Fusion
Global Moderator
This is rich coming from you. You called me biased for simply agreeing with Hair's ban. I have pointed out numerous times on this site that I don't think Hair is racist. I have also argued that we (subcontinentals) should not throw around the "racist" charge lightly (you can look through my post history. I have never used or even implied that term). Yet for simply arguing that Hair is a bad umpire, I get labeled as "biased". So I will echo Slow Love's great post above and say that it goes both ways. If someone from the subcontinent gets in a debate, they are sometimes dismissed as being biased.Matteh said:Two wrongs do indeed make a right.
I think the majority of the forum members participate in good healthy debate without resorting to name calling. Just to give an example, I love reading Pasag's posts. Though his political views are probably the opposite of mine, he puts across his points logically and without insults. I can have a good debate with him. IMO, the same holds true for many posters from the subcontinent. Though you may disagree with them, they are putting forth logical arguments that can be debated cleanly. There will always be exception, on both sides. Report the post if you think someone's crossing the line. But please, let's not put on blinders and claim that "Asians" or "Islam" is off limit topic! That is not true the vast majority of the time.