I have no idea if the Mods are anti-English at all....I see no evidence for it.

Wile I acknowledge that the Irish-related threads were unmoderated, I see that as Joe's commitment to free speech, nothing more.

Granted, we Brits were arguing at a disadvantage on those threads (& I suppose that parallels the terrorists vs security forces in the real world) but should the Mods have stepped in for that reason?

The time to kill a thread is early on, if its a troll starting it or hijacking it early, not after reasoned debate has begun.