[Closed] 'offensive, derogatory and potentially racist'

Just received the following e-mail from the mods:

We find the term 'XXX XXXX' offensive, derogatory and potentially racist- so your post has been removed.

In relation to: http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/the-worlds-aircraft-carriers-visualised#post-4284684

My e-mailed reply:

Good grief guys, it was in inverted commas, it [u]is[/u] 'offensive, derogatory and potentially racist', extremely so, and is [u]used by a great many 'War on Terror' sympathisers[/u], hence my post. But of course a word or term cannot be racist by itself, it requires intent. My intent was to highlight the racism perpetuated by many, so in [u]my[/u] use of the term, there was no hint of racism.