to be fair, flach, I wasn't so much making an argument earlier in this thread as I was being condescending and deliberately brief and inflammatory as a way of contrasting my spiel in the other thread.
Of course you're worries aren't completely unfounded, but I see your worries in the same way as I see someone afraid of getting on plane because it might crash or because it might be over-run by terrorists. It exists in the same space of "yes, it could happen, sure" in my mind.
Worries concerning with racial or gender profiling are reasons why I believe this is a worthwhile experiment. I want to see how people react to this and how that particular online community evolves.
I guess, on the whole, threads like this just seem irrational and somewhat knee-jerk. This is a first try in the space, as far as I am aware, and I'm disappointed to see (almost) nothing but cynicism. This isn't going to make Team Liquid or GAF or WOWFANSITEX (sorry, I don't play) cease to exist. The way I see it, we have more to gain by watching how this plays out then we do by simply running to arms and storming down the front gates.