Maybe the spirit of my post wasn't clear. I never said he has a legal right to be here or speak his mind, I just said that I hold the belief that people have a right to say what they like, no matter how odious their opinions. That's something I carry in both reality and in this virtual mess. Sorry.
I'm aware he has personally offended people here, and if I'm honest it's not something I understand. Maybe I'm just cold to the core, but nothing I've ever read in a forum has got through to me. I mean, if Purandara was, say, a mayor or a police officer it'd be a different matter. I'd be outraged. The trouble is, in reality he's not in a position of power or influence, he's a 25 year old mature student at some university somewhere. For some reason that fact makes him amusing to me, rather than menacing. I don't believe for a second he's actually worn an SS uniform, he mentioned in another thread he's dirt poor enough to consider a saving of $20 a boon that allowed him to eat. Patent leather's expensive stuff. Anyhow, actually pulling a stunt like that takes the sort of conviction and courage someone who feels the need to get their attention fix from the internet is unlikely to have.
Maybe I'm being overly cynical or charitable, but he honestly seems harmless to me. His posts are interesting and, well, if they annoy you it is possible to ignore them. In my experience people who feed off controversy tend to move on of their own accord when their schtick gets old anyhow. So, the people who want him gone will probably have their wish in the end. I'd rather it didn't coming to banning, though; It's a capitulation as well as a shame.
Samson - Lofty Liberals have to exist somewhere, I'm afraid. you'll be glad we do if a real life Purandara ever gets into government. Until then you're going to have to put up with us defending Danish newspapers and tacitly endorsing the general breakdown of society. Sorry.
I'm aware he has personally offended people here, and if I'm honest it's not something I understand. Maybe I'm just cold to the core, but nothing I've ever read in a forum has got through to me. I mean, if Purandara was, say, a mayor or a police officer it'd be a different matter. I'd be outraged. The trouble is, in reality he's not in a position of power or influence, he's a 25 year old mature student at some university somewhere. For some reason that fact makes him amusing to me, rather than menacing. I don't believe for a second he's actually worn an SS uniform, he mentioned in another thread he's dirt poor enough to consider a saving of $20 a boon that allowed him to eat. Patent leather's expensive stuff. Anyhow, actually pulling a stunt like that takes the sort of conviction and courage someone who feels the need to get their attention fix from the internet is unlikely to have.
Maybe I'm being overly cynical or charitable, but he honestly seems harmless to me. His posts are interesting and, well, if they annoy you it is possible to ignore them. In my experience people who feed off controversy tend to move on of their own accord when their schtick gets old anyhow. So, the people who want him gone will probably have their wish in the end. I'd rather it didn't coming to banning, though; It's a capitulation as well as a shame.
Samson - Lofty Liberals have to exist somewhere, I'm afraid. you'll be glad we do if a real life Purandara ever gets into government. Until then you're going to have to put up with us defending Danish newspapers and tacitly endorsing the general breakdown of society. Sorry.