My view is that one has the right to have an opinion, but in general should not express that opinion when it may cause offense to others - this is called personal restraint. Posting stuff that causes offense is what I think is generally called anti-social behaviour and in the long run only causes more grief than its worth.
There seems to be many people that think that while it is ok in their peer group to make offensive jibes in jest and to use derogatory terms about other people, not everyone finds it funny - especially those who are on the receiving end of the jibe.
There is an old rule - what goes around comes around. So if you dont want to receive shyte, dont dish it out in the first place and if it was accidental, it would be your responsiblity to modify the post when requested to.
I was quite surprised that SARGE made the
post that he did, considering that when I asked him by PM to change a post he'd previously made that I found offensive, the end result was the following quote:
I notice that the thread it was posted in is now locked.
So I find it very interesting to see him complaining about the very thing he stated he didnt care about.
There is a reason all that PC Shyte exists. Its to stop everyone pissing each other off.
At the end of the day, it really is up to the moderators to be moderating. To me moderating is not about deleting the odd post and sending the odd don't be naughty email out, its about educating people on how to make good posts, develop a good neutral writing style and having respect for other individuals.
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