Thanks for bringing this thread back to topic.
I would also like to note that I too received a warning on the Events thread announcing the Simplicity Party meeting, in spite of these relevant facts:
- I am a member of the Simplicity Party (at least as of now).
- My only post on the thread had relevance to the inaugural meeting, as it was a serious suggestion for a motto in response to a jesting suggestion for a motto from a non-member.
Perhaps the list of people warned for violation of the guidelines was put together in haste, and my name was mistakenly added. I'm fairly certain that the list of people warned was intended to have some kind of balance between the loose coalitions that have developed of late, to avoid accusations of unfairness. However, an accidental arrest is an arrest nonetheless. 
It's hard not to feel a little hurt when something that clearly SHOULD fall within protected free speech is slapped on the wrist.
I also note, in relation to the question of free speech on the forums, that the grid being down often (as it is at the moment I write this) is another reason why the fora are an important part of the way our CDS government works. In any case, the fora clearly fall under the "any media and regardless of frontiers" protection for free speech in Article 19 of the UDHR.
