blokes, with the greatest of repect to both sides of the argument, one of the reasons i and most of my generation love bikes is because we can still rebel a little bit, still be outside of the norm, still not conform to all the rules imposed on us, get away with a little bit of fun now and then etc..censorship will kill everything eventually, until then i'll stick with forums that dont have it. everybody self polices to a cetain extent, some not so much so, but isnt that what freedom of speech is all about? i passed my test in '77, ridden a lot of bikes and done a lot of miles, presently i have a harley, a busa and a fazer thou, and attending bike meets meeting fellow riders in those three very different categories inevitably involves meeting everybody from outright wankers thru to gen good guys and keen bikers, you just gotta accept everybody is different, but we are all united by our love of bikes. isnt that all that matters? if times got hard and they all had to go id have just as much fun on an old aircooled rd250 or summat, as long as i could ride and enjoy my life and my freedoms, such as they are(including free thinking and free speaking bike forums). most racist/sexist stuff is pretty much tongue in cheek nowadays, some of its funny (to me at least) some of it isnt, some of it is offensive and puerile, but its just life, and how life is. theres quite enough people out there in power chewing themselves up about this and making laws to kill it without us doing it from the inside. just my opinion...