Originally Posted by Iskald
I would never have thought that it should come to this, but here goes: I am writing this in support of forumer N.O.T and the principle of freedom of expression on this forum.
I have seen that you have posted "official warnings" on two diffrent threads, pino. In my opinion this is very harsh, based on your subjective interpretation that N.O.T is "negative".
On a forum like this there must be accept for satire, irony and critisism, even heavy critisism. Sometimes satire can be (falsely) interpreted as "negative", but it isn`t always the case. Freedom of expression is a most important principle, and it has nothing to do whether other discussion participants is completely disagreeing with you or not. I myself disagree (sometimes completely) with N.O.T in most of his statements and caracteristics, but I do not find them especially offensive or offending. He has a different kind of humour than most other forumers, and it may be well and truly irritating when he is repeating his old jokes, but from time to time he is actually somewhere near being a bit funny, too!
What isn`t acceptable is of course personal abuse and blatant disrespect. It may seem that N.O.T is being close to disrespectful in his caracteristics of for instance Ken Block and Kimi Raikkkönen during the last days. Many of us find this highly annoying, but in principle I will say that as public performers and persons, Block, Raikkönen and others should accept this level of satire and critisism. They are not "attacked" with personal abuse, but they are critisised for being hyped up and/or slow rally drivers. This is the personal opinion of N.O.T, like it or not, but it is actually his right to express these opinions.
It may be that I should have started a thread on Forum Feedback instead of posting here, pino, but as you are posting your official warnings on an existing thread instead of sending a PM to N.O.T, I chose to post here.