Thank you to everyone who has reported some of the posts on this thread. Vladpie is now banned and I'll remove his offensive posts. Things do get heated on here, but there is a line, and it's been crossed. The comments to Grantham are especially out of order, and I'm only sorry it wasn't possible to remove them sooner.
First – Grantham, I am sorry to hear of your recent loss, any parent who suffers such a loss has my deepest sympathy. I also suffered a level of depression that did give me suicidal thoughts about ten years ago, which is maybe why I have some empathy/sympathy with CB’s death. Time is a great healer, so please stay strong.
2nd – Vlad’s ban : Posters on this thread have used phrases in the past like “vile piece of ****”, accused others of wanting to murder minority groups, and called others a ****. They have not been banned, presumably because other posters did not complain. I was the target of at least two of those rants but never once did I consider calling for a ban of those people because while I may have been angered and offended, I also believe that my right to be offended does not come close to trumping an individual’s right to freely express themselves. If the right to express oneself freely has any limits, they were not overstepped in those posts aimed against me in my view.
I was also banned on here myself for reasons I did not agree with. I did not blame the Mods at that time and neither is this post a dig at them either. Societal political correctness and a group’s right to not be offended by the written word won over freedom of expression in that case and continues to win in our society. Yes there should be some limits to free expression in a democracy, but were they really overstepped on this thread? Who gets to set those limits - an offended group?
So not content with getting someone barred and bragging about it, (which is about as pathetic as I've seen on here).....you now drag me into it by saying that "mocking nurses is as low as it gets"......hahahaha......you cannot be serious?.....I told the fool (who started on me first) to go off and empty some more bedpans......wow, naughty naughty Tarkers......you really need to get a life Driller
Wishing the Trews would die was an all time low on here, but I didn't see you bragging about hitting the complaint button.
Hypocrite.
edit - Oh yes, and the other hypocrite that has posted his annoyance, Sid the Bolshie, one of your buddies.......the guy that decided to bring up Mrs Trews personal *** life onto an open forum.....this forum can get a whole lot lower, believe me
Last edited by tarquinbeech; 25-07-2017 at 04:38 AM.