I would like to direct attention to rule number seven.
- Personal attacks and slurs based on race/ethnicity/religion/gender/sexual orientation/etc. aren’t tolerated under any circumstances.
While Frink’s posts may well have been an overreaction, couldn’t using the “r-word” be considered a slur based on mental ability? Or is it not considered so on this forum? Pretty much every dictionary agrees that it is an offensive and derogatory term, so why do we treat it differently as other slurs? Also notable is that this rule, according to the announcement, is punishable by an “immediate and permanent ban with no prior warning.”
On another note, I can understand where Frink is coming from, but having to respond, mentioning your children, to every post that contains that word is a bit excessive. The fairest punishment would have been to ban all involved.
I agree the word is a slur and ban worthy, though I think he got away with it because he wasn’t using it in reference to any posters here (which I think is absolutely ridiculous and irrelevant). Although of course recent history proves that you can use the word in reference to other posters here and still not get banned, so maybe Jay just doesn’t care.