Right, that's most of the off topic stuff tidied.
Anybody who is unclear about posting in this section or any other, a good place to start would be the rules thread at the top of the board (most individual boards have them). Anybody who still doesn't understand, please PM me or a mod and ask rather than derail other people's threads.
Basically, whilst we're not trying to get anybody to censor themselves for no reason, this is still not somewhere to make baseless, negative remarks about any groups of people which serve no purpose and which we can't substantiate, even if it is supposed to be funny. It very rarely is, either.
I'll leave this post up until midnight or so, then hopefully I can take it down and the discussion can get back on course - it was an interesting one, apart from anything else.