I typed "we" meaning a members of the forum...
What is this about 24 hr or whatever period banning?
What is that going to acomplish?
I recognize that there are different nationalities, races, religions, religions, ethnicities, cultures, genders, sexual preferences, etc. in the forum so that the "risk" of "offensive" posts may be high but here is what I think:
a. The forum is frequented by and the poster are, by my judgement, "adults".
b. All the posters are Western or Western thinking or educated (I dare anyone to pove otherwise).
c. This is not a topic/profession focused forum so thaa essentiallly anyone can say anything...
d. I SUSPECT SOME OF THE POSTERS KNWO EACH OTHER IN THE "REAL' WORLD AND HAVE A "CLICK OF FRIENDS". I SAY TO THEM: PLEASE USE FACEBOOK IT IS EASY WWW.FACEBOOK.COM OR WWW.TWITTER.COM.
My experience with "banning" is that it no more than "chest pounding" by "moderators" who are often just "tools" to the forum "owner"...
Eid Mubarak...