highland convert wrote:We obviously live in a different time zone and culture zone. What I see as disrespectful you accept as normal, What I see as trashing for trashing sake you put down as justifiable critisism. What I see as undermining the coach and team you see as justifiable critisism. What I see as destroying this site you see as an improvement. What I see as bullying members off this site you see as winning the argument. What I see as over the top slating of people in authority you see an afront to your civil liberties. I take it the gulf is too wide to span and not worth the hastle. Maybe someone will start a new site where the values I and the others who no longer or rarely post have can go to discuss WW in a friendly an positive manner.
Jim
I understand what you mean about certain posters on here having a seemingly "blinkered" point of view, who refuse to accept that there are other factors which may be considered in their arguments. I also understand how you may have formed the opinion that people are "trashing" individuals within the coaching setup of the club, just for the sake of it. However if you read the comments regarding these two subjects you may see that a lot of the points are put across in well a well constructed and pretty well educated (on the subject of RL) manner. Just because some posters either refuse to see things from a different point of view, or will not accept someone elses opinion, doesn't necessarily mean that they are trashing people, or bullying people from the site. It is a debate, there is always going to be difference of opinion, that is the basis of a debate, after all.
The only person who I could consider to have been bullied on this site is Turf, and that is largely due to the fact that he posted ridiculous stories on here and whilst some of the posters were mature enough to rise above his claims and sensibly question his motives, others were maybe a little less mature and resorted to name calling etc. That is now, however, largely, water under the bridge.
I would say that 85% of what is posted on here is done so in a mature manner, and it is only the odd few posters who, for whatever reason, cannot put their point across without it seeming aggresive or arrogant.
Almost all the users of this site enjoy coming on here and I have not seen any evidence of this site being "destroyed".
What all this has got to do with respecting how we title threads on here regarding Ian Lenegan, I have little idea. I have not read anything where Mr Lenegan has been called names, I agree that he is new to the job and that maybe he should command a certain respect. On the other hand, he has to earn the respect of the fans first and foremost and this is something that I am sure he will do in the coming years. His financial or professional position prior to him buying our club has nothing whatsoever to do with the fans respect for him as Chairman of our great and beloved club.
We all have faults, instead of claiming the moral high ground, maybe you could try and be a little more broad minded and understanding in what some people post on here. Not everyone on here is as literate as others.
I totally agree with your sentiments regarding a certain yob or gang culture which is seemingly sweeping the country at the moment, personally I think National Service would sort the little blighters (had to censor that
) out. I'm all for corporal punishment in some cases, even capital punishment in the worst cases, although I know there are far too many uncertanties involved in that. However these are for a different debate on another day.
