How does FaunaClassifieds.com get away with their actions?
Simple, they allow others to post defamatory comments about their competition by providing a source or means to do so. They do this because they believe they are protected by the CDA or Communications Decency Act of 1996. They operate on the belief that they are protected by the law from liability of someone else’s postings.
What is the Communications Decency Act of 1996?
The Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA) was signed into law as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. It was passed as a result of Congressional concern to help prevent children from accessing pornography with a few simple clicks of a mouse.
The act was widely criticized and debated as it was poorly written. As back in 1996, not many Congressman and Senators had internet accounts with very little first hand knowledge of cyberspace. It was “the only section of the Telecommunications Act which directly dealt with the Internet, the CDA was seen by many as a knee-jerk reaction in an election year to "barbarian" Internet pornographers”. Basically it was a quick way to ease concern of the public to address a serious problem. It was so poorly written and prepared that in act it was unanimously rules unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 26, 1997 as it violates the First Amendment.
What is the First Amendment?
The first amendment is probably our greatest part of our constitution. The one that affords us all with our rights to freedom of speech.
The first amendment states “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”
But if the CDA was about protecting children how does it relate to faunaclassifieds.com or the first amendment?
“In the end, the CDA decision was not about pornographers. Ironically, commercial pornographers welcomed the CDA because it set forth specific defenses that, if followed, would protect them from prosecution. The constitutional challenge to the CDA was ultimately about the people caught in the cross fire. As the District Court and the Supreme Court quoted, in its attempt to roast the pig, Congress would have burned down the entire house. In its attempt to stop pornography - which the CDA would have failed to do - the CDA would have chilled the speech of so many whose voices may be offensive to some but are nonetheless a vital part of our democratic discourse.”
Basically, the Act was so poorly written, it only prohibited our first amendment rights. It allows innocent people to be harmed in the cross fire while protecting the same people it was initially against.
This all relates back to FaunaClassifieds.com as this is the act they hide behind to commit their actions. An act that was founded as unconstitutional. One that prevents free speech and causes censorship. Again, one of my strongest arguments against FaunaClassifieds.com has been that their actions are anti-American and censoring and that they are prohibiting free speech. Hiding behind such an outdate act that has been legally founded to be unconditional and in violation of our first amendment rights serves as proof to their actions.
So does FaunaClassifieds.com support anti-American values and rights?
It sure does. Since it is using the CDA in an attempt to condone their actions, this means they are promoting this act. By promoting the CDA, you are in affect supporting it and what it represents. This act was ruled unanimously to violate our first amendment. Our freedom of speech. FaunaClassifieds.com is promoting anti-American values along with promoting laws in which remove our freedoms and rights. The rights and freedoms that make us Americans. It’s all right their for anyone to see and read. Yet they call other site owners dictators.
What is a dictator?
According to The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
An absolute ruler.
A tyrant; a despot.
An ancient Roman magistrate appointed temporarily to deal with an immediate crisis or emergency.
One who dictates.
According to Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others.
2. One invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power.
According to WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
1: someone who rules unconstrained by law
2: behaves like a tyrant
Is FaunaClassifieds.com seeking a dictatorship control in the community?
Yes, in fact, they already have a dictatorship control in the reptile market. This is why we need to stick together and boycott them.
Since we know that their actions are to suppress freedom of speech and to create their own rules above the actual law, then we can safely establish the fact that they are in essence a dictatorship.
They use the power of loyal supporters to protect their dictatorship control by harshly attacking anyone against their views, opinions, or control. This creates a level of protection around them where they can do what ever they please without fear of them becoming accountable for their actions.
How can you say they can control the industry?
Again, this goes by power. Since they have built up a large group of supporters whom are both heavily invested in both time and money, with the credibility of their names at stake, then they will have to protect their professional interests as due to their own personal best interests being at stake. It’s much harder to go against them then to go along with them.
Does FaunaClassifieds.com use fear to gain supporters?
Of course. Again, anyone that is not with them is against them as I believe they put it. Since it is comprised of many breeders and enthusiast, there is a strong market presence. One that is easier to gain a foothold in when you go along with them and their stance then if you go against them. In fact their rules make it very clear, that you do not want to be against this group as you will be boycotted against and be committing business suicide. And since they are a dominating presence in the community, any single individual has little chance to go against them.
Bellow is a direct quote form their rules that are posted in an attempt to blackmail anyone filing a lawsuit against them or a other member.
"Also, please bear in mind that threatening to, or following through with, filing a lawsuit against either the webmaster here (me) or anyone else posting on this message board carries substantial risks to yourself. Such an action will most certainly be made very public, and the public backlash will quite probably be much more than you had bargained for. More than likely, the damage to you or your business from initiating such an action will be far, far greater than the original cause of your finding a reason to contact an attorney in the first place. This has already happened once, and the person whom initiated the threat of a lawsuit not only became the target of a boycott, but every one of his business's customers were targeted for a boycott as well. This will be very dangerous ground for you to be walking on."
This is a complete paragraph posted on threadid=8880 that is their “Rules for Posting on the BOI”. Blackmail is illegal. It is unquestionably an immoral and illegal act. This is unquestionably blackmail. They are telling you flat out that if you file a lawsuit against someone posting against you, then you will be boycotted and long with receiving damage to your name. Not only are you going to be boycotted against, but so are your clients.
Basically if someone posts defamatory comments that harm your name and they do this on the BOI, and you take legal and ethical actions on this serious issue, you will be boycotted and basically blacklisted in the community. And this is regardless if you are right or wrong. This is a very serous issue. This is a definite dictatorship type of control. One where they alienate your legal rights. This is using fear to prevent people from going against them. Using fear to gain supporters is completely disgusting. Using fear to blackmail people to not do things in a legal manor is illegal.
