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A War With Skullport
By
Xorthaul Chaulssin
Many of us have always
believed that Freedom of
Speech was a Gods given
right and that there were
always going to be those who strongly
stood by that. Unfortunately, we were wrong. Several members of
Skullport, including myself, have had our Freedom of Speech violated in
a horrendous way.
Less than a week ago there was a site made
for us where we could chat and talk amongst friends. This changed, as an
increasingly obnoxious member of Skullport,
started to insult and verbally attack a
few important and active veterans. Soon this site became a place away
from Skullport where we could vent about this offensive member,
without insulting the community. To our
surprise and misfortune, we were betrayed and word quickly got out about
it and almost immediately we became the pariahs
of the Port. Without warning we were
demoted, certain rights taken from us, while the obnoxious
member walked
away, although not completely unscathed,
he has been only lightly punished for all his offensive remarks within
the community and is allowed to remain in the community itself.
Because of his effrontery, myself and others have been judged for
these so called crimes, crimes not even committed within Skullport
itself. Words were exchanged, yes, however what we have been charged
with is what I believe to be a great exaggeration of the truth. The
verdict of our fates within the Port have been decided and for those of
us who have been banned and exiled, and those who have
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not chosen enslavement we have moved on to
better things. Instead we choose to create communities and sanctuaries
of our own and improve on them, a place where exiles and others like
us who wish to have a place to speak out are welcome. We hope to
create somewhere even better than Skullport itself and all are invited
to join us in making that a reality.
The only thing that has really changed
over this whole affair is that a once great community like Skullport
has been diminished. Many of it's active and great members either
banned, suspended or enslaved. All of this over a single member who
chose not to be apart of the community, to insult senior members, and
refused to admit that he was in the wrong until finally pushed to do
so.
Although the blame cannot be solely placed
on this one person, the administrators and moderators of the site
contributed to the entire problem by deciding to ignore it, and in the
end they are only left with what few members choose to remain.
Although this is a sad thing to happen, many of us would rather be able to speak our minds
then stay in a place where free
speech and open communication is shunned.
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