I will not hide as it is not my way and say I did "push the button" as certain comments were fast going the wrong way and could be seen as racially motivated, with a risk of inciting hatred against Muslims.
This is not right for any Forum that is decent, and cannot be correct for a car forum, being exactly what two admins have warned about recently with a suggestion they may have to close the OOF down if it gave them anymore agro.
The comments that were starting to be made were unsafe, and could, I politely warn you, attract the attention of the authorities who are now watching for any backlash on the Internet following the Woolwich incident.
Personally with these I am finding it very difficult to ignore them, and I must declare a legal interest in the content. I am an advisor to both Kent Police and the Crown Prosecution Service on, amongst many other subjects, on Hate Crime in general with all that entails. It is therefore becoming a conflict for me to see these threads and particular posts on them, that I hope you can readily identify, without taking action as I see fit with the authorities I advise. In fact I have been asked, along with other Police ICIA's, by Kent Police to contain extreme racially motivated comment on the Internet and life in general, reporting back to them as required.
Sorry to stop being a nice Lizzie Zoom, but I will stand up and be counted when the law is starting to be impinged and especially when it is taking our wonderful forum to the brink. I, as most of you know, can be "strong minded" when it comes to political matters and make my views known, but I know when to draw the line, and have made a point of doing that even more so after the recent debate on such posting.
Let's all take a deep breadth and respect our fellow human beings, letting the authorities take the appropriate action as necessary after such a terrible crime without expressing on a public forum extreme views. Two wrongs do not make a right.