So... to recap... if abuse is not racist then is fine?

[Lucy]

I have a feeling, Franco might be Italian

[Francko]

Is hating Italians (Da Vinchi, Columbus (Portugese?) and Francko excluded) racist?

Da Vinci, Columbus - there is a dispute between Spain and Italy with Italy accepted as the most likely native place for him - Francko - no, I think you are free to abuse any EU member nowadays as long as this doesn't imply any race, non-catholic religion or sex gender.

[sasguru]

Following the recent ban and the claims that abuse cannot be tolerated on a racist base, I was wondering... how come normal abuse is instead then tolerated? I mean there have been millions of episodes of personal abuse on this board in the past and in recent times. Most of us used to be personally insulted for no reason, Chico constantly depicts non-christians as people without human dignity, on reverse other people constantly abuse Chico because he's a christian, and so on. Yet, this is acceptable but not on sexist or racist base. Isn't abuse just despicable in itself? And shouldn't it be as important as racial or sexual harassment? Aren't we losing the sight of what is ethical in this crazy race to political correctness? Are we going to live in a world were you can only hope in justice if you belong to a protected category? Is the UK going mad? Will java be replaced eventually? Will SKA ever be licensed to at least one company? Will there be a house price crash?

Please, give me the answers.

There are plenty of reasons to insult you, Francko
And we don't abuse Chico because he's a Christian (which is debatable) but because of the tulipe and drivel he posts.
There is a logical basis to Political Correctness, you know: It's that we should not insult people about things for which they have no choice e.g. race.
However if people choose to be stupid, they are fair game.

[To BI or not to BI?]

I have a feeling, Franco might be Italian

I was thinking about the dictator one. Very silly of me and apologies for Francko (the living one)

[Lucy]

What if they can't help being stupid ?

[Troll]

What if they can't help being stupid ?

Then they are called 'females'

HTH

[Lucy]

No it doesn't.

[sasguru]

What if they can't help being stupid ?

Yes that is a hard one. Chico has been given help to understand that he's stupid though - so perhaps should stick with his fellow cult members.

[Francko]

And we don't abuse Chico because he's a Christian (which is debatable) but because of the tulipe and drivel he posts.
There is a logical basis to Political Correctness, you know: It's that we should not insult people about things for which they have no choice e.g. race.
However if people choose to be stupid, they are fair game.

To me it doesn't make sense, it's the act of abuse to be punished, not the motivation. We are going to end up in a society with no ethical values, apart from the protection of certain categories. It's fine to point out the wrong motivation but still it's the crime and misbehaviour that counts. Who remembers Di Canio in the 90's being sent off for 10 games of more because of pushing the referee to the ground? He was given the right punishment. He tried to appeal to the fact that he was treated differently because he was a foreigner, didn't speak english well, blah, blah, and he had to react like this, and so on. Now, probably the referee would have been punished.

[Lucy]

Yes that is a hard one. Chico has been given help to understand that he's stupid though - so perhaps should stick with his fellow cult members.

Chico is a troll.

His phrasing is a lot like Alexi's. I'm sure there is some code out there somewhere that could pick up these things...