Crossmando;

I believe we've talked about this; you want to be part of this forum, you need to be civil. Racism is pretty much the opposite of that. Making chronologically impossible suggestions that are filled with bile are also not civil. Calling people humorless, passive-aggressive or "cowardly little pricks" is not civil.

Downvoting costs you nothing. It causes no wound on you. It does not censor or delete your ability to speak. It is a way for the community to express that they don't like what you're saying. If you're hurt and offended because people don't like it when you call them names, well, toughen up. If they should be forced to put up with your anger and bile, I'll be damned if I think that you shouldn't have to put up with the mildest form of disapprobation I can think of on the 'Net. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, so either put up with the fact that your brand of caustic ill-humor is not well received here or go elsewhere. Ranting against people who have decided that you're being unpleasant and they want to let you know it isn't productive but it does seem to get you very exercised. GOG.com's community is a very tolerant one, I've found, as long as you discuss things in a civil fashion. The fact that you're getting downvoted is pretty clear sign that you're not being civil.

You've already written a post once to the forum to apologize for being a wanker. This thread? You're being a wanker again. I suggest you re-acquaint yourself with the Crossmando of early August, as he seems a substantially more pleasant person than the Crossmando of now.

Moderate yourself, please, before I'm forced to moderate you.

You've missed the point wholly. I am not censoring him here. I'm telling him that when he's uncivil, the community reacts. And the fact that he doesn't like how the community reacts to him is 1) silly, given that he's losing imaginary points that aren't worth any real-world value and 2) something that should cause cognitive dissonance because he's railing against them for doing exactly what he insists he should be free to do. But a downvote is substantially more polite than calling people names.

You're correct it is clear on whose side I'm on, if you mean I'm on the side of free speech, spoken civilly. If you can't make your point without being unpleasant, you aren't welcome here. 99% of the people in this forum manage to labor under such a cruel yoke; Crossmando (and, for that matter anyone else) is not an exception.

A "good guest" is one who does not make his mission "ruining other guests' experience." This forum is fundamentally a place for people to hang out which is affiliated with an arena where business is conducted. You know what stores do when someone shows and starts to call the other customers pricks? They ask the offender to leave. I'm not mandating that--yet.

I believe you'll discover that there is behavior that is appropriate in some locations that is not appropriate in others. If I like to wander around my house without pants on, that's my own problem. If I do it in public, it's everyone else's. Likewise, there are places where you can rant at people and call them names. Here is not one of them.