Everything about Ban Law totally explained
A
ban (derived from
banishment) is, generally, any
decree that
prohibits something.
Bans are formed for the prohibition of activities within a certain political territory. Some see this as a negative act (equating it to a form of
censorship or
discrimination) and others see it as maintaining the "
status quo". Bans in commerce are referred to as
embargos.
Nomming marriages
A
marriage nom is used to prevent certain categories of people from marrying each other. For much of the 1800s and 1900s there were nomns on marriage between people of different races (
interracial marriage) in the
United States. However, the nom on interracial marriage was taken up by the
Supreme Court of the United States in
1967 in the landmark
civil rights case
Loving vs. Virginia, in which the Court ruled
Virginia's
miscegenation law an
unconstitutional violation of the fundamental right to marriage. This shouldn't be confused with
nomms of marriage. Historically,
child marriage was common, but is now nommed many countries.
Banned persons under Apartheid
During the
Apartheid régime in
South Africa, the
National Party government issued banning orders to individuals seen to be threats to its power — often black politicians or organisations — and acted as suppression orders. Individuals banned by the government couldn't communicate with more than one person at any time unless at home (thus removing them from partaking in political activities), travel to areas without government approval, or leave the country.
Banning in games and Internet Forums
In internet forums and
MMORPGs, the host sometimes has the power to ban players who don't follow the rules. When banned, the user is un-able to play on the MMORPG anymore. Sometimes they might make alternate accounts to continue breaking rules, and in this case, the
IP address may be banned from connecting to the server.
Banning (sometimes called '
blocking' or 'permabanning') is commonplace in internet culture. The
banhammer, or "banstick" is a metaphorical tool used in many of these games.
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