Most important "rule" not on the list, is the rule of basic respect.

Please show the proper respect to the Master/Dom/mes and subs/slaves while in this channel. You might not agree with their ways, but we MUST respect their rights to live THEIR life in the way they desire. If you disagree with their lifestyle and do not wish to talk to them, then PLEASE respectfully say to them, "Sir/Ma'am/sis/bro, I do not agree with your philosophy of this lifestyle and I will place you on ignore to prevent words from being passed." Please think of your actions and how they might unintentionally hurt someone (would you want to be treated with disrespect?) (psssst Having respect DOES NOT mean that you can not be silly and have fun :)

The next set of rules is pretty basic to all of D/s channels on the net.

1. No private messages without asking permission in channel first. (channel pings are ok at this time, however it is better to ping only one person at a time because of the way the net works.)

2. Users may not be on any channels with children while on this channel; we don't want the kiddies to find us on a whois. Children = less then 18 years old.

3. No snuff sex or sex with animals and or children are to be acted out in channel. Users are allowed to role-play as such but not to perform sex acts in those roles.

4. Must be at least 21 years old. (Some exceptions made for 18-20.)

 5. Users may not have 'ops' if they have defensive/ war scripts or any other program set up so that their computer will automatically ban, kick or deop another user as a response.

6. Users may not mislead others as to their physical gender or engage in acts of sex or flirting with anyone that believes them to be of the wrong gender.

7. Users shall tolerate the actions and dialog of others when not involved. This channel encourages the use of 'ignore' if users are bothered or offended. (see user rights)

8. The rights of all users in this channel are to be respected. (see user rights)

9. It is not required for any sub/slave to ask permission to enter or leave the channel, UNLESS it is required by their Dom/Domme/Master/Mistress. The desires of the D/D/M/M SHALL be respected as to granting or not granting entrance or exit.

10. Users SHALL respect that a MASTER/DOM/ME has the right to discipline his/her sub/slave/trainee without interference from channel members.

11. Masters/Dom/me's are in charge and shall not be deopped by subs. If sub has a problem with a Master/Dom/me, please consult with the channel manager or op. (After all this is a D/s channel and in living this life, we have agreed to Dominance and submission.

12. Banning should be used as a last resort. It is better to notify the ops that the person causing a problem will be deopped and devoiced. Channel should then be set to MODERATED. This is useful in teaching one how to behave in channel.

13. Only the channel manager may add users to X's database.

The rule requiring respect of user rights is not to be misinterpreted to require respect of the person.

No amount of listing and or defining will make this without interpretation questions. The right to express oneself with a statement of contempt can become harassment by merely repeating the statement over and over again. It becomes the channel manager's responsibility to sort it out.

Users in #D/s_Scene have the following 'rights'

Rights:

1. To their beliefs.

2. To freedom of speech and expression.

3. To privacy; to refuse DCC, queries, messages and inquires.

4. To 'Lurk' and use 'ignore' without being taken advantage of in a hostile fashion.

5. To a non-hostile environment.