people can air there views , but as the site is liable for content then its the sites discresion to remove or leave it , if a racist came on and was swearing and condeming a race then the content would be removed , if a topic is so far off the intended post then it usualy is locked some topics are done to provoke others so in some cases have to be locked . Grievances should be kept to pm it does not give anyone the right to abuse each other and they are responsible for there actions ( that comes with be a grown up ) , pms can be taken into consideration because of abusive content and in some cases sexual content ectra , hypercritical i think not , and if anyone valued the site would do there utmost not to abuse it and other users of it