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its a sad time for watrb's forum..............
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He doesn't know any different Johnny, bless him......don't think he's bright enough to be purposefully anything tbh. He runs on caveman sensibilities.
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Shouldnt have to tho mate tho should we? Adults using adult language..whats the problem? I once got a telling off by a mod for calling someone a retard because apparently retardation is a serious subject and we dont want to hurt any retarded peoples feelings...i mean wtf? Got a 24hr ban for "Sexual innuendo" after calling Park a ####### ....ffs couldnt make it up. Too much nannying and trying to be PC to keep the advertising revenue coming in...Comment
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Actually V - as much as some will say that it's all about the revenue, it's not.Shouldnt have to tho mate tho should we? Adults using adult language..whats the problem? I once got a telling off by a mod for calling someone a retard because apparently retardation is a serious subject and we dont want to hurt any retarded peoples feelings...i mean wtf? Got a 24hr ban for "Sexual innuendo" after calling Park a ####### ....ffs couldnt make it up. Too much nannying and trying to be PC to keep the advertising revenue coming in...
Some people can be offended by things and with good reason. If I were to say I get offended by people that mock others as being retarded you would probably say I'm being precious whereas the harsh reality is my brother has suffered for years at being mocked for being disabled, has been called retard and plenty worse since he was a young lad and, as a family the rest of us have to spend our lives picking up the pieces. He didn't choose brain damage, it chose him the day some drunken ***** drove a car into him. You cannot know who is genuinely touched by any of the things we so flippantly laugh about and to blame a nannying PC mentality doesn't work in the eyes of the people genuinely affected.
It is rarely the "retarded" person or the "gay cross dresser" or the "fatherless child" that is offended and often, those that are offended aren't actually offended so much as affected by the thoughtlessness of others. We can't have one rule for one and another for the other so the sites policy of keeping all potentially offensive stuff on the down low is actually the safest policy.
It may not always make for the raciest of forums but why should a person whose life is affected by tragedy be any less entitled to be here and join in the banter and have a life beyond the reality of those tragedies without fear of constant reminders of the misery than any one else?Last edited by Bluehoop; 24-10-2013, 05:04 PM.#standuptocancer
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Good post Blue......that should hopefully shame the big gobs!Actually V - as much as some will say that it's all about the revenue, it's not.
Some people can be offended by things and with good reason. If I were to say I get offended by people that mock others as being retarded you would probably say I'm being precious whereas the harsh reality is my brother has suffered for years at being mocked for being disabled, has been called retard and plenty worse since he was a young lad and, as a family the rest of us have to spend our lives picking up the pieces. He didn't choose brain damage, it chose him the day some drunken ***** drove a car into him. You cannot know who is genuinely touched by any of the things we so flippantly laugh about and to blame a nannying PC mentality doesn't work in the eyes of the people genuinely affected.
It is rarely the "retarded" person or the "gay cross dresser" or the "fatherless child" that is offended and often, those that are offended aren't actually offended so much as affected by the thoughtlessness of others. We can't have one rule for one and another for the other so the sites policy of keeping all potentially offensive stuff on the down low is actually the safest policy.
It may not always make for the raciest of forums but why should a person whose life is affected by tragedy be any less entitled to be here and join in the banter and have a life beyond the reality of those tragedies without fear of constant reminders of the misery than any one else?Comment

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