eh? A forum is hosted on an individual's server, using their money for bandwidth. Free speech doesn't allow me to call my neighbor's wife a slut when I am over for dinner without getting kicked out. Autonomy of personal property is not the issue.
The problem as I see it is that the majority of people will just keep reading their front page and reregister with a different name after a while. That doesn't solve the problem.
Ban hardocp from your computer by using your hosts file. Block it out on your office's routers if you are in IT (people shouldn't be reading that at work anyway). When people link HOCP in a forum, explain that you dont read that site because they are either sloppy reviewers or outright liars. That is where your first amendment rights come in. Steve can ban anyone he wants at HIS forum, but here I can call him a musclebound mental midget with absolutely no repurcussions. It's a two way street, you see.
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