Yet I felt and still feel that the subject of responses to racism was/is/should be important for the larger community and not just for those who felt/feel themselves or their group was targeted by a racist post/s.

I am in total agreement with you azizi. And the total lack of response to the BNP threads has amazed me. A man convicted of inciting racial hatred (which was pointed out for those who were unaware)was posting his diatribe on here quite regularly, and bar a handful of posters, the 'community' did not challenge his views.

In fact we were told by Joe to engage in civil conversation with him. And Joe then went on to delete about twenty posts that specifically ridiculed his views. None of which were in the slightest offensive.Whilst leaving his original racist posts in tact.

What message do you think this gives the person chancing upon this forum? That racists are by and large unchallenged?

Although the 'War on Racism' declared in this thread may appear very noble, it isn't actually what has happened in practise, and unless posters can post their opposition without it being deleted, the opposition is rather worthless?