Why Boycott supporters and members?
This is simple. For one, faunaclassifieds.com has made it clear that your clients will be boycotted simply because you take legal action against someone. So this makes this a very serious action, one that requires an equally serious response.
Obviously the supporters and advertisers need to be boycotted along with FaunaClassifieds.com. As they are supporting this type of activity and funding this type of activity. They are supporting and funding criminal activity and supporting methods t remove your personal rights and freedoms.
As for why their members need to be boycotted. Here is why. These members are supporting this site by continuing to use it. It does not take a rocket scientist to see what’s going on. It’s these members that are attacking other people. It’s these members that are helping then to grow. It’s these members that are keeping faunaclassifieds.com alive. It’s these members that are what FaunaClassifieds.com feeds on. These members cannot hide and justify their actions of using that site anymore as to the extent that “I didn’t know” or “but I am just a member” or “I don’t condone their actions, but”. Sorry, but those are excuses that no longer work. People can see the inaccuracies, people can see the crimes, people know better then to blindly follow and support and site and to attack someone simply because others are. People cannot hide behind excuses anymore. It’s time for people to be accountable for their actions. The truth is out, and FaunaClassifieds.com’s actions are very relevant. People have the choice to make a moral decision. But when they know this site operates in unethical and illegal manors and they continue to utilize the site. This is considered supporting their site and discussions. While obviously everyone’s going to disagree with everyone else, there are some issues that are unjustifiable. Would you knowingly shop at the store that is owned by thugs and criminals? One that the owners are degrading your neighborhood? Of course not, so why utilize FaunaClassifieds.com services? Same principles apply.
But they do expose some bad people, so doesn’t this justify a few innocents from being caught in the cross fire?
Did this justify the CDA? No, of course not. But we need to look at this question more detailed and at some different perspectives.
First, let’s just assume for example that FaunaClassifieds.com was operating in the most just conditions. How can you theoretically justify innocent peoples names from being destroyed and their businesses going bankrupt because you may avoid being scammed by someone that is listed? Many people try to justify their actions in their minds because of this reason. Because someone might get a sick snake or loose $60 in a bad deal. So to make sure that the bad people are weeded out it’s some how ok for the good people to be victimized as well? People spending a lifetime to earn a reputation and lifestyle destroyed because someone is upset because they misunderstood something or are just flat out to get something for nothing. Well not only did the good person get his name and life destroyed by what certain people feel are justifiable, but a criminal has gotten away. Now what’s this good person to do? File a lawsuit? Well not only is their case probably compromised by trying to defend their good name, but they will now be boycotted against and risk business suicide according to FaunaClassifieds.com’s Rules that they have posted. And this is justice? How is this justice? But apparently this is justified in the fact that eventually it will catch up to the person doing wrong. Well maybe. Obviously if they got away with their crimes on FaunaClassifieds.com’s flawed system of justice, they will probably continue getting away with them. Now what about the person that lost everything because of this? His names still ruined and destroyed. Again, this is a real concern that comes up many of times. People try to justify this with those reasons.
Now lets look at another prospective angle of this.
Now we already know the actions that faunaclassifieds.com will go through. We know that they will flat out lie and deceive people. We know that they will flat out frame someone. I have the evidence on this site to show this. So how can you justify the above question? After all, we established that you cannot trust what they say as accurate. So how can you trust anything they say? Yu cant. Just like they make it clear on their site, that once someone is found to be lying, then they loose all creditability. This same holds true with faunaclassifieds.com. We know what lengths they will go through. We know of their corruption. We know that we cant trust what they say or is portrayed in front of us on their site. This means that this site had little if any credibility. So what is the purpose of using it? You know the info is bogus. And if you got garbage coming in, then you will have garbage coming out. You cannot make a valid decision when the facts and truth is distorted. That’s the bottom line. So there is no way you can justify the concern or idea by this manner. Again, it’s only helping one group of people, the ones that are protected within the faunaclassifieds.com. It’s a no win situation for the hobbyist or the rest of the industry. The only ones that are winning are the few people whom are protected behind this empire. One that do have shady past’s and proven themselves as frauds.
And finally many people justify this by saying well hey look, they protected me from being ripped off by so and so. They did? How do you know? Who saids so and so is a bad person or criminal? FaunaClassifieds.com? Well they have little credibility. You don’t truly know this so and so is a bad person. You know so by what FaunaClassifieds.com saids. But you know that FaunaClassifieds.com will make up lies and evidence. You know they will distort the truth and hide the true facts. So you don’t truly know who’s bad and who’s not. And gossip really spreads in this community like a wild fire. So you cant just believe what everyone said’s because chances are the originating source isn’t vary credible.
So then where do I turn to know who do business with and not too or to report problems?
Well to begin, there are non biased groups like the Better Business Bureau and the law enforcement or courts. Turn to the police if you been ripped off. This is what they are there for. Generally its out of miscommunication or error, so try to resolve it first. Or you may also turn to the BBB to resolve this. The BBB had allot of credibility and a tract record. They are unbiased to another’s beliefs in the community and got nothing to win by being deceptive or nothing to loose by doing something against someone. They look at the facts and attempt to resolve the issue. You can contact them to inquire about a business before you do business with them or not. FaunaClassifieds.com is not the way to go about inquiring about people or attacking someone. There is a reason many people speak negatively about this group or is against them or their practices. It’s because of what they do.
Work cited:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/sct-cda4.htm
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"You hurt my feeling I'll get even with you" 
and if we find humor along the way that is Great 
on another Note I want one of those cult member coins 
Gotta love this Community opppps Cult 
