GammaDragon wrote:I really don't see what "leaving" achieves, to be perfectly honest. It's easy enough to ignore offensive threads and enjoy the rest of the forum as it's meant to be enjoyed, why make the song and dance like this?
That's just my opinion. I wish you well
Gamma, that's not my primary motivation in leaving, but it has been the catalyst. The discussions of late have tended to get sidetracked by certain people and have failed to address the core issues. My personal stance is to always stand up to racism and discrimination in all its forms, thus I find it difficult to ignore offensive remarks which eats into my time, time which, to be honest, I should be spending on my research. Since my work is now at a critical stage, that is my primary motivation for spending less time.
As I said, I am not 'giving up' the forum (as this post demonstrates), I will continue to read and digest its contents, but my contributions will now be limited to certain discussions only, rather than trying to take part in everything.
I would also urge Brother to remain as I consider him to be one of the more worthy members of this forum, despite some disparaging remarks against him from some less well-minded discussants.
Anyway, on with work...
