Just to clarify this post Drewpee referred to was in a locked thread for which several people were warned about behaviour. Including the term he referred to.
I also chose to delete the whole thread as it was mostly off topic arguing and abuse which added no value to the community.
It is unfortunate that some people leave their manners behind when it comes to posting on forums and it is a tragedy that he has to deal with the misuse of a term which is heartbreaking for any family to deal with. He has my sympathy. The point is though that there are rules, people break them and we do our best to be fair and catch as much as possible that is in breach of the rules.
We are however not here to censor absolutely everything that someone may find offensive because of some personal circumstance. Especially when the comment was in no way directed at them.
I feel this matter has well and truly been dealt with and if Drewpee had not tried to threaten the moderators then this would have just passed. As it is I think he may have over reacted a little to something which was not directed at him, understandable to some degree.. but taking out your anger on the moderation team for something which was already addressed and then "taking it public" is not the way to do things.
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