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<blockquote data-quote="Chacal" data-source="post: 794000" data-attributes="member: 1349">IMO, putting a flag on an avatar or sig IS a political statement.&nbsp; While a flag might represent intemporal values (and I doubt any government represents them well everytime), those values are political, and their interpretation is temporal and thus they are very strong statements at some times. I think that in a place dedicated to RPG and not politics, this is unapropriate.I understand the &quot;least censorship&quot; position of the moderators, but it still looks like opening a can of worms in this case. It's detracting from the boards primary purposes: How many of you would reply to a post with an Iraqi flag with the same exact feeling as if the flag hasn't been there ? I know it has some political impact on me, and I dare think that it has on many of us. Allowing political statements is&nbsp; bringing bitterness, unfairness and pressure upon minorities, IMO.I'm afraid that the motivations beside the &quot;flags allowed&quot; policy is based on the fact that many people in this board wouldn't understand why they can't show their flag everywhere and would be very pissed off. The freedom of speech has the respect of others for limitation. In these boards, I thought respect was expressed by &quot;not offending Eric's GrandMa&quot; and not stating political/religious/offending statements.I wouldn't play Death Metal music in a church/classroom/bus (and say the people that they can just ignore me by covering their ears). The avatars and sigs can be seen in every thread, bringing politics everywhere on the board. It's not like there was an [OT] thread &quot; I like my flag&quot;.I find it sad that I have to &quot;cover my ears&quot; to go in this place.Chacal</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chacal, post: 794000, member: 1349"] IMO, putting a flag on an avatar or sig IS a political statement. While a flag might represent intemporal values (and I doubt any government represents them well everytime), those values are political, and their interpretation is temporal and thus they are very strong statements at some times. I think that in a place dedicated to RPG and not politics, this is unapropriate. I understand the "least censorship" position of the moderators, but it still looks like opening a can of worms in this case. It's detracting from the boards primary purposes: How many of you would reply to a post with an Iraqi flag with the same exact feeling as if the flag hasn't been there ? I know it has some political impact on me, and I dare think that it has on many of us. Allowing political statements is bringing bitterness, unfairness and pressure upon minorities, IMO. I'm afraid that the motivations beside the "flags allowed" policy is based on the fact that many people in this board wouldn't understand why they can't show their flag everywhere and would be very pissed off. The freedom of speech has the respect of others for limitation. In these boards, I thought respect was expressed by "not offending Eric's GrandMa" and not stating political/religious/offending statements. I wouldn't play Death Metal music in a church/classroom/bus (and say the people that they can just ignore me by covering their ears). The avatars and sigs can be seen in every thread, bringing politics everywhere on the board. It's not like there was an [OT] thread " I like my flag". I find it sad that I have to "cover my ears" to go in this place. Chacal [/QUOTE]

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