I’m not trying to kid anyone. It was a simple question. I assume your reluctance to answer is because you agree that simply discussing piracy isn’t illegal.

So, absent some evidence that the communities in question ignored their own rules against links to infringing content, do you think it was appropriate to block them? Keep in mind, that if this did exist, and it was clear that the rule was just there for lip service but unenforced, the admin would have a pretty good rationale for blocking the communities-- however, I’d still prefer that the blocking be after dialog had happened in an attempt to resolve the situation.