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Eudaimonic Public Discussion Board Act
Eudaimonia
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BE IT NOTED: The pronouns "ze", "hir" and "hirs" shall for the purposes of this document describe any person or thing henceforth mentioned or implied; and shall be understood according to the context in which used.
BE IT NOTED: Eudaimonia shall be referred to with the abbreviation "Eud." for the remainder of this document.
Preamble: In order for a communist democratic community to function, there must exist a means for all individuals (both members and non-members of Eud.) to excercise free speech and to excercise expression without unreasonable restriction.
The electronic discussion groups of Eud., accessible via the internet, have become the central method of communication for individuals addressing the community.
In addition, the rights to freedom of expression and freedom to protest as outlined in the Declaration of Human Rights, should be more clearly defined with relation to Eud.'s public message boards. It is one of the goals of this law to clearly state in the Eudaimonic Legal Code what constitutes legitimate free expression.
Section 1
Nationalisation of the Eudaimonic Public Discussion Board
1-1:
The Public Discussion Board of Eud., located at the internet address http://pub10.ezboard.com/feudaimonia38580eudaimonicdiscussionboard, is hereby declared public property.
1-1-1:
As public property, http://pub10.ezboard.com/feudaimonia38580eudaimonicdiscussionboard is owned, not by one person or group, but by all Eudaimonic members collectively.
1-1-2:
Section 4-15 of the Declaration of Human Rights (as of September 7th, 1999 in the Common Era) applies to the internet address http://pub10.ezboard.com/feudaimonia38580eudaimonicdiscussionboard.
1-1-3:
The Public Discussion Board of Eud. at the internet address http://pub10.ezboard.com/feudaimonia38580eudaimonicdiscussionboard shall also be referred to as "ECDB" for the purposes of this document.
Section 2
Free Expression on the ECDB
2-1:
The ECDB, being the central means of communication between individuals and Eudaimonic community (but not the only means), may not be censored arbitrarily by any one person or group.
2-2:
No legitimate expression on the ECDB may ever be purposefully or systematically deleted by any Eudaimonic member with the capability and opportunity to do so, except as noted in Section 4-2, 4-2-1 and 4-2-2 of this document.
2-2-1:
"Legitimate expression" is here legally defined as any expression that does not infringe on the rights of others.
2-2-2:
For the purposes of this document "legitimate expression" is any form of expression on the ECDB that does not constitute the following, as described in sub-sections i-iii;
i) Multiple-Disruptive-Messages; defined as messages posted to the ECDB an extraordinary number times --with either the intention to, or the effect of, disrupting the ability of other users of the ECDB to discuss topics raised or utilise the ECDB to express themselves.
i-a) Procedure in the case of Multiple-Disruptive-Messages:
In the case that, in the judgement of a petition of users (as defined in Section 4 of this document), messages posted to the ECDB constitute Multiple-Disruptive-Messages, the moderator of the ECDB (as defined in Section 5 of this document) may delete said Multiple-Disruptive-Messages from the ECDB on the sole condition that ze copies and archives the messages before deleting them and makes the archived messages available privately to any person who requests them.
ii) Pornography; defined as messages that contain the graphic, sexually explicit subordination of persons and/or other animals through pictures and/or words and are not attached to a "pornography disclaimer" (as defined in Section 2-2-2: Sub-section ii-a of this document), in which one of the following criteria also applies:
(a) Persons are presented dehumanized as sexual objects, things, or commodities. (b) Persons and/or other animals are presented as sexual objects who enjoy humiliation or pain; or as sexual objects experiencing sexual pleasure in rape, incestuous sexual activities that are nonconsensual and/or present one party as dominating another party, or in other sexual assault; or as sexual objects tied up, cut up, mutilated, bruised, or physically hurt. (c) Persons and/or other animals are presented in postures or positions of sexual submission, servility, or display. (d) The body parts of persons and/or other animals --including but not limited to vaginas, breasts, penises, scrotums or buttocks-- are exhibited in such a way that said persons and/or other animals are reduced to those body parts. (e) Persons and/or other animals are presented being penetrated by objects or animals. (f) Persons and/or other animals are presented in scenarios of degradation, humiliation, injury, or torture, shown as filthy or inferior, bleeding, bruised, or hurt in a context that makes these conditions sexual.
ii-a) "Pornography disclaimer" as referred to in Section 2-2-2: Sub-section ii of this document is here defined as the following text written clearly and visibly in the subject-line of a pornographic message and in the following format, sans the quotation marks:
"WARNING: Message consists of Pornography as specified in Section 2-2-2: Sub-section ii of the ECDB Act."
ii-b) Procedure in the case of Pornography-sans-disclaimer:
In the case that, in the judgement of a petition of users (as defined in Section 4 of this document), messages posted to the ECDB constitute Pornography sans a pornography disclaimer (as defined in Section 2-2-2: Sub-section ii-a of this document), the moderator of the ECDB (as defined in Section 5 of this document) may delete said Pornographic messages from the ECDB without archival.
iii) Multiple-Repeat-Messages; defined as a group messages posted to the ECDB all of which consist of the same content.
iii-a) Procedure in the case of Multiple-Repeat-Messages:
The moderator (as defined in Section 4 of this document) may delete from the ECDB all but one copy of any particular group of Multiple-Repeat-Messages.
Section 3:
Free Speech on the ECDB
3-1:
The ECDB may be used by at any time by any person to state any opinion.
3-2:
No opinion may be deleted from the ECDB by any Eudaimonic member with the capability and opportunity to carry out such deletion, unless an opinion is presented in the form of any of the illegitimate expressions defined in Section 2-2-2: Sub-Sections i-iii, of this document.
Section 4:
Petition for Deletion and Deletion for Recovery of Server Space
4-1:
The moderator of the ECDB (as defined in Section 5 of this document) may only delete messages falling into one of the categories of illegitimate speech described in Section 2-2-2: Sub-Sections i-iii of this document if ze is given a mandate to do so by means of a petition signed by at least 33.33% of all members of Eud..
4-2:
The moderator of the ECDB (as defined in Section 5 of this document) may delete archaic messages from the ECDB only so as to recover server space so that new messages may be posted to the ECDB.
4-2-1:
The moderator of the ECDB (as defined in Section 5 of this document) may only delete archaic messages in chronological order (where the phrase chronological order shall, for the purposes of this document, be taken to mean in order from oldest to newest).
4-2-2:
The use of a computer program to automatically delete archaic messages in chronological order (as defined in Section 4-2-1 of this document) is also acceptable.
Section 5:
Election of the Moderator
5-1:
The moderator of the ECDB shall be elected according to the general procedures for elections as described in the active Operating Resolution at the time of election.
Section 6:
Relocation Clause
6-1:
The ECDB may be relocated from one internet address to another at any time by the elected moderator of the ECDB on the condition that all members of Eud. are notified of the new location in a clearly written or spoken manner.
6-1-1:
Upon relocation of the ECDB to a new internet address, Section 1 of this document shall be automatically updated to reflect the new internet address of the ECDB.
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SO ENACTED on Saturday, September the 25th, 1999, in the
Common Era by the mandate of 100% of those voting with 0.0% of
the active membership not voting.
Assented to under procedures set forth by Operating Resolution
Two and the Inactivity Act (1 - '99).
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