Clarky wrote: Maybe you should edit the new policy in that case since it seems to me that by saying that staff should punish "users who seek to inflict harm on others by using racist, discriminatory or otherwise inappropriate language (abusive, offensive or disruptive)" it seems like you are saying that only when those terms are used maliciously the user should be punished.

[quote="Clarky" post=1032691][quote="RealDenis" post=1032690]Can I now call my black friend (Micky) "my -snip-" without being banned for it granted he doesn't take any shred of offense from it?[/quote] No.[/quote] Maybe you should edit the new policy in that case since it seems to me that by saying that staff should punish "users who seek to inflict harm on others by using racist, discriminatory or otherwise inappropriate language (abusive, offensive or disruptive)" it seems like you are saying that only when those terms are used maliciously the user should be punished.