Aldebaran, I am utterly opposed to the Iraq war, and I routinely deal with people who misinterpret my position (deliberately, I think) to being one of animosity toward the U.S. troops, for whom I wish nothing but their safe return home. Regardless of whether or not you have a right to express your opinion (and technically speaking you don’t have that right on this forum, since it’s privately run and its administrators can make the rules whatever they choose), I would personally greatly prefer it if you didn’t follow a statement of your opposition to the Iraq war with a wish that harm befall American soldiers. To be blunt, it makes the rest of us anti-war folk look bad.
Also: If you’re characterizing what gaudere said as being “Support U.S. troops or be banned”, then you’re misinterpreting him at least as badly as anyone has misinterpreted you. Surely you must see the difference between “Support the U.S. troops” and “Don’t openly wish death upon the U.S. troops.” If you had merely said “I hope the U.S. withdraws all troops from Iraq”, that would certainly not have prompted any objection from the mods. You said you wanted to shoot at them. Whether they should allow you to say that or not, it’s clearly not the same thing.
