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Namaste
Oceandrop.org is a place for a range of websites of a group of friends
who share a common value for a perspective that values the Spirit and
values the World, and all beings within it. It is organised as several web
sites , which are different sub-domains on the root domain of
oceandrop.
What you find here varies in kind and viewpoint.
Some sites will be
Weblogs, some informational sites, some activist, some more personal. They
have their own identity, are owned by several people, and exist as
sub-domains of Oceandrop. We all believe in diversity.
While as providers of sub-domains, the owners of oceandrop.org will try
and keep things legal1, essentially all you see in a subdomain
is the property of the subdomain-holder. We are not censors, nor do we
check for content. The holders of subdomains are fundamentally
independent, and requests or comments about their sites are best sent to
those sites.
That said, there is no porn here, nor calls to violence. There are
several points of view represented, some which may not suit you. If you
just don't like a person's perspective, that's easily solved by not coming
to this site.
1."Legal" means legal in our jurisdiction, which is
Australia. Basically, there can be no calls to hatred or violence, and
porn is heavily restricted.
We live in a fairly liberal nation, and free speech
generally applies. Personally, as Webwitch, I don't believe people should
be prevented from exposure to a diversity of minority opinions. That's
what freedom of expression means. But I don't believe freedom of
expression can be taken to include verbal "assault with intent to hurt". I
don't believe freedom should be extended to promotions of hatred and
intolerance. That is counter-productive. I don't believe we should be free
to express bigotry and hatred, any more than physical freedoms of action
should be extended to permit physical assault.
Happily in my legal jurisdiction, my beliefs coincide
basically with law. Sex is trickier. I believe we live in a profoundly
sex-negative society. This is not a good thing. I believe we should be
able to discuss sex, including minority sexual practices, and children
should be raised in an atmosphere of availability of information. However,
I also feel that a lot of pornography is a symptom of social
sex-negativity. They are demeaning expressions of people, often of women.
In any case, my legal jurisdiction regulates pictures of sex
deemed to be "pornography". Perhaps not the same way as I would, but
that's that's a different argument, and while sexual issues may be
discussed here, there won't be any "porn", so don't bother looking.
A final note. One of the peculiarities of the net, and
communication generally, is that someone can create something or say
something in one country where what they do is legal. Things can travel,
and so can words, and the context in which they appear may change. The
person that generated something should only be held responsible for what
they do where they do it, and in the context in which they do it. This
particularly holds true where there is no particular need for anyone to
see, read, hear or go looking for a thing. So, if you don't like things
you find here, take some personal responsibility and don't visit this
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