NOV'S MESSAGE

OK. So you are here. Welcome. And since you've made it this far, then you may have noticed that the articles here are old. That's because we haven't got an editor, or writers, and this site began as a free speech forum more than anything else, and that is where the energy goes. You can check out the forum action HERE. This began after many of us were censored or banned on other platforms. And it kicked off in 2012 for us, around 6 years ago now.

The reasons many of our forum members past and present both here and on the "sister" site Sanctum Zone were censored at or banned from other places vary, however the persistent and fundamental underlying reason is freedom of speech, or lack thereof. And many sites on the internet do not have it, or even get close. Infact in present times I would say that websites which allow freedom of speech and expression along the lines of US 1st Amendment rights are the exception rather than the rule.

What we do here is let people speak their mind as much as practically possible, and the result of that is that they speak their mind, through words typed and published of course. And you all know how that can go sometimes.... it means this isn't a place dominated by warm and fuzzy hug your teddy bear stuff. But members can still unwind and participate in not-so-serious discussions as well as the serious ones.

It is December 2018 as I type this updated message and as most who are reading this would know, the deplatforming on other sites, especially social media sites, has somewhat exponentially accelerated over the years, and the content that these authoritarian sites deem acceptable shifts further and further away from the overton window where many of us now reside and wish to debate in.

Therefore I feel that sites which support freedom of speech to the best of their ability, no matter how big or small, are just as important if not more so today than they were in 2012 when I felt the need to help create, run and maintain this site. And we are a small site, membership and participation wise, but there is a large volume of information which has built up over the years here thanks to our numerous contributors past and present, which is constantly being read by a healthy incessant stream of interested truth seekers.

And although forums are dying off all over the web as apps and social media have taken over, we will endeavor to stay online and be the place which some people call 'home' online without fear of being permanently banned. A base if you will where anything from one liners to very very long informative posts can be created and later accessed in order to spread information and truth to as many as possible. A place where people can come and go, and return after a long hiatus even if it is just to access things they had written in the past in order to propagate it elsewhere.

Merry Christmas to all, and may 2019 be a good one.

- novum