# Cossey: Ban? **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 9, 2009, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cossey-ban/248240 "2009-11-09T12:57:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 72
**Author:** ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cossey-ban/248240/72 "2009-11-09T14:45:18Z")
> [@Hi everyone](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hi-everyone/25548/85): > > Right. ^ > > I looked into it even further. Banning a forum member without LEGAL cause is considered discrimination. Private server or not, signed agreement or not. You can NOT be legally banned for what you say or type, as long as it does not have anything to do with being illegal. > > This rule is not widely known which is why banning has become accepted on forums. Breaking a law on the internet = breaking a law in real life. There are penalties for these actions. Nowhere in any post did I break the law. Please, for the love of all things holy, sue me. I would love for you to bring this up in court, and find a lawyer that’ll help present your case. This is a PRIVATE forum. Yes, anyone can join, but it is owned by Vlad. Not the United States. As much as you can post any racial slur you want, I can ban you for whatever I want, with the approval of the owner of the site. I am not a liberal on most cases, but I do stand on a line on where I fall. Please, quit your bitching. You people do not understand what type of image the forum gives off to people, as this has been discussed with mods many a time. We’ve been editing out racial slurs and “threatening” with bans for a while now. Just because it’s you, you go and make a huge thread about it. If you are so butt hurt about it, feel free to delete yourself off the forums like you already did once when you didn’t agree with other members or moderators. > [@Hi everyone](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hi-everyone/25548/92): > > so what you’re saying is in essence its the same thing as going in to work and calling your boss a n\*\*\*\*r and you being able to sue him when he fires you on the spot. dont get it twisted i see where you’re comming from but i also think there is a bit of common sense on what you can say and where whether it be written or spoken. > > kinda like going to the million man march and wearing a KKK robe… sure you can do it but you’re going to have to deal with its consequences. Holy fucking shit. Travis is being rational. > [@all of you waiting for the slvr to hit vzw...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/all-of-you-waiting-for-the-slvr-to-hit-vzw/25570/9): > > So I can open a site that only white people are allowed to talk on? Just because I own it? Sorry. That is wrong. Bill of Rights Applies to all instances. Private, public, etc. Yes, you legally can. Kinda like companies that make 3D movies. Only people with two eyes can see the third dimension. Oh man, should I go sue Disney now?!?! > [@WTB: integra cup holders](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-integra-cup-holders/25558/16): > > 99FRC you can’t be serious. > > You’re wrong, ignorant and arrogant on so many levels, I don’t even know where to start. > > Freedom of speech even in life is not obsolute and is limited. You can’t wear a shirt with a racial slur on it to a school, you can’t yell fire in a crowded theater, you can’t swear in a business if they don’t approve it, they will ask you to leave or call the police to make you leave, yes over speech. > > See a similarity? Internet is GLOBAL, US state law is useless on a mass scale. Fine let’s say the server IP is based in US, you still agreed to the contract upon signup. You agreeing to a business contract have to follow it, otherwise we ask you to leave or you’re E-trespassing. > > Cossey was simply following a rule we established since the start of forum where discriminatory and racial slurs are not allowed. We catch them when we can. > > You say you got black friends? That’s great. Are you friends with every black member? Can you say they are all cool with it? > > If you’re so down with the term, go to Albany High during the day and Arbor Hill at night with your comment on your shirt and see how long you last. > > Seriously dude? I expected better out of you. +1 --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cossey-ban/248240)._