I didn't like it. Bad taste. As for bad taste...when you make a post and don't even try and hide the vulgarity, I think you deserve to be knocked off the site PERIOD. When you push that "post message" button you sent what you meant to send.
I don't disagree with strong feelings about that cigar monument. But it was meant to be in good taste but it failed.
I do disagree with starting a forum fight and toss obsenities around like some 18 year old hot head who doesn't have control over one's testoserone...especially to reference to someone as a PUNK. The only punk is the one who lost control. You can apologize all you want, but I am looking at a whole line of posts that still can be read.
We toss around comments in our forums we participate in and hide the spelling and get the meaning across. FahQ, 5h1t, Ba$t^rd, etc. That borders on bad taste to some and maybe vulgar to others. I think it mostly comes across as entertaining and creative to hide naughty stuff and words in our posts.
We are all grown ups here (I think) and must have some realization of the consequences of going overboard. I think Slim stepped on the line and Freecigar dove way past the line.