And I don't want to get into it with you but you seem bound and determined to knock everything everyone says. I applaud your stance on this but freedom of speech is just that. As you have stated numerous times..."i'll ignore it'.

This is what discussion is all about and I was not comming down on you in the way you may think. If I can't comment on your comments then what the hell is the point of even participating? It's not personal, it's a comment and I am sure you deal with these everyday, just like the rest of the world.

Gotta run...............Tiger horn dee lyne.........sumtin bowt Mickleson ann ah Bermuda treep....................

OK. So your not a 'white bermudian'? Neither am I. Send Biggie a PM, get their thoughts. As for the "old timers", does that mean age or membership wise.

Just testin Darky, juzz tastin.......ya mighy mate ya no...........as for the "newbie" part, thats here nor there. Your contributions have outweighed your love of 'shark fin' soup. (try mullet roe) better for the lower ping pong area's.

Gotta run..........................

As has been pointed out before, free speech is not in fact, free. With it comes accountability and the need on occassion to defend one's believes. As I believe is the case here with biggie. Personally, if somebody were making false allegations about me, as has been the case in the past, then you can be damn sure that I'm going to rebut the allegations. As somebody has pointed out in there avatar, 'no comment' is a comment.

When it comes to individuals, I would agree with CC that there is a need to tread lightly, however that does not negate the fact that if an individual simply posts controversial or inflammatory posts and then simply walks away, then he or she will continue to be viewed as either a troll or accused of being evasive. There is a difference between free speech and fire-bombing threads with the sole purpose of disrupting posting.

I think that some in this thread who have talked about 'freedom of speech' are misunderstanding things somewhat. I would never deny the right of someone, no matter how racist or otherwise bigoted they may be, to express their views. Hell, as my sig acknowledges, freedom of speech is all about offensive speech. Criticizing someone for their apparent bigotry (as I have done with regard to 'Biggie') is not to deny them the freedom to express their views, though. 'Biggie' can say whatever the hell he wants, but if I want to criticize and ridicule him for his bigotry, I will.

"Fire in a theatre"? Come on Mr. Hind, thats a bit far fetched is it not?

Of course we know that a statement like that is beyond...tink ov a vurd......

Anyway, gotta run.......Michael Smatt is vurmin hup de hallykuptar.........gonna do ah fahyou rahns het Meid Hohsheon..............

CO - it IS a fine line. And at times i find it difficult to wade through what is said and "modify".  I try not to do that at all unless it's blatent.  I, by definition, have to give the poster the benefit of the doubt.  I cannot recall, as i've posted numerous times, my opinion of the present Gov't, but i may have called them monkeys myself.  Now obviously there's no racist undertone coming from me, but some may interpret that as such.  Where and more importantly how can you draw a line?  If someone is directly called something, i'll step in (case in point, OneEye calling people on this site, and one individual in particular something specific).  I'll let the person know what's been done and a little blurb about respect and all that.  But the bottom line is we are all adults and should act accordingly.  This is obviously not always going to be the case....so be it.

UE/Loki - Say what you will about the post, no one is saying that you shouldn't or can't.  But you can call it an A$$hole comment without actually calling it an a$$hole comment.  It's just that when you attack the comment, and not necessarily the poster it's still easy for a person to bring up their defenses and then the thread goes no where...hopefully that clears up some of your questions.

On a side note Rums - as we've seen where this has gone, over and over agian, please, for me, try to use the persons online name and not their real name.

CC

Ok CC. May it be reciprecal. It's stated that he is who he is. No offence intended at all. If someone calls me Terry Cabral do I take offence to that?

Better that than some others.

Why Did I get dragged into this....answer my question......

Some people need to get a life, ....really..........(not directed at you CC)

Um horn a role...when you put up your site and name an, and ,and ,and............

Somewhere, over the triangle..................

Gotta run.....................Quinton Edness on the line..........................nah det main rucks................................

Unbelieveable.