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More tolerance, maybe?

Binomate · 2007-06-11 20:53:24

I'm sure I'm not the only one, but I'd like to see boards take up a more tolerant attitude in moderation towards threads that may be considered offensive to a particular group of people, or if not a change of moderating policy, create a forum where such threads could be moved to and continued with some kind of age limit…

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#62 15-06-2007 2:09am
nesf

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Karl Hungus wrote:

But isn't 'Racism' specifically against the rules outlined in the AH charter, so if that opinion happens to be racist, then surely, people will be banned for it?

That's one of those "common sense" ones. Racism is a fairly broad and vague term to begin with really. Only truly "bad" stuff will ever get people banned tbh. Or at least as far as I am concerned.

For instance:

Saying that you don't like Roma gypsies because they are thieves won't in itself get you banned even though it could be construed as racist or whatever. Saying that all Roma should be shot or beaten up on the street will however get you banned.

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