Quote Originally Posted by Rattea View Post
If I went jobsworth there could be more cards than they have at Clintons!

Taken in context its not touche at whats being hurled at him not individuals. I think if we had all made the same initial mistake we would have some comeback. Its not aimed at the victims. If it had been I would have carded.

Its a lesson that's sometimes hard to do and take a step back and look at it objectively especially when involved.

In this scenario I don't see R4J being the aggressor or making a point of using the subject as a joke. I do however see some posters having a agenda and trying to push it at all costs. Again difficult to see when involved.
Take some of your points Rats and, for what it's worth, I believe you showed some 'balls' earlier in the week over Tricky.
It's not really about 'being the aggressor' though imo. There was a level of flippancy over the events and disrespect to the victims that was every bit as unacceptable to many as Tricky's comment earlier in the week.
For those with any sort of emotional involvement in the recent terrorist attacks the comments made in posts 6 and 8 compounded the original 'mistake' and for that there is no excuse.
An opportunity was provided to apologise for getting it wrong. People could then have then moved on but no...that opportunity was spurned, more abuse/insults/nonsense were forthcoming and as a result you now run the risk of losing more valued posters.
Not sure if Roger and maybe mista will be back. Certainly hope so because this site can't afford to lose posters of that quality. Today's comments aside I'm not that bothered by 'Google boy' but if you think 'the future's bright the future's R4J', I think you're horribly wrong and there will be more posters abandoning a rapidly 'sinking ship' before too long.