Originally posted by Airhead
Ummm HTC, AGW and CheckSix are all PUBLIC Forums- there is no requirement to view these Boards and they are viewed by children, wives, whatever- as such there is a responsibility on the part of these PUBLIC Board operators to monitor the content of their Boards.
PRIVATE Forums, such as the FDB Squad forums, are only viewable by membership, and I have no problem with what's on their Forum.
By your logic Safeway could sell X-rated magazines alongside Motor Trend and that'd be fine because if you don't like it then don't shop at Safeway.
I don't care if you like porn or not, Dred- but I shouldn't be ambushed with it on a PUBLIC Board.
Relax take that little gentle blue pill

and read the above post.
As I said I've never frequented those boards and was only going by what was said here.
Now that it has been explained to me and I more fully understand what was going on. I have no arguement with your complaint and I would agree it has no buisness on a public board if thats what the rules are.
Now IF those rules are no porn on public boards (which is what it seems the case is here) then you are entirely correct.
But ultimately it is the board owner to decide what is allowed and what is not.
His Board, His rules. Just like here.
Now if his rules stated Porn or anything else WAS allowed in the public forums then You the reader know that, You know there is a chance you might come across something like that and if you open it anyway well then you roll the dice and take your chances.
That being said That logic about Safeway is pretty accurate though.
Actually there are a great many stores that sell X rated mags in the same rack as Motor Trend. They just put them up on the top most shelf. There are some I've seen that dont even go that far
My feeling is yes. People should run their buisness any way they choose and if people dont like the way they run their buisness then dont shop there.
If enough people dont shop there then the buisness either changes,or goes out of buisness.
Now if the buisness owner remains satisfied with the amount of buisness he gets then he doesnt change anything.
He should run his buisness his way. It is after all His buisness.