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Terms & Code of Conduct

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Acceptance of Terms
By accessing “ThePhilosophizers.com, The Philosophizer.com” (hereinafter “we”, “us”, “our”, “Site”, “Website”, “ThePhilosophizers.com”, you agree to be legally bound by the Terms. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all of the Terms then please do not access and/or use “ThePhilosophizers.com or ThePhilosophizer.com”. We may change these at any time; it is your responsibility to review this yourself when you visit the Site as your continued usage of “ThePhilosophizers.com” mean you agree to be legally bound by these terms as they are updated and/or amended.

The Philosophizers grants to you a worldwide non-exclusive, royalty-free, revocable license to view this website and the material on this website on a computer or mobile device via a web browser; copy and store this website and the material on this website in your web browser cache memory; and print pages from this website for your own personal and non-commercial use.  The Philosophizers does not grant you any other rights in relation to this website or the material on this website.

In other words, ALL other Rights are Reserved; you must not adapt, edit, change, transform, publish, republish, distribute, redistribute, broadcast, rebroadcast or show or play in public this website or the material on this website (in any form or media) without prior written permission from The Philosophizers.

Copyright
The Philosophizers takes the protection of its copyright very seriously. If The Philosophizers discovers that you have used its copyright materials in contravention of the license above, The Philosophizers may bring legal proceedings against you seeking monetary damages, as well as an injunction to stop you from using those materials. You could also be ordered to pay legal costs. You may request permission to use the copyright materials on this website by writing to The Philosophizers.

Privacy Laws/ Privacy Statement
In accordance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, no children under 13 are allowed to participate in the The Philosophizers Site. We do not share nor sell any information collected during the registration process. From time to time we will send by email relevant information to you.

Usernames
Please do not pretend to be someone else by copying their username. Do use any staff names (Philosopher, Philosophizer, Admin, Sales, Mod, etc) or any profane/ethnic/racial/or sexual slurs.

We may, at our sole discretion, suspend or terminate the registration of any user who violates any of the terms contained in this page or for any behaviour we believe is inappropriate regardless of whether or not a technical breach of the rules has or has not taken place. Our decisions are final and not open to discussion.

Postings Must Not Disrupt The Site
You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-orientated, generally offensive text, images or links or any other material that may violate any laws be it of your country, the country where “ThePhilosophizers.com” is hosted or International Law. Do not create any post to discuss any illegal activity or linking to such sites. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned, with notification of your Internet Service Provider if deemed required by us.

Zero-Tolerance Policy
You may express your disagreement with someone’s point-of-view, however personal attacks, or attacks based on another person’s race, national origin, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disablement or other such affiliation, are prohibited. Foul, vulgar, obscene or sexually explicit language, obscenities, racial epithets, hateful, belittling or derogatory words or phrases in any variation are prohibited. You will not harass, threaten, embarrass, or cause distress, unwanted attention or discomfort upon another user or users of ThePhilosophizers.com.

Examples:
You’re an idiot
you sound like an idiot
you sound retarded
that’s retarded
that is so gay
that’s gay
all you white people are…
all you black people are…

Please use your best judgment and be respectful of others. If you use such language, even if masked by symbols or other characters, doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned, with notification of your Internet Service Provider and/or the local state federal authorities if deemed required by us.

You agree that “ThePhilosophizers.com” has the right and sole discretion, but not obligation, to remove, edit, move or close any topic or data at any time should we see fit. As a user you agree to any information you have entered to being stored in a database. While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent, “ThePhilosophizers.com” shall not be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised. ThePhilosophizers.com assumes no responsibility for the content posted on ThePhilosophizers.com. Content posted here are the sole responsibility of the poster.

Advertising
Our Site is not the place to advertise your own site, forums, blogs or sites with similar content to ours. If you wish to advertise at ThePhilosophizers.com and/or exchange links please contact us. Any user prompting another site or caught advertising will be permanently banned.

Spamming
Do not post irrelevant, off-topic or redundant comments on the blogs. They annoy those who are visiting the Site looking for legitimate information. The majority of users despise Spam in all forms. Avoid it at all costs. This especially applies to posts that do little or nothing to contribute to the Site.

Use Correct Spelling and Punctuation.
Make an effort to write correctly, (‘u’ for ‘you’; ‘k’ for ‘okay’; ‘cuz’ for ‘because’, etc.) is becoming less acceptable as Internet forums and message boards become more sophisticated and draw more professional users. LOL = Laugh out loud, LMHO = Laughing my head off, ROFLMHO = Rolling on the floor laughing my head off – are permitted.

Limitation of Liability
This website is provided “as is” without any representations or warranties, express or implied. The Philosophizers makes no representations or warranties in relation to this website or the information and materials provided on this website. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing paragraph, The Philosophizers does not warrant that this website will be constantly available or available at all; or the information on this website is complete, true, accurate or non-misleading.

Nothing on this website constitutes, or is meant to constitute, advice of any kind. If you require advice in relation to any legal, financial or medical matter you should consult an appropriate professional.

The contents of this Site reflect the opinion of the author only. This Site is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The particulars of any person’s concerns and circumstances should be discussed with a qualified health care practitioner prior to making any decision which may affect the health and welfare of that individual or anyone under his or her care.

Exceptions
Nothing in this website disclaimer will exclude or limit any warranty implied by law that it would be unlawful to exclude or limit, and nothing in this website disclaimer will exclude or limit The Philosophizers’ liability in respect of any death or personal injury caused by The Philosophizers’ negligence; fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation on the part of The Philosophizers; or any matter in which it would be illegal or unlawful for The Philosophizers to exclude, limit, or to attempt or purport to exclude or limit its liability.

Reasonableness
By using this website, you agree that the exclusions and limitations of liability set out in this website disclaimer are reasonable.  If you do not think they are reasonable, you must not use this website.

We do not claim any ownership rights in the text, information, files, images, photos, audio, video, or any other materials that you post to our Sites and/or allow us to post on any of our Sites, including without limitation, to your profile. After posting your Content to the Site, you continue to retain all ownership rights in such Content, and you continue to have the right to use your Content in any way you choose. By displaying or publishing (“posting, data”) text, information, files, images, audio, video on the Site, such postings immediately become part of the Site and are non-confidential. You agree and consent to the use of such postings by us, free of any claim by you for copyright infringement or other violation of any of your rights. In placing any posting on the Site you grant to us a worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Site; make use of your posting for any purpose not prohibited expressly by applicable laws, without any obligation to pay you any royalties. You confirm and warrant to us that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above license.

The Philosophizers contains links and advertising to third party web sites. These links/ads are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by The Philosophizers of any third-party website or the content thereof. If you decide to access any linked site, you do so entirely at your own risk. The Philosophizers makes no warranties or representations as to the truthfulness, accuracy or reliability of the Content and assumes no liability or responsibility for any error or omission in the Content. The Philosophizers does not represent or warrant that use of any Content will not infringe rights of third parties. You acknowledge that all posts made to this Site express the views and opinions of the author and not the administrators, moderators or webmaster (except for posts by these people) and hence will not be held liable.

You agree to indemnify The Philosophizers and its writers, officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, costs, or expenses whatsoever, including without limitation reasonable legal fees and disbursements, resulting directly or indirectly from: (a) your breach of any of these terms and conditions; (b) your access to or use of this Site or any web site to which this Site is or may be linked from time to time; (c) your use of, inability to use, reliance on, or publication, communication or distribution of anything on or from this Site; and/or (c) your violation of any law or regulation.