Regarding the Easter posts

[Graham Banks]

Not sure where to ask this.

Ed - I take it that you were outvoted by both HG and Chris regarding their removal?

[Eelco de Groot]

I think it was not very fair to "Hood". He has been a member of this forum since 2010. He has always posted like this and never had problems with anyone that I know of. So he has not given any real sounding name yet. Is that a reason to remove Easter or Christmas wishes? His signature has been unchanged since at least 2015, I did not look any further, It has never been any problem (that I know of), I think he posts just once or twice a year, with Christmas mostly. Nobody else gives Christmas wishes anymore, it was always welcome in the Rybka forum by the guy who lived in New York I can't remember his last name right now, he changed it frequently, 'Sid Serious' it was at one time (not much a problem there to have an alias and anyway it is far from enforced here..), and the wishes missed when they were not there, especially with the Covid and all that.

[mar]

two threads were removed - hood's and eelco's and I expect this to be deleted soon too, so before it disappears:

about easter or christmas - they are part of our culture and history (here in Europe), that's how I view it - and even though I'm an atheist myself I don't see how anyone could possibly be offended by it, seems like a made up excuse to me

[Michel]

about easter or christmas - they are part of our culture and history (here in Europe), that's how I view it - and even though I'm an atheist myself I don't see how anyone could possibly be offended by it, seems like a made up excuse to me

I agree.

[chrisw]

Not sure where to ask this.

PM to Ras. He’s listed as moderator (not us three FG people).

Ed - I take it that you were outvoted by both HG and Chris regarding their removal?

I’ve already PMed to Mar a précis of my well argued moderation request for that post/thread, based on the actual form of the Easter “greeting” and the posters political message signature, which he seems to have either not read or ignored. I’m okay with him sharing it by PM with you, if you ask him.

BTW, if someone posts a Happy Christmas, Easter, Eid, Passover or whatever, I doubt anyone would or could object. All anniversaries are political in one way or another and, given the overwhelmingly strong desire to completely ban all politics from talkchess (which I don’t agree with btw but do agree as democrat with enforcing it) we need to be very careful to keep anniversary greetings as neutral as possible, else they just become a way to circumvent the no politics rule.
Further, we should not justify one anniversary over another based on usage in our own community. This is an international forum of all shades and colours. Nobody gets special status.