I never take anything on the internet seriously. Most people are trolling anyways

No the OP is merely voicing something he feels strongly about

Rubbish, Harry Rag posted Homophobic remarks on here and continued to abuse another poster and yet the person abused was banned.

This forum seems to be ALMOST entirely free of both xenophobia and homophobia.

Actually this is the kind of forum where the members self-police re xeno/homophobia. It's generally not accepted. I have seen a couple of 'off' posts and those have been dealt quickly by other members as being unacceptable.

Calling someone a Homo, would that not be termed as Homophobic, is it because he is a friend of Vicky

The OP may well feel strongly about the subject but that does not mean he or she is right.

I feel strongly about many things but I am not necessarily right in the eyes of others. It is when those views are censored or dismissed as homophobic, racist or xenophobic in an attempt to stifle them that I object to.

You seem to have missed the offensive ones then.

So calling someone a Homo is politically correct by you then. Please do not patronise.

I can usually tell from the title what the thread is going to be like. If i think something is off I won't go in. If i see something I dont like, i will pull the poster up about it and report it. SImple!

Thats the point though Harry Rag was reported by the poster yet Harry Rag is still posting on here and the person who was abused got banned. Why.

I didn't say that. That's exactly what I mean about using homophobia in an effort to smear the views of somebody else. You don't know my views on homosexuality anymore than you know the name of the football team I support and indeed even my sexuality.

If I called someone a "homo" and I was gay myself, would that be ok? If I was black and I called someone a n**** would that be ok? Do you know I am not black and homosexual?

It's easy to dismiss someone by claiming they are xenophobic, racist, homophobic without any grounds and you have just illustrated the point perfectly.

As to this, I do not know. You will have to ask Mark or James maybe if you are not satisfied with what happened.

I remember that post too, Vicky and Harry were both posting on that one and Harry got abusive calling Homo and ****** or something like that. Strange, is he still posting.

I once posted a joke thread at about 3am aksing what the next thread a certain repetitive troll would post next.

I used his name in the thread title but didn't try and insult or use threating language. The mods jumped on it within about 30 seconds because I directed my thread towards another forum member

All in all I'd say they do their job well and quickly :thumbs:

Its a public forum and peoples opinions differ get used to it sunny jim

I came very close to reporting HarryRag today - he was way out of order, which is not unusual! Would I have been banned if I had! Interesting ...

No, but perhaps i am not as sensitive as you?

There have been some heated exchanges yes. Some harsh things said. Some posts that perhaps you think should be censored.

But from my perspective there is not a rampant xeno/homophobic thing happening on this forum.

I have seen very little xeno/homophobia at all.

Yes, as stated above, people have been, at times, offensive to each other and etc but not, to my knowledge, in xeno/homophic terms.

This is a public forum and as such you are going to encounter many things you dont agree with/aprove of. It's better to adopt a more accepting perspective.

You have missed the point. Actually what the hell are you chatting about. Someone called another poster Homphobic names ok. Thats the point I am making and yet they weren't banned, WHY.

What about the hetrophobic comments? Or aren't you bothered about them :conf2:

errr...what point exactly?

Should posters who are abusive to others not be banned, any easier for you

You are confused my poor dear. Have a lie down and reflect.

Yes Claymores i agree with i have seen some of his/her threads :shocked: i have also noticed they tend to call Siavash not by his name but by his nationality and usually negative comments followed by his nationality hardly ever his name.

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In my opinion the post you reported today is not racism. If a report is made, mods look into it as soon as they are online. if they feel it is offensive then it is removed. I have no idea what has happened with harryrag, but I have no doubt that the mod who banned whoever it was had good reason.


And Devoxu

"Calling someone a Homo, would that not be termed as Homophobic, is it because he is a friend of Vicky "

I dont have 'friends' on here. its a forum, if anyone I speak to more than others said anything I considered out of line, their post would also be removed and a warning given if neccesary.

Sorry for the late reply, just got online.

How can calling someone homophobic, someone who has blatantly and continually abused another poster with Homophobic taunts be wrong. They were posted as insults to another poster, so yes that is homophobic, if you fail to see that, and if feel censorship of hostile and totally abusive posts is wrong then I'm sorry but your wrong. By your logic censorship is worse than someone being abused and taunted with homophobic remarks.

hmmmm...okay. Well outside of xeno/homophobic postings how do we decide who/what/when is abusive to others?

Its very context sensitive.

Ahhh, hold on a minute, yes i see, YOU decide what and who is offensive to others?!

Hmmm no thanks; You dont get to decide. you ever read Orwell's novel?