The Message Boards are a public forum and, while we encourage a free flow of information and ideas on the boards, we also ask that you follow a few basic rules. By using or participating on the Viewpoints Boards, you agree to the Rules of Conduct as stated below, as well as the terms of service.

Message Board Rules of Conduct: In order to ensure that the boards are helpful and embody our community core values, we have established the following rules for the boards. No message may:

• Contain, promote, or link to sexually explicit or violent material.
• Promote, depict, or link to material that promotes or depicts discrimination based on race, gender, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, or age;
• Contain unlawful material, including but not limited to materials that may violate another's intellectual property rights, or links to a site that contains such material;
• Contain information regarding or promoting illegal activity, or linking to a site that provides such information;
• Contain spam, pyramid schemes, or other unrelated advertising material; or
• Be personally attacking or intentionally malicious in nature
• Reveal real life information about another user/person. This includes such things as full names, addresses, phone numbers, etc. Purposely posting links to users social networking pages, websites, school, etc. will not be tolerated.
• Is deemed by us to be unsuitable for any other reason.

Please note that we reserve the right to remove any post or user from our message boards — although we have no duty to do so. Depending on the severity of the post or the past history of the user who made the post, we may rescind that user's membership.

Thank you for helping to maintain the quality of our boards.

--The Viewpoints Team