[split] Discussion About Potential Rule Change and Staff Action

[Faith No More]

Putting forth the premise that our nation is inferior compared to his isn't political? Also, wouldn't you penalise someone who brought up abortion in every thread he could? You guys don't feel that allowing him to bait people into arguing on race and creed on a regular basis isn't going to eventually blow up in your faces? Even I've felt tempted to take the bait, that talk is controversial at the best of times but the way he puts it? If someone takes him up on it shitstorm won't even describe it. You're intelligent enough to know that it isn't worth the risk.

If you don't like what he says, you are free to ignore him. If you feel he is baiting then report the post. If a shitstorm starts, we will deal with it, but what you are proposing is censoring his speech, which I can assure you the staff will not do. People have the freedom here to say what they wish unless they violate the rules. If allowing people to speak their views no matter how unpopular isn't worth the risk of a shitstorm reaction to said views, then the freedom to speak your views that we have here is worthless.

The thread made was created as a means for him to spit out his agenda and he *does* have an agenda. The theory was that if he got it out of his system he'd never bring it up again. I think I speak for most of us when I say that would be preferable to being baited by his nationalist nonsense on a regular basis. Now resolve it that way, resolve it your way or wait for some poor bastard whos stupid enough to rise to his bullshit to force you to resolve it the messy way but either way this will eventually be resolved.

Mehmet's posts only have the power you give them. If you don't react to them, they are meaningless. You say to resolve the issue, but the only issue you here is one of your making. If everyone ignores him, perhaps he will get tired of spouting his shit. The fact that you can't ignore it, however, is not a reason to silence him.