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TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Agreement
- Please read to access our member's area (including message boards, chat room, and email support groups)
The members' discussion area is designed to discuss feelings, issues, and
general topics related to rape/incest conception.
This support group is specifically for individuals conceived by rape or incest, and woman who are raising a child conceived this way. You may wish to check out the secondary survivors and adoption support group,
which offers open discussion between the community and members of our group who feel comfortable crossposting regarding these issues. If you are seeking support for a rape, our rape support group may be more suited to your needs.
There are a few general rules for visiting this site.
1. Some topics might be considered controversial by some, and require that one posts with a warning in the message header stating *MENTIONS (topic)*. Such topics include, but may not be limited to:
- Religion or specific religious deities
- Abortion
- Pornography
- Specific forms of sexual activity, for instance, mentioning specific sexual practices
Failure to put a *Mentions* warning when posting about these topics may result in removal from the group.
2. When responding to a post, PLEASE remove as much of the previous post or posts from your message as you can. It clogs up the digest and makes it confusing to read.
You may quote the preceeding message you are responding to, but please do not include any previous message prior to the post you are responding to in your message. Failure to follow this rule may result in Yahoo! tagging your mail as SPAM.
The administration is not responsibe for any messages not being delivered to the email discussion group because they were marked by Yahoo as SPAM. Failure to shorten posts as appropriate may result in removal of posting ability from the website/email group.
3. Self-expression is encouraged here, but personal attacks of any kind, public or private, will not be tolerated. Stigma's chat room, message boards and email groups are intended to be safe places for members to post. You are welcome to disagree with a member, but
calling them names or flaming their character is not allowed. If you have a personal issue to discuss with a member, please take it off the boards and discuss it via PM (private message).
Administrative action may be enforced if this basic rule
is violated, including, but not limited to, warning the member or
removal of posting ability from the website/email group.
4.Punitive action
involving legal enforcement may take place if a specific individual
repeatedly uses false representation to gain access.
5. Members conceived in rape/incest, and the mothers and adoptive parents of such individuals, are allowed to post in a specified member's group. People with general interest in the issues involved with rape and incest conception have another area aside for this purpose. The latter
is also a joint area where cross-posting may take place. PLEASE be
respectful of one another. Be aware of where and what you are
posting.
6. Confidentiality is expected. Members are prohibited from
revealing content of posts in the member's area with non-members of
this site in any form. Discussion of a particular post may be
discussed in conversation, although the name of the poster may not be
given (with the obvious exception of the poster being the person
discussing his/her own post, and in that case, identities of those
who respond to the post are not to be revealed).
7. Contact initiated between members is at one's own risk. Under no
circumstance should the information regarding a user's name,
telephone number, email address, or mailing address be revealed to a
non-member of this site without expressed permission from the member
in question. Identifying details regarding members may be shared
with one another to the extent that the posters make it available on
the site.
8.Only members who have been approved for membership may enter the
members area, including the discussion area. Generally, this means that you
were conceived in rape; conceived in incest (or thought to be one of
the above); the parent of a rape or incest conceived child (adoptive
parent or biological mother).
You must also be over 13 years of age to post. The guidelines of
COPPA are strictly enforced.
9. If an individual somehow gained access to the member's area without
prior authorization, or misrepresents one's self to gain access (i.e.,
misrepresenting situation, age, or others facts), it is grounds for
*immediate* termination of posting privileges and removal from the
member's area of the website. Please be aware that IP addresses are
logged, and upon violation, you may be removed from the site with no
further notice.
10. The following may not be approved for membership:
- Previous members whose posting priveleges were removed due to violation of the rules;
- Concerned friends and/or family members (with the exception of the
biological mother or adoptive parent of a rape or incest conceived
child);
- Individuals who were raped or sexually violated but did not conceive
a child as a result and/or were not themselves conceived in
rape/incest (please review other areas of the site or contact the
address at the bottom of this notice for a list of relevant support
groups);
- Biological fathers of rape or incest conceived individuals
- Therapists may gain conditional access to the site, provided they
express a valid reason to enter the member's area (i.e., to moderate a
therapeutic topic discussion) AND supply verifiable credentials.
11. Stigma, Inc. cannot be held responsible for
any damages incurred, either physically, mentally, or emotionally,
nor in any other way whatsoever, from usage of this website. This
website is in no way substitution for personal therapy, medical
diagnosis, or professional or medical help. We cannot diagnose,
treat, or cure. Please see a health professional should you have a
concern for which you need a medical diagnosis.
You agree to indemnify and hold Stigmatized.org, and any joint or individual officers or employees of Stigma, Inc.,
harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Stigmatized.org website.
12. Entering and posting in the member's area of this site is subject
to the rules and regulations in the state or territory in which you
live. Stigma, Inc. is governed by the laws of the United States, and the
statutes of the Kansas law code. No implications of similar rights
are given or implied to posters in other locales. Use and post at
your own risk.
13. The laws governing Stigma, Inc. mandate that the amount and usage of
any donations or solicited funds be made available to the public.
Full disclosure is available upon request.
14. The opinions expressed on this website are individual opinions
and do not constitute the mission statement or personal stance of the
support group "Stigma, Inc." as a whole. Stigma, Inc. is not responsible for
expressed opinions, faulty information, or general content posted by
the users of this site. Grievances may be emailed or stated in
writing, deliverable to the email or postal address.
15.Stigma, Inc. reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to immediately, without notice to suspend or terminate these posting guidelines, your registration with or ability to access the stigmatized.org website/membership, upon any breach by you of the above guidelines. The terms of this agreement may be altered or changed without
prior warning.
If
you have any questions regarding this notice, you may contact us at:
Stigma, Inc.
P.O. Box 109
Bonner Springs, KS 66012
You
may also contact stigma@kc.rr.com
for further questions,
comments,
or clarification regarding this posted notice.
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This page last updated: May 09, 2007
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