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OT: Is this fair?
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:25 pm
by Yoga
alucryts wrote:The following is a warning which has been issued to you by an administrator or moderator of this site.
I made these comments on Feb. 15th and I am getting a warning for this today. It seems like this mod targeted me for some strange reason.
Re: OT: Is this fair?
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:26 pm
by Yoga
I am a Indo-Aryan from North India and I am a fan of Jeremy Lin. I want Lin to succeed.
Re: OT: Is this fair?
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:29 pm
by notic101
Just take it in stride. Stop embarrassing yourself.
Re: OT: Is this fair?
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:38 pm
by TheAlchemist
I can understand what you mean by people being blatantly racist in Arizona. Was there last summer at the airport and there was a brown guy in the airport wearing traditional clothing. Everyone was already grilling me and my friends badly there, but when the traditional clothes guy walked out, some fat Caucasian guy looked at him, looked at us, shook his head and chuckled and walked.
Never did we experience such hostility with cut eyes and dirty looks. It happens though and I don't think ALL Americans are like that. Some specific states have a tendency to have more people racist.
For instance it can be seen as a systemic issue as well I.e. the immigration policies in arizona. But calling all Americans ignorant is a little biases and stereotypical. Same thing would go for all brown people being terrorists, etc.
Re: Re: OT: Is this fair?
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:25 am
by Raps in 4
You made a pretty sweeping generalization, although it's probably true.
Re: OT: Is this fair?
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 6:14 am
by Howard Mass
They must have been cleaning up reports. We get a lot of them on some forums.
Re: OT: Is this fair?
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:54 pm
by TrueToCaesar
There was nothing wrong with what you said, some mods here are just overly sensitive when it comes to racism, for example:
"I saw a black guy yesterday" - bannable statement.
Hell I wouldn't be surprised if I get banned for this post, that's how pathetic it is.
Re: OT: Is this fair?
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 3:33 am
by Howard Mass
The Moderators here do a great job of policing things and we have a tight reign when it comes to racism.
Re: OT: Is this fair?
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 4:45 am
by RIPskaterdude
To be completely honest...it's just a warning. Just be careful not to stereotype groups of people like that next time, and you'll be fine. I'm sure even Howard has had a warning or two since he joined in 2001

Re: OT: Is this fair?
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 4:56 am
by Howard Mass
I started out as a Moderator when the boards started.
2 1/2 years later, I became an Admin and in charge of the Moderators.
I've never had a warning.