I think it is you who does not understand the term. Racism is usually about negative stereotypes, but really any kind of stereotype is under the umbrella. Whether you’re saying that black people are lazy or Asian people are great at math, you’re pre-judging people based not on their individual characteristics, but on their race.

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Jon pointed out that in fact the Bible does NOT offer that basis. And one of his arguments in support of that view is that the Jews marked the passage from childhood to adulthood — and therefore, old enough to marry and have children — at age 12 or 13.

For that, NJLawyer said Jon supports NAMBLA and that she would not trust him around small children.

I don’t think Jon should have been banned for responding in anger to that sleazy lie, but I can understand that Mickey might feel differently. What I cannot understand is how he — or anyone with a shred of decency — can think that Jon deserved banning but NJLawyer did not.

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I still support NJLawyer.

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Can we vote for his return in exchange for someone else? I don’t care if he’s here or isn’t, honestly; I found his posts tiresome and nearly always skipped them. But others have been worse “offenders,” in my opinion.

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Outkast left, he got tired of it, he too took pot shots from a few people here.

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Outkast left, he got tired of it, he too took pot shots.

As far as FOF, that was obvious.

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Keeping order among a group of people who push the envelope as far as “rules of engagement” are concerned is a difficult thing.

I remember my (brief) experience as a classroom teacher, finding it very difficult to decide when someone had actually crossed the line and deserved punishment rather than just a warning. People are so good at coming so close to the line but not clearly going over, and while you’re deciding how to respond, a dozen more do the same thing, and then you’re stuck with whether to punish all of them, and then some are going to protest that since you didn’t punish that other person right away that you apparently were allowing that behavior. When someone finally steps across the line clearly you tend to jump at the opportunity to make an example of that person.

I don’t know if that’s the case with Mickey’s banning Jon, but that was how the situation seemed to me, especially when he said “If you can’t tell, my patience is wearing extremely thin. There are a lot things I’d rather be doing on a Saturday night than babysitting this group.”

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