I wish to note that I feel that it is not appropriate for anyone on this board to refer in a negative way to anyone's race, gender, disability, religion, sexuality or class. I do not believe that this has been a place where this has generally been a problem and I hope that for those who post here, that will not happen, either in postings or in private messages and that people will adhere to this voluntary code.

This should not prohibit discussion, from time to time, of international affairs, where it is inevitable that differing views may be held on the behaviour of governments or within countries. This is a board which discusses words and some of these worlds will have political or cultural implications. To prohibit such discussion would, in my view, render this place sterile.