I posted a thread about why Israel sends their children to concentration camps at such a young age, and whether it is ethical to do so.

It got deleted by jamalrob pretty swiftly.

I kind of treat this forum as a Hyde Park of sorts; but, didn't think an honest and genuine question would get deleted and upon asking why given a command not to post it again.

So, what's up in your world, jamalrob? — Shawn

I don't know alot about Israel. What are you talking about? I know they have forced conscription at adult hood for their military for 2 years.

I posted a thread about why Israel sends their children to concentration camps at such a young age — Shawn

:brow:

Had a look at the thread out of curiosity. If a random thought/question of no obvious philosophical import pops into your head, post it in the shoutbox.

Wow, that sounded really bad. Sorry. Let me reiterate. I started a thread asking why young students from Israel go to holocaust camps as an educational experience, at such a young age.

It got deleted, and was wondering why,

If a random thought/question of no obvious philosophical import pops into your head, post it in the shoutbox. — Baden

Can you answer the question as to why my thread about that topic got deleted?

Given my experience, I presume it was because it was a random thought/question of no obvious philosophical import. But feel free to wait for a response from jamalrob.

I got a private mail warning that I would get banned if I called a virus that originated in Voldemort, and information about which was suppressed by the Voldemort government the Voldmort virus. Because apparently that is racist. Go figure.

What exactly are the free speech limits here? Just determined on a whim by the admins?

Just determined on a whim by the admins? — Nobeernolife

Just determined by the admins and their moderate minions. did you think it was a free site? There's no such thing as a free site.

As to the whimsicality, I think they broadly follow a line of 'political correctness' as you would call it or 'common sense and decency' as I would call it, along with a certain bias towards being connected with the title of the site - ie Philosophy. Thus when a topic is both controversial and non-philosophical, it's best to get rid before rabies breaks out.

Read these. It will save us all time:

https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/480/site-guidelines

"The above guidelines are in place to help us maintain a high standard of discussion and debate, and they will be enforced.If you feel from the get-go that their very existence impinges on your right to free speech, this is probably not the place for you."

On the rest, already explained by PM:

"... the word "racism" can be used loosely for prejudice or antagonism against different nationalities, particularly when the different nationality happens to be of a different race.

...

Call it xenophobic if you want. This type of discourse results in reinforcing negative attitudes towards Chinese and Asians. So, when it's not the actual name of the virus, we will presume the change is being made for that reason."

Now this is not your feedback thread, and this has been explained anyway (twice now) so I'm not going to continue it with you.

Or as explained by Twitter:

Just determined by the admins and their moderate minions. — unenlightened

I'm not moderate.

Yeah he's an extreme minion!

I'm actually the only person who moderates here. Everyone else is just a decoy to share out user complaints.

Cool, you can have nobeer then. *Washes hands*.

Or as explained by Twitter: — StreetlightX

Wow...I needed that laugh this morning.

Thanks!

So, are we allowed to call the German measles the German measles, or is that racist?

Funny screenshot by the way. But isn´t that sexist, these days? I mean, with gender identity rights and all that...

I'm actually the only person who moderates here. Everyone else is just a decoy to share out user complaints — Michael

Oh, so you are "Baden"?

If you haven’t got the intelligence to figure out that calling Covid the ‘Chinese Virus’ is less than acceptable so be it. I assumed you just slipped up and wasn’t thinking, maybe you’re just idiot. Nothing wrong with that, everyone’s an idiot sometimes.

If you haven’t got the intelligence to figure out that calling Covid the ‘Chinese Virus’ is less than acceptable — I like sushi

No I don´t. Is German measles racist? Yes or no?

Bye

Spanish flu?

Japanese encyphelitis?

Lots of name-calling, but no answer.

The CCP strategists must be laughing their ass of, seeing how easy it is to control the Baizuo. Just shout the magic R word, and they fall in line.

Sorry @Shawn that your thread got hijacked. Apparently, @Michael is dealing with it.

@Nobeernolife why do you want to call it the Chinese virus so badly? It has a decided-upon name already, so use that.

In regard to 'Chinese Virus', and other racism. I am a peaceful man, but I don't see that same capacity in my enemy. I want peace with all, the flair of 'no I don't is just my perception of war. It is happening. The Chinese and Russian Governments have threatened us with war, do we leave it to the Govs or do we stand as a separate, people Government. I believe in politeness, so no racism, but aggression now in some cases is not only socially, but tactically may be beneficent (since threat).

So like... don't be racist. But promote individual aggression ("don't leave it to the government") towards China and Russia based off a nebulous threat. And start talking about it in terms of the coronavirus. Riiight.

Well, I didn't mean to offend anyone personally.