I will answer your question, and the answer is simple. Was it Louis IV who said "L'État, c'est moi" ? Well, basically, that's what it is: the webmasters make the website and do what they want with it. We do not need to justify our actions here. That's that.
I VERY WELL UNDERSTAND how unjust and unfair you may find this -- I know I would -- but tha's what it is at the end of the day. I said it before and I'll say it again: this is not a democracy for christ's sake! People are not voting for their webmasters and for their rules here!
Once this is said, besides the fact that you are very much pissed off at the fact that I showed the door to a certain number of people who might be your friends, which explains your reactions towards me, if you come up with a little objectivity, maybe you will not suggest that I break the community standards of this forum on a daily basis, because, of course, it is far from the truth.
And let it be known: someone who does not comply with the community standards will not get a warning automatically. This happens everyday and we don't make a fuss about it. It's the repetition, day after day, that we're going after. Quite frankly, is someone uses foul language from time to time, it won't hurt my sleep tonight. I've seen much worst in my life.
It's all contextual.
One last thing: if my message would have offended some Muslim people, I wouldn't have apologized and wouldn't have cared, because any intelligent person from this side of the world (I highly doubt that many people from Iran and Pakistan visit this website) would understand that this picture I posted was a wink -- A JOKE -- and there is no way I will surrender my freedom of speech because of a few people who might take this personally and regard this as an offense to their religion.
Besides, being dressed like these women are IS NOT PART OF THE MUSLIM RELIGION. Nowhere does the Coran forces women to dress up like this. It's a cultural thing that was developped in certain fundamentalist countries, the excuse for it IS religion, but it is rather a symbol of the supremacy of men over women in these countries. And THAT, I have no respect for that whatsoever. But if these women o not mind living their lives this way, I respect their choices.
Seeing these two women in the picture watching a football game, considering all this, is somewhat funny for us occidental people.
Oh, I almost forgot: judging from your reaction Old Blue, and from other reactions too (who, once again, seem to be only an excuse to slash me off), it seems to me that FUNDAMENTALISM is not always where you think it is, and that it even exists in the likes of the British people.
