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Scary, I'll be sure not to call you *censored* anymore if that is your desire. Banned for censoring free speech.

Banned for being untrue to your own feelings,

Greenland has been discussing going independent, but it seems that movement died down the moment they got self-rule a decade back or so. The Faroe Islands have to my knowledge never considered going independent, for the same reasons Greenland can't. We have this small territory in Copenhagen which declared itself independent 30 years ago, but by now it's mostly a joke and a tourist attraction. But in anything Denmark had that could've seceded, has already been conquered. Schleswig-Holstein seceded/got conquered by Germany. Norway was conquered by Sweden. But then again, I don't particularly care about the danish overseas holdings, and they could get independence for all I care. Do you find it inhumane how various governments around the world are repressing entire nationalities and cultures who want to secede from their mother country, but can't? (namely, China, Russia, Spain and probably many other countries which have nationalist movements which the government is repressing)

This is obviously false, don't listen to those conspiracy theories. It's so obvious that the UN and all major world governments are secretly controlled by evil telepathic jellyfish and not lizardmen. Spread the message, the people need to hea *Message has been terminated*

Banned for implying I ever said that those places don't have northern lights.

Huh, and here I thought yo hated me. - Banned for saying you dislike Norway and still feature northern lights prominently in your signature.

Banned for being too kind in the way you banned Viridescent.

Nein, 'c'était moi *evil laugh* Amethyst will definitely be the next to post!

Definitely Johan Liebert. He's like the joker, just smarter and more evil. Like... terrifyingly evil. He thrives on chaos, psychologically manipulates and breaks people. Is extremely charismatic and smart and produces intricate plans that will make your head hurt. So yes, definitely Johan Liebert from the manga/anime monster. I've yet to find anyone who can surpass him in terms of how vile, conniving and wonderful he can be. Technically Belgium has more different languages per capita than India. And Dutch is part of the Germanic language group which boasts 18 main languages among a population much smaller than that of India. So uhm, take that? Why is Viridescent such a showoff?

Banned for being a male normal type named Alistar who's between a rock and a hard place.

In another universe: Sentient banana 1: Do you think humans should be counted as plants? Sentient banana 2: No, impossible, we have too many genetic differences, and besides, humans do not possess the mental faculties of us bananas. Sentient banana 1: True, humans don't can't express the complex ideas us bananas can, nor can they form meaningful relationships like us. Nor do they possess the intelligence to not ruin their own planet. Incompetence must run deep in the human genome. Sentient banana 2: Why do you ponder whether humans are plants then? Sentient banana 1: I just can't shake the feeling that since they share 50% of our DNA, they are undoubtedly closer related to us than we give them credit for.

Banned for claiming a prime number post.

Banned because the rules of this thread are forcing me to.

Banned because you're too good for this thread and deserve freedom.

Honestly, this is a huge amount and therefore humans cannot be compared to bananas as it just means we have a lot of the same proteins to produce cells and express genes. Imagine this, if we compare the binary code of a software program like Word, and something like Grand Theft Auto, there is likewise by sheer stochastic variance a 50% overlap between the two programs. Does that mean that Microsoft Word and Grand Theft Auto are the same software? The answer should be quite clear. Likewise, a human cannot be compared to a banana. Honestly, I don't like the word animal, it's too general. According to biology, an animal is merely a multicellular motile organism. Anything from the largest of elephants to the simplest of jellyfish is an animal. Humans are by definition an animal due to the way we develop, there's no way around that. And thus we arrive at such a broad category of species with pretty much nothing in common that the value of the word animal means nothing. What you're probably more interested in this question: "Should humans treat other animals in the same way humans treat humans". Because if we acknowledge ourselves to be animals then we're putting ourselves on the same level as those we perceive as lesser beings, and we have to afford animals some basic rights that we may not be interested in giving them. Now this is purely a philosophical question and relates in no way to biology which most people have been arguing. So I propose we throw any biological discussion out of this thread due to it being an undeniable fact that humans are biologically an animal. And thus I guess I'll approach this from a utilitarian point of view and say that we shouldn't afford animals the same rights as humans, as that would impair the development of human society. We should only afford animals rights in the extent that said rights benefit humanity (ie. by increasing biological diversity, or by making said animals better at helping humans). Therefore animals should not be treated the same as humans. This may be a slightly controversial opinion, but I'd love to hear what other's have to say about this.

@Dypatome It kinda varies, but mods don't really enforce said rule unless the avatar is humongous. But it's still kinda rude to have a bigger avatar than need be.

Banned for having a too philosophical signature.

Say's the humongous gif for a banner... In general, anything is good to go for a banner, as long as it doesn't go against community guidelines and isn't too huge. If it's very large you have two options, to spoiler the signature with [*spoiler] or put it in a scroll bar with [*scroll][/scroll] which many on here do.

Banned for lacking arbitrary reasons to ban people.

Nah, watching sports is boring. I do like playing tennis quite a bit though. What's your favorite poem?

Banned for playing Pokémon Desolation.

I can understand that this was clearly a wrong move on Steve Huffman's part. But at the same time, I don't see Reddit losing any users to this. There are no viable alternatives to it and the communities that have developed there are unlikely to just migrate elsewhere. This will likely all be forgotten in a few weeks. I'm not saying that it should and that such things ought to be disregarded. But as reality has shown time and time again, such things don't really stay relevant. What exactly do you want to happen, for Steve Huffman to resign? I don't really see that happening.

Banned against all my instincts telling me not to do so. edit: Banned for ninja'ing

Banned for being a tsundere.