YA violation...?? Why are people resorting to this for disagreements?

Sometimes people take this site WAY too seriously!

Yes there needs to be controls on racist stuff,pornography etc but some of you guys are getting a little outta control with the violations.

Can you really not tell when someone has posted a question /answer for a giggle,to pull your leg etc

...dont take life or Yahoo too serious guys and gals, have fun!

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it is a very interesting question.

free speech and racism hmmm....

salman rushdie comes to mind here at present. and to make matters worse allmutt and the wests "peacers" want tony to act as a negotiator in the middleeast debate!!! ha ha ha thats so ironic. i could make this a very long winded answer but i wont because they are boring.

i actually used to believe in "free speech" ( when i was younger ) but then i grew up and now believe that if we are ignorant on a particular subject or culture or faith then free speech should be " banned ".

as civilised human beings 2007ad. where info and education are peaking, we should get this absolutely correct.

we simply cannot call a black person a ******, or a fat person fatty etc etc..

we have to care for eveyones pain and cherish their sensitivities.

for example salman rushdie has no respect or decency for ppl yet BRITAIN is honouring him?!!

politically this is LUDICROUS.

and iam no politition, but even i as a brit tax payer object, i mean i work for a very large brit company and i would lose my position if i were to be racially or sexually prejudgemental to a colleague yet in the world of those in power they can ( in our name ) offend any countrys religious practices.

hmmm maybe this should be a question, i'll just go and post it.

I've received several violations just for expressing views that were not offensive to anyone! It's getting a bit ridiculous.

I do think, though, that most of us only report others if they are being racist, for example, or something equally repulsive. Sadly, there seem to be a small number of people on this site who appear to spend most of their time reporting 'abuse' to Yahoo when none occurred. I know the violation notices I've received are totally, utterly absurd!

YA need to be careful. Reporting should only be for stuff that is truly, deliberately and gratuitously designed to offend.

Taking people out just for taking a contrary position to the majority will soon mean that YA becomes so boring that you would think MSN were managing it.

And, of course, that's when the interesting people will stop contributing and it will become as informative and intelligent a site as a redtop is a newspaper

Amazingly, I have to agree with Plato here. I challenged a violation and all I got back was a list of reportable offence by yahoo, none of which fit the bill. Those who are making malicious reports of abuse need to be identified and blocked.

I lost 20 points (and level 2 status) and had answres deleted for asking if any truth to rumor Hillary had just one testicle, which, I admit, was offensive. But it was 2 a.m. and seemed very funny and provoked a lot of very interesting conversation. How does it all work? Someone files a complaint on you?

Hadn't seen previous answers; some think Yahoo is (phonetically--Yay-hoo) taken from King Jehu of Kings/Chronicles in Bible

Its low brow people who think they have a right to never be offended on both the far right and far left. I once asked if the first amendment wasn't created to protect disagreeable or unpopular speech and you would be amazed at where the majority voted.

I've just wanted adult debate and input on questions. And I've had my account totally deleted three times. Now I stick to totally innocuous conversation, a waste of this forum.

This is the risk you take when you come on THIS section. I'm not saying it hasn't happened in other sections of Y!Answers, but it's REALLY bad here.

When I signed on here, I contemplated allowing mail but I am so OH SO glad that I didn't - my mailbox is reserved for people I know, trust & cherish. There are really cool people on here, that I would have enjoyed chatting with but the morons & stalkers, trolls are just too many reasons why I keep to myself in this aspect. Hope that you calm down enough to enjoy other questions. It's not consolation but it's happened to the best & worst of us.

(Maybe justice is blind...)

I wouldn't worry to much. I like the action you took.

there are a few idiots on here. have fun with them, its quite rewarding to mess around with them watching them get angry over nothing. The Armenian's on here think they are doing their country a benefit by Slating the long list of empires which have conquered their Lands. they couldn't be further form the truth.

Some people like to rant and believe there view is the one and only.

Don't worry about it they just end up looking like fools.

Hi I have the same experince as you and got a violation from Yahoo nad they willnot enter into conversation about this.

I didn't think my answer to a similar question- -which was

Do you like ??? warranted a violation.

My offensive answer????

Who?

How can this be a violation of rules??

If anyone can answer this for me i would be greatful.