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Big_Spark
I would just like to say THANK YOU to the Admins and the Mods for the locking of the threads relating to racism and Islam. The tone of language used by certain posters was wholly unacceptable and obviously causing dissent amongst members, they tried to "moderate" the threads but this has proved almost impossible.
Free speech will be claimed by some, but free speech carries responsibility for the words you use, and if those words are inciting hatred, violence or other criminal activety, then they have no place in a decent society and certainly no place on a decent BB.
If we, as members, wish to discuss such emotive topic, then we also need to accept that other may not agree with us and even though the difference may get heated, they should not get to apoint that requires the Mods to intervene. Strong willed people will often disagree, but it should never iterate into chaos or incitement of racism or other forms of bigotry.
Free speech will be claimed by some, but free speech carries responsibility for the words you use, and if those words are inciting hatred, violence or other criminal activety, then they have no place in a decent society and certainly no place on a decent BB.
If we, as members, wish to discuss such emotive topic, then we also need to accept that other may not agree with us and even though the difference may get heated, they should not get to apoint that requires the Mods to intervene. Strong willed people will often disagree, but it should never iterate into chaos or incitement of racism or other forms of bigotry.