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Originally posted by BlackampI think you are much closer to FACT than 'no one' was...LOL...even if it includes me too!
A bunch of cantankerous gits wheezing on at each other about site politics of astoundingly little consequence.
That's the shorter version..
And sometimes the truth hurts. 😉 Oops that should be :'(
Originally posted by Dr StrangeloveIf you were an admin and someone had a swastika in their avatar would you investigate it by asking if the person meant it as a religious Hindu symbol and then call anyone who got offended ignorant or just remove it to prevent people from getting offended and avoid any unpleasantries.
If it wasn't a rushed decision that makes it worse. It should have been investigated first.
IN MY OPINION.
I am sure Chris felt it would just be easier to just remove the avatar as not everyone would understand it's intention. It's just an avatar on a chess site, Sushill is not having his whole "right to free speech" taken away - whoever said that is being melodramatic. Maybe it's time we all just accept the admin's decision and move on. This is not the end of the world and the sun will probably still rise tomorrow if we don't make hundreds of posts complaining about something blown way out of proportion.
Originally posted by Raven69Perhaps you are satisfied with a Public Forum where material is removed merely because some hypersensitive people will be "offended". I am not. The end result of such a policy will be a sterile and banal Forum.
If you were an admin and someone had a swastika in their avatar would you investigate it by asking if the person meant it as a religious Hindu symbol and then call anyone who got offended ignorant or just remove it to prevent people from getting offended and avoid any unpleasantries.
I am sure Chris felt it would just be easier to just remove the avatar a ...[text shortened]... we don't make hundreds of posts complaining about something blown way out of proportion.
If you are uninterested in reading the thread, no one is forcing you to.
Originally posted by no1marauderYou think the forum will go sterile because one avatar of a black man in chains was removed? Big f'kn whoop.
Perhaps you are satisfied with a Public Forum where material is removed merely because some hypersensitive people will be "offended". I am not. The end result of such a policy will be a sterile and banal Forum.
If you are uninterested in reading the thread, no one is forcing you to.
Sushill needs to take it like a man and move on.
Originally posted by Raven69Don't be stupid. Do you understand what the rationale behind that action was?
You think the forum will go sterile because one avatar of a black man in chains was removed? Big f'kn whoop.
Sushill needs to take it like a man and move on.
If you accept the idea that ANY material should be removed IF a few people find it "offensive" and bitch about it, you are accepting a sterile and banal forum (perhaps I should say a "steriler" and "banaler" forum).