Vasco, don't spoil your impressive record of contributing good ideas by playing the xenophobia card - there are two reasons I can think of for Astragoth not answering your questions, and neither of them have anything to do with you being Portuguese. Firstly, he might be taking the view that he'll only answer questions posed by people who actually have a vote in the election. Secondly he might decide not to answer questions from rival candidates - in some online games I play NT election rules actually bar candidates from asking each other questions because it can get very confrontational.
In this case, what I recall is that Astragoth did make some efforts to engage in your discussions, but not sufficiently to your satisfaction, and then announced that he wouldn't do so any more because the conversation had become too heated and not really conducive to enabling cool headed decision-making by the voters. I can understand why this annoys you, but I think goading him about it is really counter-productive, and I suggest you stop.
For the record, I agree with you about the late-coming Italian. Unless he's got a really, really good reason for only turning up here after the official closing date, then I'd much rather have someone else, someone who is committed enough to the cause of the England U21 to engage with the community in advance of the elections, like you did, or someone who is actually part of that community already for all its weaknesses, like Astragoth.
Edited: Because it is xenophobia, not xenophobism. Grammar police are on the beat.
Last edited by LA-South Wiggy at 9/13/2009 4:23:01 PM