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Sam, I understand your sentiment, but I take exception to a couple of points. The right is not "outnumbererd" on this board at least as far I can tell. And no way it is "20-1". Nor is this a non-religious majority per a recent poll.
I've seen pretty harsh words towards Christians and Christianity. I've seen far worse said about Islam but very few stand up for that religion. This board is not a house of worship. If you want to ban someone for making an insult towards a particular diety just because it is inflammatory and ridicules something you find sacred, what's really behind that? Is it the inflammatory part? If so then you have to ban almost every comment here. That's part of the nature of this board...OT will tend to be inflammatory. Z and I have to make the call when something moves from a bit of a poke to truly offensive...and we tend to err on the side of letting it slide. Because we figure that most people here are adults and if it really offends them, they'll let it slide.
I will admit that racist comments find a lot less slack from me. Religion you choose, race you don't. And it can be argued that racial hatred is truly the worst and most destructive form of persecution we see in the world.
If it is because religious icons are sacrosanct, well I think you're in the wrong place. I don't view this as being a "religious-PC" place, and frankly I think what you really want is a "Christian-PC" place. Can you tell me if someone comes here and starts talking about Islam as the religion of peace that you're not going to bristle and say something? And how far do we push the ban on commenting on religious dieties? All of the minor Hindu gods included? How about the Virgin Mary? Peter? You can see it is a slippery slope.
And Sam, again, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt in your defense of Alfred/POT/Samner assuming that you didn't read many of his posts over the past year. He wrote horribly racist comments. Blatant, vicious and cruel. Said that whites are the superior race. Showed an extreme hatred of asians and anyone with dark skin. I'm telling you, get off the horse you're on. I don't think you'll find *anyone* here who will ride with you.
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