re: Still, if it makes you happy to call people bigots, have at it.
I didn't call anyone a bigot, I merely pointed out that if the comments were full of bigotry it would be wrong of El Reg to follow suit.
The prejudice you have towards Codes of Conduct is a different issue, but in every case here the argument isn't against the code per se it's against the way it's implemented. It's perfectly possible to have a good idea implemented badly. The solution isn't to abandon the idea, it's to fix the implementation.