, and other inappropriate things wouldn't be good to show either

Technically, nothing is wrong with Communism (the phylosophy is a novel idea). It's the people who take controle of it.

And.... I had a thread asking a smilar question. Violent pictures are forbidden (the same as porn).

However, here's one for the mods (perhapse gaming mods)

I've been wanting to do a FT style Sin City Rp on I.I. (involving my capital, Huntaria). Would Rping violent discriptions count as posting up violent pictures?

people can say ... kill all non-white people
Those who do are dealt with by moderators when reported. We don't allow invitations to genocide, but we aren't omniscient. If it's not reported to us by a reader, there's a very good chance that we'll miss it among the 4,984,074 posts in our forums or the 14,127 regions in the game.

Your argument is simplistic, one-sided, and does not reflect actual site policy either as described in the rules thread or as practiced for the last 3+ years. Maybe you should spend a bit more time reading before deciding that our policies are crap.

but how can abortion be called death if it's not even human or living? as simple as chopping a tree down

If you want to get technical, a Tree is a living thing. It breaths air, it consumes water. A Feotis (unborn child) is also a living being. It is Human and living. It can think and act.

A Feotis...can think and act.
Ha.

Anyway. This is not the place to discuss this. Images of certain categories are banned because they are generally taboo or do not belong on this site. Images of other categories are permitted, even though some may claim them to be controversial. Policy seems inconsistent? Blame the ambient morality.