<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">No, I am just pointing out the fact that nowhere does Rudi ask the readership to refrain from offensive broad generalizations about ethnic groups, religous intolerance, etc.</font>
I disagree, as just pointing it out could have been done without the comment about the Swiss being double dealing.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Inasmuch as those topics were the type that I have taken issue with herein and their continued posting appear to be fine with him since he does not discourage the readership from posting similar drivel, I have consequently decided to post some factual material that does not make a personal attack on anyone.
If, however, others conclude that the generalization is appropriate to the poster, well, I cannot censor anyone's thought process. All that I can do is attempt to enlighten those who do not know anything of the matter, and/or attempt to show the falsity of claims by those who preach religious, ethnic, etc. intolerance.
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That's not the point. My objection to VicOsaki's comment wasn't to do with the fact that it was a personal attack on anyone (it wasn't); rather, the fact that he uses a generalization (about Jewish doctors) to slur a religious ethnic group. My objection to your comment is not that it is an attack on Rudi, but rather that it uses a generalization (double dealing Swiss) to attack a national group.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">As you know, there is a specific ban on individuals posting matters that I have highlighted as offensive, yet no action has ever been taken against those who transgress those rules.
I have been told that this customarily is not done, and that such is practically unworkable, anyway. Fine. I, however, will attempt to combat those posts -- in addition to posting travel related material -- as warranted.</font>
There are a couple of actions (disabling their ID for a week or forever) FlyerTalk has taken in the past against people who blatantly violated the TOS. I don't know if either of these actions has been taken in any of these cases, but if it hasn't, I'm not clear why that would be.
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[This message has been edited by dgolds (edited 12-03-2001).]