Chat ban

[Spuddy]

I agree with stars decision, however its terms of using that word......


Go and listen to 5 rap songs and you'll hear that language (and specifically that word) in at least 4 songs. Whats that trying to say for society, especially for the young and easily influenced. Considering the music industry is not regulated in terms of language released and the strong precautions in using that "word" makes one wonder why it is considered "okay" in music and wrong in terms of a pokerstars chat.

Still doesn't make what you sound right, and pokerstars did do the correct thing in your case.

[PShabi]

Very simple. You can release that song and sell it. If you choose to purchase that CD, great, enjoy it. If you come into my place of business (use the diner from above for ease of understanding) and you've got a radio playing the song, I've got every right to tell you to turn that shit off.

"Freedom of Speech" doesn't mean you can say whatever you want, where ever you want. Some people can't grasp that concept.

[drunkinirishlad]

what is wrong here is everyone on crack here

whata first post

[Robbie Robb]

{Insert Ice-T's "Freedom of Speech" lyrics here to agree with Shabi}

[Invigilator]

+ve Rep

[Reel Deal]

You'd be surprised at the number of idiots in law school who didn't get that.

[thrash1294]

rememember white people cant use that word.

but only another white person can call me a cracker

[drewjax]

Man man man,

donk and I were chatting, and this other person inserted themselves in the conversation by asking what we were talking about. So he responded. Simple. He didnt attack that person, he wasnt trying to offend that person, he was simply 'speaking' as he normally would. JOKING. He wasnt infering the person was black, white or purple. His posting "I didnt know the person was black" was simply meant to say....'if I had known (which he obv. couldnt) they were black and would throw a hissy fit, I would have chosen another witty slang word etc.'

IT WAS A JOKE...........we werent talking about smoking crack, he was joking about smoking crack. He didnt call the person a racial slur, not even close. To take an example used here further, what if we were talking about music, and the player asked something like "What line does he sing there?" and he types in "xxxxxxxxxxxx my nigga" from some rap song. Is that offensive to everyone? Should he have his chat banned? Should he be called immature and have his character questioned? Think about it in that context. He simply wasnt calling anyone anything. He was using a slang word that is widely used today. If you arent allowed a little slack to type/say things like this ON THE FRIGGIN INTERNET, where can you? The pc crowd has gone way too far.

To show you how silly this all was, I had my chat banned for a whopping 3 hours because when I was leaving I typed "later biatch". So, technically this can be construed as offensive in a certain context. If I had been speaking directly to another player and called them a 'bitch', maybe MAYBE I should be punished and/or reprimanded. But I was again JOKINGLY typing a word.

Donk posted this thread because he was asked to. RD asked for the details.
Again, the person could have ignored our chat. THEY ASKED US WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. The person at the tables had a stick up her ass, as do many of you here. Uninsert please.

[New Guy]

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

[Reel Deal]

Here's why I agree with Stars. First and foremost, it is their site and they set the rules. They can ban your chat for using the word "shoe" if they want. Their site, their rules. If they have a customer that is offended by something that violates the terms of service, then they should (a) enforce their rules, and (b) try to appease the customer that didn't violate the rules, which makes perfectly good business sense.

I fail to see why they should have to enter into a determination of whether or not someone was joking or just using a widely accepted slang word (which I question); that would be a complete and utter waste of their time and money. You know which words violate their terms of service, so either don't use them or use them at the risk of having them ban your chat privileges. Should they just arbitrarily enforce their rules? I’m quite certain that most users would be rightfully upset if they saw a violation of the terms of service, pointed it out to Stars and then watched them to nothing.

I don't give a fuck what word was said, so this has nothing to do with being PC, at least for me. It has to do with the fact that it's their site, their rules and if you don't like it, don't play there. But complaining that they enforced a rule that you agreed to when you signed up to their site is naive, to put it kindly.

[jillaj]

I had my chat banned for calling someone an idiot on stars and you complaining about this?

Also who cares if your chat is banned. Do you feel the need to type while playing poker? If you do get on aim or something and practice your jokes and quips there.

[Aequitas58]

I understand and agree with all of this. It makes sense, and I cant refute it. However, I think the punishment should fit the crime. It doesn't here.

[Zybomb]

That can't be further from the truth, Blacks freely use this word and they use it much more often than whites