Forum Rules

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At Politics & Current Affairs, freedom of expression is encouraged - we should be able to express our thoughts and views freely, period. But in doing so, we need to maintain civility and consideration toward others.

P & CA's forum is one of the fastest growing current affairs forums in cyberspace. P & CA is truly a home away from home. Why? Because most members abide by the rules and respect one another.

1. General Posting Rules:

1.1 - No "Flaming": Please do not post any messages that harass, insult, belittle, threaten or flame another member or guests in the main forums. Abusive behavior will not be tolerated and your account may be limited or suspended if rules are continually breached. If you must partake in drama, then take it to The Hole. The Hole is the only forum on P & CA whereby only the most serious of breaches of the rules are applied.

1.2 - No "cross posting". In other words, do not post the same message to more than one thread or topic section. Cross postings will be deleted and posting privileges may be suspended for doing so.

1.3 - No "Spamming". This also relates to multiple accounts on the forum which are strictly not allowed. Also, please do not mass-PM or mass-email multiple members of this site the same message. ATTN: Spammers will be dragged out into the street and shot. Spammers who spam the board will have their email addresses and IPs posted in public view. You've been warned.

1.4 - No posting of privileged information. Please remember to respect other's privacy. In the public forum, do not post real names, email addresses, or other personal identifiers that may be considered privileged information. If these items are already publicly available, this shouldn't be a problem. But if these are from private correspondence, or from some user database, discretion is advised.

1.5 - No "Offensive" Posts, Links or Images: Please do not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-orientated, hateful, threatening, racist, sexist, discriminatory, or otherwise violative of any local or international laws. This includes links in your signature, profile, bookmarks as well as posted images, photos and avatars. The moderators will ultimately decide if something is appropriate or not.

1.6 - No "Libelous" Posts. Do not make posts that could be considered libelous, defamatory, or posting merely to cause harm to another's business. Opinions are expected, but do not attack others with accusations of criminal activity unless this has been proven in a court of law.

1.7 - Posting of copyrighted material. Please ensure the source is quoted and if featured online a link back to the article is referenced in your post. Also, do not post copies of postings/threads from other forums unless you have explicit permission to do so. When in doubt, ask.

1.8 - No portal wars. Do not start a flame war between one portal and another. Portal wars will not be tolerated.

1.9 - Do not register an account fraudulently. Fraudulent accounts are defined as accounts created specifically to flame others (hiding behind a mask of anonymity), or accounts opened primarily to spam the board or to act as trolls. Do not register more than one account in the forum. Additional accounts will be deemed as bogus, and you may find yourself out on the sidewalk lying on your back staring at the stars.

1.10 - Please do not exploit this board to promote your own personal agenda. If the moderators (and members) feel that you are spamming the board with links to your website, etc., your account may be suspended indefinately.

1.11 - No Image Hotlinking: Please do not hotlink any images directly from someone else's website. Either host the image on your own webspace, utilize the free image hosting feature offered at P&CA to all members or use a free image hosting site such as http://imageshack.us/

2. Infractions

Infractions will be given whenever a moderator sees a violation of any of the above rules.

Infractions will not be given for posts made in The Hole. However any serious breach of the rules in particular rule 1.4 can and will warrant immediate suspension of your forum account.

Three infractions in a ten day period will result in you only being able to post in The Hole. This will last until the number of infractions you have drops below 3.

-If the violation is severe enough that a mod thinks an infraction isn't enough, moderators will discuss any action considered appropriate.

Should you have any queries about any of the above, please start a thread in the Member's Feedback Forum.

Although the administrators and moderators of Politics & Current Affairs Forum will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, it is impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the author, and neither the owners of Politics & Current Affairs Forum - Bath Rock Media Limited, nor Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. (developers of vBulletin) will be held responsible for the content of any message.

By agreeing to these rules, you warrant that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-oriented, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws.

The owners of Politics & Current Affairs Forum - Bath Rock Media Limited, reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason.