Anyone else and this would be locked in minutes.
Why? Because I'm a Mod? I'm just as accountable to the rules as others.
Please, someone point to the BITOG rule I've violated. Show me in the Standard of Conduct where we cannot talk about this topic.
I've not taunted anyone. I've not used foul language. I've not violated copyright laws or posted videos with sexual references.
If controversy were not allowed, would BITOG even exist? Because lord knows that we don't ever allow threads of dissent about oil filters, or OCI durations, or lube base stocks that are just 100% in total harmony, right? This is the GaOT forum, after all. We allow lots of conversation about a slew of things. What we don't allow is for rules or policy to be violated. This thread is not inconsistent with the rules or policy.
Those of you who call for this thread to be locked or deleted are the same who would want to ban other things in life, just because you don't agree with them.