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.
Speaking of removed communities, can an admin respond to this please: https://lemmy.world/post/3165787
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.
No step
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.
Which would prove my point. Lulz.
Hysterical spelling aside for a bit...
Deprogramming one cult with another seems counterproductive.
A shroom community was removed from lemmy.world as it was considered "illegal" content by the admins. The logic behind this is boggling, to say the least.
Marijuana is considered an illegal substance in some states in the US and is still federally illegal. /c/trees should be banned, correct?
Clown pictures of Putin are absolutely considered illegal in Russia, so that should require and immediate ban.
Freedom of speech can also be considered illegal in some places.
Incest is considered illegal so that should automatically trigger a ban on all incest porn, real or not. Hell, porn is universally taboo, so that shouldn't have any place on this instance, I guess.
You see where I am going with this? Rule 1 is a catch-all and needs clarification. Simply saying something is illegal is not quite enough. Owning and sharing pictures of shrooms is not illegal. Trading spores or mycelium is generally not illegal either.
This is not about me being salty (which I am) about the community being removed and forced to relocate. It's the odd bias that was applied to justify its removal.
Please note that I said fix Rule 1, not remove it. There are some really bad things on the internet that shouldn't use lemmy as a safe haven.
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?)