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visiting our blog. We are committed to allowing freedom of expression for our
members, including maintaining a safe space for people with opposing views to
express themselves. Like the real world, our member base is very diverse. There
are people with vastly different views regarding the environment, animal
rights, politics, human rights, and many other topics that you will find on our
blog. We see this diversity and variety as a real strength, and see dialog and
debate as an integral part of the educational process as well as an important
tool in exploring different sides of complex issues. We ask that all of our
members respect this diversity, and the diverse views and beliefs held by
others on our site.
All commenters of
our site must agree to and abide by the following Code of Conduct for our blog:
Respect and
courtesy – All commenters are entitled to xpress their views and beliefs in a
safe environment without feeling attacked. Commenters may not infringe on the
rights of any other person to express themselves in a safe environment. This
policy includes:
Any harmful,
threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous,
hateful, or otherwise objectionable posts.
Any posts which
are invasive of another’s privacy.
Name calling or
otherwise attacking the person posting rather than the content of the post.
Disagreement is encouraged, but you should only comment on the argument or
position taken, never against the person posting their opinion or belief.
Any racial or
ethnic slurs or insults relating to the mental, physical or intellectual
qualities of any member.
Vulgarity – All
commenters agree to not post text that is vulgar, obscene, graphically violent
or sexual in nature.
Violent action –
No commenter may use our blog to advocate violence against others, even in
jest.
Illegal
activities – No commenter may use our services to promote illegal actions or to
instigate illegal activity from other commenters.
‘Hate messages’ –
No commenter may post ‘hate’ messages. This includes any messages that may
incite violence toward someone because of their age, disability, gender,
ethnicity, race, nationality, religion, or sexual orientation, including:
Advocating
violence or aggression against persons because they are a member of any of the
above categories.
Implying or
stating that members of one of these categories ‘deserve’ or ‘earned’ death or
violence towards them.
Degrading or
insulting whole classes of people, or using such statements to justify actions taken
against them.
Privacy – No
commenter may use our site to collect personal information about other members,
or to post such information for others to view. This includes telephone
numbers, addresses, etc.
Stalking – No
commenter may stalk or otherwise harass others on our site.
Copyrights – No
commenter may post or otherwise distribute information or content which
infringes on a copyright, patent trademark or other proprietary right of
another party.
Disruptive posts
– No commenter may disrupt the blog by posting repeatedly with the same
information or by otherwise preventing the use of these blog by other
commenter.
Commercial
solicitation / SPAM / Bulk mailings – No commenter may post or otherwise make
available any unsolicited or unauthorized commercial advertising, promotional
materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any
other form of solicitation.
Impersonation –
No commenter may impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited
to, a official or group forum leader; or falsely state or otherwise
misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.
Minors –
Commenters may not post or otherwise take action that endangers or harms a
minor in any way.
Problems and
abuse reporting - Do not respond to abusive posts or otherwise engage in the
furthering of inappropriate topics and posts.
Defenders of
Wildlife reserves the right to remove any comments for violation of any of the
above terms of use based solely on the discretion of the blog administrators.
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