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Title: Microsoft bans discussions about firearms
Post by: ericire12 on November 20, 2009, 07:48:53 AM

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/11/20/microsoft-bans-discussions-about-firearms-on-their-community-forums/

http://ridenshoot.blogspot.com/2009/11/windows-online-community-code-of.html

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Ride Fast n' Shoot Straight reports that the user agreement for the Microsoft Online Technical Communities bans discussions about firearms.

Title: Re: Microsoft bans discussions about firearms
Post by: saltydogbk on November 20, 2009, 08:14:57 AM

I banned Microsoft a long time ago...hate the products.

Title: Re: Microsoft bans discussions about firearms
Post by: ratcatcher55 on November 20, 2009, 08:33:47 AM

I would be very suspect of this. Microsoft had a very active shooting club at the Redmond, WA facility the last time I was there.

Title: Re: Microsoft bans discussions about firearms
Post by: fightingquaker13 on November 22, 2009, 11:23:14 PM

Given the hours of headbanging, hair pulling frustration that I have suffered through from microsoft poducts, if I were Bill Gates I would ban discussion of firearms too. I would also blackball ayone who mentioned the word "rope". ;D
FQ13

Title: Re: Microsoft bans discussions about firearms
Post by: tombogan03884 on November 22, 2009, 11:25:14 PM

 Who, me ? I use MS, Apple/Mac isn't any better.

Title: Re: Microsoft bans discussions about firearms
Post by: BigSaucy on November 22, 2009, 11:49:36 PM

"Promotes or otherwise facilitates the purchase and sale of ammunition or firearms."

If this quote from your link is accurate it would seem that your subject heading is an overstatement.

Just saying, not endorsing their position.

Title: Re: Microsoft bans discussions about firearms
Post by: tombogan03884 on November 22, 2009, 11:59:43 PM

Looks like pretty standard terms of use agreement, I think lawyers call it boilerplate.

Title: Re: Microsoft bans discussions about firearms
Post by: pops1911 on November 24, 2009, 08:03:15 AM

Agreed - it's not an active denial of guns, it just is a 'boilerplate' statement about restricted goods - guns in particular - the important point here is the restriction on guns by the uneducated & the 'educated' liberals in this country. That is unconstitutional in any degree! There should be NO restrictions on guns - period. That is what the founders intended & wrote very clearly. This should be an action item to fix after we destroy BHo & his minions & retake this country back to what is was & should/will be again.

Title: Re: Microsoft bans discussions about firearms
Post by: tombogan03884 on November 24, 2009, 09:50:21 AM

Pops, when REAL Americans retake our nation and dispose of the communists and their sympathizers the fact that this kind of CYA statement is no longer needed will help greatly in getting rid of them.

Title: Re: Microsoft bans discussions about firearms
Post by: pops1911 on November 26, 2009, 05:47:21 AM

Tom

I was not condoning them - I fully agree. In this era of PC, we should apply the same logic they do. If it offends us (or can be construed to) we should bring it up to them by the truckload. If we continue to do this for all things, we can make progress - use their tactics & inundate them with BS for everything! (Although we have just cause - it's not always BS to us)

Title: Re: Microsoft bans discussions about firearms
Post by: philw on November 26, 2009, 05:57:44 AM

Quote from: saltydogbk on November 20, 2009, 08:14:57 AM

I banned Microsoft a long time ago...hate the products.

hehe  I try to as much as I can   

have to know a little bit of M$  for work though  however avoid it like chatting with a PETA life time member