*Somebody's got to be the devil's advocate:*

I don't agree with Stefan's handling of this situation, but I can see where he's coming from.

Imagine the outcry in the hypothetical case of a poster here using a name like 'Jihadist' and proudly announcing to be in favour of 'benevolent islamofascism'. With a picture in his sig of a burning and collapsing World Trade Centre. Then imagine him turning up in the Conservative Club saying that 10 million dead westerners is fair price to pay for an end to 'western imperialism'...

How much free speech advocates would this guy have here?

Now multiply the mindless carnage, atrocities and grief that Islamicist terrorism has caused in recent years by about 10,000 and you are close to what fascism did to Europe. Less than a human lifetime ago.

I didn't like the name-calling and the call for subforums or passwords but isn't Stephan morally somewhat entitled to an emotional outburst at the sight of someone named PanzerJager and with a sig like that praising fascism ideology?

I don't have an issue with you, PJ. You're neither unpolite nor narrow-minded. You don't preach hatred and I think your morbid fascination for fascism is more a matter of bad taste than anything else.
But calling yourself PanzerJager is considered no less than an obscenity by many in continental Europe. Now I know you're out to offend people, but my, reading your name was like a slap in my face 'till I got used to it...
I remember reading about a guy in Texas getting severly beaten just for dressing up as 'Osama' for a costumed party. That's probably a good comparison. Both are like poking in open wounds and can provoke some hefty emotions...


I do believe fascism is criminal by it's sheer definition. But then again, I'm not too fond of communism either. Nor of islamic extremism. But short of advocating violence, free speech must take precedence over personal preference. Here Stefan and I part.
To quote Voltaire: 'I disagree with what you say, but I will, to the end, defend your right to say it'.