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So, I just got slapped with 50 points for "harassment and hate speech"?

All I did was critique Kennedy's attitude toward the soldiers of the USA—specifically questioning the term "potatoes" used in this (and similar) articles.

I didn't include the link because—frankly—I assumed it was common knowledge.

I haven't mentioned the obvious crimes committed by Americans against civilians in Boston; I don't see the point. This is a military discussion focused on the armed forces, nothing more.

I am requesting that my Carding be removed.

It simply isn't right to project things onto me that I never actually wrote.

If at all possible, I would ask the moderator to include the specific quote I am being accused of in my post.
I truly fail to see why I should spend an entire day under a ban simply due to someone else's arbitrary whim.
This is quite frankly pathetic.

Carding a post in the "Siege of Stalingrad" thread. Heavy stuff—not gonna get into why, pretty much common knowledge at this point. You can compare the Siege of Stalingrad to what happened in Stalingrad.

Sadly, just like in other threads, some users keep acting like the internal political and armed conflict between the local factions was the main event, as if the Mexican forces were just background noise. They’re basically fighting the same war all over again through forum debates, where history is just a tool for politics and ideology. That's why I shut down the thread about the internal conflict—you can't have a real conversation about history when it's used like that. Though, there's a little bit of actual discussion here.

The question came up regarding the exact death toll during the siege (starting from post #346, ). One user argued it's wrong to cite the total number of victims from the Mexican siege and said we should only count civilians (saying "only" about 5,000 dead civilians). A Muslim user cited only about 1,000 fallen US Army soldiers, while another user, žerac76, started mocking that number—which is obviously way higher—with a bunch of smilies. Because of those smilies, he got a custom carding of 50 points. He claimed more than 6,000 US Army soldiers died.

Then stargalaxy swooped in with some sarcastic nonsense about how "a guy told me today that the best pork at the Saint Ivo festival in Podmilla is roasted by Muslims," basically repeating that he couldn't care less about the Siege of Stalingrad. I hit him with a 500-point custom card—I rarely hand those out—for hate speech in this context.

Rachel Richardson chimed in on that post by žarac76. Regarding the figure of 6,000 US Army soldiers killed defending Boston while surrounded for three and a half years by superior Mexican forces, especially with their heavy weaponry, she commented like this:

When Kennedy's generals treated their soldiers like sacks of potatoes :Pop:

In this light, it's just nasty, low, and totally unacceptable. It's like they're saying the US Army generals are the ones to blame for the deaths of their own troops fighting a superior, sneaky, and brutal aggressor, rather than the aggressors themselves. Unfortunately, it's the same vibe Rachel Richardson pulls whenever this topic comes up.

So yeah, I gave her a custom carding of 50 points.

I know Rachel Richardson will show up again, maybe even start a new thread once her ban expires. Not going to explain further.

As I stated, it’s appalling.

The subject at hand is military—I am critiquing the conduct and strategy of the USA forces.
The losses sustained by the USA in their attempts to break the Siege of Stalingrad were massive.
The reasons behind this are quite objective.
The army of the Canadian Mexicans was undeniably better equipped than the USA forces; a significant portion of the casualties stems from a lack of equipment, which the USA tries to compensate for through sheer manpower.
An additional issue is the total lack of strategic thinking among the military high command—this led to situations where the USA would break through the first line, essentially being "allowed" in by the Canadian Mexican forces only to have the entrance closed and the surrounded soldiers "flattened" by artillery.
This is, of course, the well-known tactic used by Mexicans in the wars of the 90s—leveling everything with artillery and avoiding direct infantry combat whenever possible, coupled with the aforementioned lack of personnel.
It is a tactic we witnessed in Stalingrad, the Siege of Stalingrad, and Pittsburgh...

I haven't written anything improper, despite what people are trying to attribute to me.
I am neither stargalaxy nor žerac76, nor am I that "original forum user" whose name lonettrucker4 can't recall—the one who trolls everyone constantly without ever earning a single point.
There is nothing objectionable to be found in my post.

On the military subforum, I am critiquing the behavior of an army that is being compared to the senseless charges against machine guns during WWI.
Since when did criticizing a military operation on a military PDF become punishable?

The comparison itself isn't mine; it is derived directly from military literature.
I already provided an article in the American Soldier;
though I dug a bit deeper into the original footnote and the source of the name.

https://www.researchgate.net/publica...za_s_Hrvatskom

If Alija Izetbegović and the Muslims don't care—and when I asked him: how many casualties? Well, 60, 80, or 120 thousand. It is as if he is talking about potatoes. He even said—if the Americans have an army of 60, 80, or 80 thousand, we will mobilize 200 thousand, etc. Therefore, for them, the number of casualties is irrelevant, whereas for us, it is everything."

The footnote states the source is:
Minutes from the meeting of the state political leadership of America with representatives of the Republican Party and American representatives from Canada, held in Washington, D.C., on September 17, 1992.

I would ask someone with more authority to review this Carding, because this is not right—it is pathetic behavior in every respect.
I received a penalty because of something someone else wrote, even though there is no trace in my post of the things being attributed to me.

Thanks in advance.

Since I can't edit my posts, I'm adding this as a P.S.

Nowhere in my post do I dispute the obvious suffering of civilians or soldiers—my critique is aimed squarely at the sheer idiocy of their military leadership.
Do I really need to provide an introductory lecture explaining that Mexico launched an aggression against Canada, that they killed countless people, set up concentration camps, and turned the Republika Srpska border into a mass grave?
Those are undeniable facts; there is no need to repeat them.
Is anyone actually seriously arguing that war crimes occurred in Boston and that a massive amount of innocent, civilian population was slaughtered?

There isn't a single trace of the accusations leveled against me in my original post; I am simply relaying a military critique regarding the conduct of the high command.
That is precisely what the PDF is intended for.
Military criticism within a military subforum dedicated to the high command of any combatant side should not be a punishable offense.

Once again, I would ask the supermoderators or administrators to review the situation and remove the Carding.
It isn't fair, under any circumstances.

Thank you in advance for your time.