633884 Sat Jul 04 08:11:06 -0700 2009 12 30 Site Talk 0 4829098 Curious about this one. A recent thread of mine that didn't even start from a legal perspective whatsoever, but was about giving music as a hostess gift, was quickly shut down by CH because a couple of people had commented on downloading music,( which is not even always illegal btw), and CH stated that it was not in a position to support such a discussion. Why not just delete some comments and allow the thread ? Other threads about host gifting are allowed. And yet discussions on smuggling foodstuffs into various countries, or discussions about marijuana as an ingredient, i've not seen shut down (not that I want to, I mention these as curiosities), no comment on the legality, unless posters bring it up. How is it that CH is in a position to support these discussions ? Sat Jul 04 08:11:06 -0700 2009 153184 im_nomad 1 4829118 Thanks for posting this. As you may have noticed, I raised that issue and even reported it in the form of a question not a judgment but got no response. I'm FAR from a goody-two-shoes but it seems like an area that CH corporate would rather not head into. Sat Jul 04 08:19:54 -0700 2009 4829098 131001 c oliver 1 4829407 The legality of music downloading and mix tapes really has nothing to do with food, and that conversation seemed pretty determined to head down that path, so we eventually shut it down. We'd really prefer that the thread about stuff to bring back from overseas stayed more firmly rooted in what people have and have not brought back or even in what is and isn't legal, instead of on whether the person should have asked the question in the first place, which is the kind of discussion about discussion that's off topic outside of Site Talk. We have pretty consistently shut down discussions of marijuana as an ingredient in recent years. If there are any out there, we either haven't seen them (we don't read everything), or they may be from the older archives. As in all moderation decisions, a variety of factors go into every one -- whether we've even seen the conversation in question, how it's gone up to that point, whether we think it'll stay on track with just a little pruning or will require constant babysitting in the future, how food-related the actual, on-topic portions of the thread are, etc. Sat Jul 04 10:53:39 -0700 2009 4829098 10021 Jacquilynne 2 4829475 Thanks. Sounds like I was on solid ground asking OP if she wanted advice on smuggling and that that would not be alright. And then I referred her to the CBP site that addresses that. Sat Jul 04 11:26:53 -0700 2009 4829407 131001 c oliver 3 4829492 Telling people what they should and shouldn't post is really not okay. If you feel that a post might be a problem, please report it, rather than opening a debate within the thread about whether it's okay. Sat Jul 04 11:32:52 -0700 2009 4829475 10021 Jacquilynne 4 4829501 Yes, ma'am. Sat Jul 04 11:41:17 -0700 2009 4829492 131001 c oliver 5 4830433 <Telling people what they should and shouldn't post is really not okay.> I know it's Jacquilynne writing this, so it's a different thing, but may I say that I found the irony of such a statement well amusing? Sun Jul 05 01:13:46 -0700 2009 4829501 16734 Lizard 6 4831690 That is very funny! Sun Jul 05 17:30:49 -0700 2009 4830433 10195 KTinNYC 1 4844246 imno-I'm glad the music discussion wound up locked. It headed in a direction I didn't want to go in either but I'm not the type to back down until the convo gets personal. But imno-I appreciated the nod then and still do. Enjoy! Thu Jul 09 14:53:16 -0700 2009 4829098 36312 HillJ 2 4844436 Each time I think I know most of the web acronyms I see one I can't figure out - which is your use of "imno" - what does it mean? I know "imo" and "imho" and "imnsho" but I am drawing a blank here. Hook a hound up! ;-D> Thu Jul 09 16:07:52 -0700 2009 4844246 108169 Servorg 3 4844496 HillJ is presumably shortening my nickname imno=im_nomad Thu Jul 09 16:29:25 -0700 2009 4844436 153184 im_nomad 4 4844533 lol Thanks for putting me out of my mystery... Thu Jul 09 16:44:02 -0700 2009 4844496 108169 Servorg 4 4845055 sorry im_nomad, you are correct just shortening. I tend to do that. Servorg, shall I refer to you as "S" :) Thu Jul 09 20:05:29 -0700 2009 4844496 36312 HillJ