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The Freedom Standards of Tianya Forum Must Be Interrogated -- What Can We Actually Discuss Here?

Today, this lady published three articles on Tianya, and all three were deleted. Normally, a forum deleting articles is perfectly normal. But the most abnormal thing is that all three articles were first published on People's Daily Online, where they all passed posting normally, without a single word changed.

Everyone knows People's Daily Online is run by the People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, and has always been considered the strictest in standards. Meanwhile, Tianya was once hailed as the representative of humanistic spirit among Chinese forums, with the most relaxed standards. Yet what happened today delivers the greatest irony. May I ask: has People's Daily Online progressed, or has Tianya regressed?

Here, the freedom standards of Tianya Forum must be interrogated. What can we actually discuss here? Why can't articles publishable on People's Daily Online be published here? This is as absurd as a local daily daring to delete articles that the People's Daily could publish. Since this lady's posts on People's Daily Online are still there, everyone can go check and verify that every word this lady says is true.

Is Tianya only capable of producing the likes of Liumang Yan, Xia-something, and other trashy people whose stock-in-trade is flaunting their bodies, along with corresponding trashy posts? This lady also discusses sex, but this lady has always discussed it seriously from a holistic perspective. Does Tianya think only nudity is serious? That personal exhibitionism is sophisticated? Where has Tianya positioned itself? Is it a hen house or what?

The deleted posts are listed as follows:
Message 1 Bookmarks: 38/1000
Sender: BuzhiJiangyueDaiHeren Date: 2005-7-7 23:55:00 [Reply] [Message List]
Notice: Your post in "Tianya Casual Talk" titled "Even the Most Garbage Rightist Is Ten Thousand Times Better Than the Most Powerful Leftist" has been moved to "Underground Square" for not conforming to this section's purpose. If you have objections, please contact the moderator or community editor.

Message 4 Bookmarks: 38/1000
Sender: NayouHunshuiNayouWo Date: 2005-7-7 14:38:00 [Reply] [Message List]
Notice: Your post in "Tianya Casual Talk" titled "Rigorous Argument: Chiang Kai-shek ---" has been deleted. Reason for deletion: "Does not conform to this section's purpose." If you have objections, please contact the moderator or community editor.

Message 5 Bookmarks: 38/1000
Sender: BuzhiJiangyueDaiHeren Date: 2005-7-7 23:51:00 [Reply] [Message List]
Notice: Your post in "Tianya Casual Talk" titled "Traitors Going Viral Is Not the Problem -- The Key Is Why Traitors Almost All Evolved from Leftists" has been moved to "Underground Square" for not conforming to this section's purpose. If you have objections, please contact the moderator or community editor.

Message 6 Bookmarks: 38/1000
Sender: BuzhiJiangyueDaiHeren Date: 2005-7-7 23:55:00 [Reply] [Message List]
Notice: Your post in "Tianya Casual Talk" titled "'New Leftists' Attempting to Use the Share Split Reform Issue to Coerce the Government for Ulterior Purposes Is Wishful Thinking" has been moved to "Underground Square" for not conforming to this section's purpose. If you have objections, please contact the moderator or community editor.

Message 10 Bookmarks: 38/1000
Sender: Community Editor Date: 2005-7-7 11:05:00 [Reply] [Message List]
Notice: Your post in "Tianya Casual Talk" titled "The Only Prerequisite for Legalizing Pornography Is Gender Equality" has been deleted by an administrator for not conforming to this section's purpose. If you have objections, please contact the moderator or community editor.

Message 12 Bookmarks: 38/1000
Sender: BuzhiJiangyueDaiHeren Date: 2005-7-7 23:55:00 [Reply] [Message List]
Notice: Your post in "Tianya Casual Talk" titled "Even the Most Garbage Rightist Is Ten Thousand Times Better Than the Most Powerful Leftist" has been moved to "Underground Square" for not conforming to this section's purpose. If you have objections, please contact the moderator or community editor.