The political board is ALL about opinions, where as most other boards are about sharing experiences and information. This string is getting a bit to the political side - pro Ray vs anti Ray and pro 500 vs anti 500. I know we need a new board good guys & gals vs bad guys (no bad gals) and let the Sh*t hit the fan and the only rule is NO ONE can be banned as you go there at your own risk.

Die Ou Jagter, that is an excellant idea! Name it "PEOPLE: pro & con" No "PC" posts just the hard truth!

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Originally posted by Tembo:

NOPE, 500 constantly posted the word nigger, after he was warned NUMEROUS times to knock it off. He also posted pictures where Michelle Obama morphed into a chimp ad nauseum. His posts were extremely racist. I have nothing against free speech, but Dan stepped way over the bounds of good taste. Most of the stuff he posted came directly from chimout,com, an extremely racist site. We as gun owners and hunters don't need to be associated with that kind of redneck shit-period.

Pot calling the kettle black, Dan useing the word NIGGER, is a banning offence, yet your use of the derogatory REDNECK is just fine,in your mind, because you are the one useing it!

Both words have a justifiable origen in history, and neither was dorogatory, till idiots made it that way.

The word "NIGGER" was simply a wrong pronounciation of the citizens of Nigeria, where most of the slaves came from and were sold to the slavers by other blacks who lived on the Ivory Coast, and the word became the generic name for "black slave", much the same a COKE,has come to mean all soft drinks! The word has been missinterpited as NIGGERDLY,which it was not!

Your use of the word REDNECK was meant by you to be derogatory, and in your mind that is OK,because it describs mostly whites,so is OK. The word REDNECK was simply a city man's word to describe a FARMER, who had the back of his neck all red from the rains of plow horses around his neck, allowing his hands to be free to guide the plow, a sign of a hard working man, origenally. How is your use of that word in a derogatory manner, any better than someone else useing the word "NIGGER" in a derogatory manner. I know! There is no difference, so maybe you need to join Dan on the bench!

Ignorance is live and well in both cases, and many other words that are just that WORDS, and kill nobody. For evey derogatory word use by your opponant, he can find many on your side as well. People need to get over this PC bull shit, and get on with thier lives!

After following this thread for awhile all I can think is how far this forum has drifted in the 10+ years I've been coming here.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Ray has has not posted here for a while, by his choice.

He is welcome to post any time he wishes.

500grains decided not to listen to our suggestions regarding his behavior on this board, despite us repeating ourselves to him.

As has been mentioned, this is a privately owned board, so I am afraid whoever posts here has to follow our rules, whatever they are.

This is no different to any other hunting board.

I think we tend to be more tolerant than others.

And as this thread has changed course from its original intended purpose, I am closing it.