Paris Terrorist attack: support for France in this hard moment

[Ormbett]

3. Please avoid controversial or divisive subjects such as religion and politics

[G0OSE]

Agreed Ormbett - we all have our views on how and why, but I don’t believe the BLF forum is the place to air them, even if it is in misc.
I have no problem with people showing support for the victims, that goes without saying, but it should stop there - please take conspiracy theories/political/religious views elsewhere.

[MontyPyfon]

@Ormbett

3. Please avoid controversial or divisive subjects such as religion and politics

If one cannot acknowledge that there are such topics as religion and politics that affect today’s world then one is hiding under a rock.

I do not promote or denigrate any such views, but I am not going to ignore that in the real world such issues exist.

[koyotee]

Wait why shouldn’t we talk about religion? Freedom of speech?

[JungleCoffee]

@Ormbett

3. Please avoid controversial or divisive subjects such as religion and politics

My dear friend,

The first controversial and divisive subject is > Terrorism.

To spread news and pictures regarding "terrorist attack" is by definition, participating to the effect of terrorism.

Thank you for your understanding.

[hopar]

my condolences Long live France

[VrestoTaylor]

europe has problems…a big problems…the world is again changing…i think,its still the same-political and financial intereses….one takes,another give…or have to give…anyway,this Paris attacks are for us here in Slovakia really fabulous…unbelievable,what happens now in the centre of europe…

[mrwolf]

Condolences to all the people who lost loved ones. Very sad day.

[JungleCoffee]

@koyotee

Wait why shouldn’t we talk about religion? Freedom of speech?

Weird, somebody erased my post. I simply wrote that "only bad people" use terrorism.

I didn't expect BLF to be a place for censorship.

Please strictly avoid all controversial and divisive topics such as religion and politics

There is nothing more controversial and divisive such as terrorism attack topic.

Why in the first place such a topic hasn't been banned from budgetlightforum?

What is the relationship between flashlights, led, and such a political and sensitive issue as Paris attack?

If you feel so touched by this "event", please, find victims's personal email or blog url, in order to address them some condolence. Any other public post regarding this event benefit the terrorist only!

"Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it."

- Noam Chomsky

[sb56637]

Hello everyone, please carefully read over this information: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/13985

@https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/13985

Controversial Topics

I understand that when a tragedy happens, everyone wants to talk about it. In fact, a tragedy in and of itself wouldn't really be considered a controversial topic, since I'm sure that everyone here views it as a sad and undesirable event. The problem is when users switch from expressing sympathy to expressing controversial viewpoints about important issues in society or government. And yes, there are many important issues in this world, but as I always say, a flashlight forum is not the appropriate medium for discussing them, to say nothing of actually changing them.

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Use of the SPAM button

I've noticed that every time users forget the rules and discuss controversial topics or say something offensive, there are usually a view "SPAM" button clicks against the user. Please do not use the SPAM button against users who are violating other BLF rules not related to commercial SPAM posts. I am copying below the instructions about how to use the anti-SPAM system on BLF:

Please only mark posts as SPAM if they are at least one of the following:

• Commercial in nature and completely irrelevant to the theme of flashlights
• Illegal, dirty, lewd, or sexually suggestive
  
• Posts by new users with a low post count in the wrong category or thread with the clear intent to post links or make favorable statements about shady companies

Please do NOT mark posts as SPAM if:

• You don't agree with the post
• You don't like the poster
• A normal user creates a post to sell a legitimate flashlight item for profit
  
• The poster politely introduces a relevant flashlight company or product in the "Commercial Sellers' Spot" category.