Board Thread:Chat Discussion/@comment-25393922-20141021040515/@comment-24881871-20141021092705

You can see a trend starting to form here: the more restrictive the rules that are enacted, the more disgruntled the general population becomes. To see this in action, you don't have to limit your scope to this site alone or even the Internet for that matter. This has been the case throughout history. This isn't to say that a war, revolution, or anything so dramatic would ever happen here. Still, there is a lesson to be learned: the more repressive the rules and regulations of an establishment are, the more resistance they will garner.

What we're talking about now is of considerably less significance, but the same principle applies. It would be stretching things a bit to say that stopping someone from telling an off-color joke or saying something in bad taste is a form of suppression, but to echo Sloshedtrain, it does breed resentment of the administration.

Defining what constitutes something as offensive is a very tricky matter, and if we are to adhere to a list of definitions instead of using our reason, have we made a difference for the better? The question you have to ask yourself in is, "Is this really worth it?" If you think it is, then at least open a proposal thread where people can vote on it in all fairness.