It wasn't borderline racist, it was (and IS) racist.
As a black woman, I am offended by your post, Ranger. It is in poor taste, racist, and ignorant. Such a response like this is a violation of the forum guidelines.
You want rules? Refer to the forum guidelines you agreed to abide by when you registered with the forums. Joe Gardner owns this website, it's privately run, and he wrote these rules as to people's behavior. If you can't live with it, that's your problem. But to start a thread to defend your racist comments? It's obtuse.
Here are your rules:
http://www.bikeforums.net/faq.php?fa...sic_guidelines
Give yourself a while to thoroughly read through them. Start with Diversity, Intelligence, and Respectfulness. Then move on to Disruption and Vulgarity.
If you still have problems, contact a moderator via the PM system.
Koffee Brown
Forum Moderator