The Dread Pirate Roberts reference is from the movie Princess Bride.
Wesley spends years building up an immunity to a fictional substance called “iocaine powder”, the most deadly substance known to man. He tricks a foe into drinking wine laced with it, killing his foe while he survives.
The admins were using the legal staus of shrooms in other countries (besides their own) as a justification for removing the community. Ok, cool. Now apply that reasoning fairly across other communities.
Clarifying a point is not hard and they do get very specific with other rules as well, if you haven’t read them. They could easily say that drug trade on lemmy.world is forbidden. Easy.
Also, chill with the ad hominem arguments. Trying to use insults to prove yourself correct just makes you look like the jackass.
Again, I don’t think you understand the full scope of the points I am making. I understand your points, but they are just bad ones.
Speaking of removed communities, can an admin respond to this please: https://lemmy.world/post/3165787
Your input is fascinating, but misplaced.
The purpose of this thread was for the admins to clarify what actually is illegal. Allowing a marijuana community has the same risks for an admin as pictures of other things like shrooms in other communities.
I personally would like to know where it is illegal to post and talk about any drug, honestly. Especially so if the drugs we are talking about are widely decriminalized.
Growing, selling or trading drugs online is generally illegal. I understand why those kinds of posts should be removed.
Lemmy Connect is quite good for Android.
One would think he would eventually cancel himself.
I think big brother is on to you, bot. Your links haven’t been working lately. It could be a “me” problem, since I am trying to view the video through a Lemmy client that doesn’t quite play well with ad blocking proxies.
Sorry. My inner Rick and Morty was leaking.
We need to assign a good name for this global system of interconnected networks. I admit, I am baffled as to what a good name should be.
I am on other instances. The problem is that they are, like it or not, the first impression that new users get of Lemmy and the rest of the federation.
beholden to their guidelines
I am all for that! They need to properly define those guidelines. While it is “their” instance, the intent is for it to be publicly accessible. Continuity with their own guidelines is kind of important to help this space grow as a public instance. I don’t care what those guidelines are, just make them consistent.
The instance is in Germany from what I understand. Regardless, their justification was that shrooms are illegal in most places. That being their main point sets up the contradiction that I am referring to. It casts a bit of doubt on the intent and how to interpret rule 1.
The admins don’t have to abide by their rules, but we do.
false equivalence
Do you even know what that means? I am writing off this conversation as pointless.
They can do that! As a matter of fact, I support compliance with local regulations.
The problem is, they aren’t. They are picking and choosing laws to follow. Their instance is located in Germany, but yet, their marijuana legalization laws are only in draft: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dariosabaghi/2023/07/10/germany-unveils-draft-bill-to-legalize-cannabis/?sh=5ed53b322726
They are using the justification that “some things are illegal in some countries” as grounds for community suspension, yet, they are picking and choosing.
It’s illegal to talk about piracy and shrooms? I can see posts getting deleted for directly trafficking in pirated stuff or if someone was trying to openly sell sketchy drugs.
Anything that is allowed on this site could be a target for legal action. Even their unverified access to porn is grounds for legal action in most places.
You need to look at the complete picture of the bias that is involved.
accountability
Your point of reference is flipped. I don’t need to take accountability for something that the admins are doing.
optics
Banning one community for being “illegal” while not banning another gives some fairly spectacular visuals.
You are totally missing the point, just like you missed the point in your last deleted post.
I think we all want to see most instances and communities thrive. With this being the most “mainstream” instance, it gives many users their first glimpse into Lemmy and the rest of the federation. If the first thing people see is the same shitty admin actions that Reddit was known for, they puts a huge damper on adaptation.
If the first few days are spent looking for an instance where their communities and comments won’t get banned, it just makes for a shitty experience.
That would explain thier issues with piracy.
That press release was so short, it bypassed the paywall. I looked around a bit but couldn’t find which companies had their exports halted. (It hasn’t been released yet?)