Well I agree.
Subsim is probably the most peaceful/harmless/stable board I know.
Heated debates are another thing, these are normal, important even - in my opinion.
Nothing is worse than blind and boring harmony, amiright? :D

I didn't mean to imply something here is wrong, it isn't.
However, in recent times, postings with 'hidden insults' kinda happened more often and these could be handled a little stricter, I think.
Not as in response-time, but as in trying to de-escalate conflicts, if possible, before they escalate - if a mod is present, obviously.

Regarding "zero tolerance" or censorship, it sure is a thin line, the zero tolerance at least, since vague written insults can be hard to 'proof'.
Personally, I don't start to cry my heart out when someone says something mean, I don't really care, why should I - it's just a little frustrating if nothing gets done to stop it, or if simply too late to the party: Nothing done afterwards.

However, censorship?
No matter the topic here, and we had our fair share of border-line topics (Holocaust...), everyone can say anything he wants when sticking to the simple rules - without getting personal.
That has nothing at all to do with censorship and if someone would dare to pull this lame card, I'm sure a lot of people here would show him the door, virtually.
I'm a direct guy who crosses lines every now and then and sure can have a temper, I'm aware of that, yet speaking for myself, I wouldn't die from an infraction, a direct warning, or a holiday in the birg - if I was unable to stay behind said line.

Long story short: Don't worry about "censorship" accusations in this rather mature board, really.
I think we all can expect a certain level of self-control and responsibility.

Your debating skills are severly lacking.

I suggest before offering wiki links, pulling race cards, not addressing each and every post from the other party and addressing each point each and every time, expecting the other party to answer a question which was never asked in the first place, frequently changing the subject matter, having a somewhat lacklustre grasp of the english language which was proven by you inserting the word ideology into a post of yours and other moments of rather strange behaviour, i suggest you look at your debating skills closely and perhaps we can discuss or debate.

So in short, keep throwing links around, change the subject to suit your own agenda and prove that you cannot debate one topic at a time (Bible, Chinese Rebellion are 2 examples when the subject at hand was in fact something completely different) and i guarantee you you will run out of debaters.

I'm just reading post number 108 by you, and it's clear you are more interested in attempting to educate me on the sunni and shia and their interpretations and quiete frankly anything but the fact that, and let me again point it out to you that the topic was wether or not the Qu'ran is the authority in the Islam world.

You frankly haven't provided one bit of evidence to suggest otherwise.

If you think that it is sufficient to say that the Qu'ran is misinterpreted like any other book by elements of the islamic world and posting that the Qu'ran is not sufficient when discussing what is the absolute authority in the islamic world and continuosly change the topic to ideology and its ties with the Qu'ran then i have no more need to aid you in your continued downfall in this debate.

Keep it up, avoiding the topic at hand.

I'm done, cba to continue to debate with you.

Nothing personal of course, you have your views on it, i have mine.

And so we come to an end/conclusion.