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[Colchester Kev]

Nemesis, Dave has invited you to discuss your differences via pm,   maybe his way of inviting you wasnt exactly worded in the nicest possible way... but please accept his invitation and keep the squabbling off the forum.   cheers for your co-operation... LOVE YOU

[Nem]

I've sent him a PM explaining everything.

[Teacake]

dave you know the rule on the old firm i have told you it 3 times now


remember dave i live in scotland i know what happens when the old firm bandwaggon gets rolling

This had nothing to do with the Old Firm it was more a Scottish football is shit debate. Ironically I thought Iron had made some very good points in the debate & then totally over reacted by deleting it.

I was following the thread & slightly involved on & off but kept out of most of it cos I had already made my views known on an earlier thread.

I dont particularly like talking about football on here as there are other places I can do it and no ever agrees anyway. However when someone slags off my team then I'm not taking it lying down & I dont expect anyone else to either. I could have ran amok on here for the last 10 weeks or so in response to posts made by a member of this board at the start of the season that have come back to haunt him big style but I chose not too as I knew where it would lead.

IMHO Kev was dealing with the "banter" & I didn't think those involved were actually serious, I found most of it funny. It may have got out of hand after I logged off last night & if that was the case then fair enough but deleting the thread has just led to more questions than answers.

I hope lessons are learned here.

[mikkyT]

Can someone tell me if my comments overstepped the mark? I'm just feeling a bit paranoid - I was involved in the thread but only in the afternoon before the Cincins tourney.

[Nem]

Can someone tell me if my comments overstepped the mark? I'm just feeling a bit paranoid - I was involved in the thread but only in the afternoon before the Cincins tourney.

No, your comments didnt overstep the mark.

[mikkyT]

First time I've heard that before! Thanks guys 

[Div]

the reason the thread was deleted was dispite being warned on previous occassions that any thread concerning the old firm would be watched and removed if any personal attacks were made ONE person over stepped the mark and called 1 person a bigot then told another person to check his mothers balls, the 2nd comment led to an equally flamboyant reply.

to ensure that there was no escalation of words and feelings which can occur when religion and politics are brought into the old firm i felt it nessasary to remove the thread

anyone who has been in a scottish town centre after an old firm game on tv will know what i am talking about

See this is exactly why I think deleting the thread was a mistake...

I replied to a comment about Roy Keane signing for Celtic. The comment displayed an ignorance of Scottish football. The thread concerned Roy Keane and who he was signing for.

It was absolutely nothing to do with Rangers, politics, or religion. Hence I have no idea why The Old Firm -  a phrase, incidentally, which I despise - is being brought into this discussion.

Who introduced that phrase? I don't know since the thread was deleted!

Obviously it all kicked off later on, but I've got no idea who said what, why or when. But I'd certainly like to know.

I'd suggest restoring the thread (locked) but with any grossly offensive comments deleted only if absolutely necessary.

That way everyone knows what went on, and if anyone deserves to be punished, there's no better punishment than publicising their ignorance or stupidity to the whole community.

[Teacake]

Can someone tell me if my comments overstepped the mark? I'm just feeling a bit paranoid - I was involved in the thread but only in the afternoon before the Cincins tourney.

IMO yes they did but I dont really take anything you say seriously as I just think are an attention seeking wind up merchant.

Ironside I think you've lost the plot & are obsessed with some sort of Old Firm war breaking out on here. Thats not gonna happen as we understand each other & know where to draw the line, its only when others become invovled with their ignorant opinions that things start to silly

Nem I can't believe you have taken daves comment seriously.

[Nem]

teacake you know aswell as i do people have been seriously phyiscally hurt for saying things similair to things said on this board, yes in you own group where you all know each other VERY well then you can make jokes like that but on an open forum amongst people many of who are total strangers you cannot say it

 

[Teacake]

Ironside I think you've lost the plot & are obsessed with some sort of Old Firm war breaking out on here. Thats not gonna happen as we understand each other & know where to draw the line, its only when others become invovled with their ignorant opinions that things start to silly

Nem I can't believe you have taken daves comment seriously.

teacake you know aswell as i do people have been seriously phyiscally hurt for saying things similair to things said on this board, yes in you own group where you all know each other VERY well then you can make jokes like that but on an open forum amongst people many of who are total strangers you cannot say it

My whole point is its NOTHING to do with the Celtic/Rangers thing & if you had left the thread where it was then everyone could see that.

IIRC Mikky started on about the Irish/Celtic connection but seeing as you deleted the thread we'll never know.

 

[Colchester Kev]

 Look guys, a decision was made by the administration team on blonde, it may be the wrong one, it may be the right one... but whatever your point of view the decision has been made ... can we just put it down to experience and go forward... And if anyone was really offended by the decision can I apologise on behalf of all the Moderators and put this to bed from now.

Sometimes in life people make decisions that we might not neccessarily agree with, but for the good of retaining an atmosphere and an ambience, we go along with them because it is the right thing to do.

Please please please can we all just move on and forget about the thread.

[Dewi_cool]

I think you are right Kev, Let's delete this thread as well 

[Nem]

I think you are right Kev, Let's delete this thread as well 

I agree with Kev and Dewi

[Karabiner]

I tipped a good winner today, it won eased down by 13 lengths 

[snoopy1239]

Look guys, a decision was made by the administration team on blonde, it may be the wrong one, it may be the right one... but whatever your point of view the decision has been made ... can we just put it down to experience and go forward... And if anyone was really offended by the decision can I apologise on behalf of all the Moderators and put this to bed from now.

Sometimes in life people make decisions that we might not neccessarily agree with, but for the good of retaining an atmosphere and an ambience, we go along with them because it is the right thing to do.

Please please please can we all just move on and forget about the thread.