GAA General discussion Board

[T Fearon]

The debates about Clerical Abuse and Gay Marriage were topical and conducted with intellect and politeness for the most part.Amid the relevant individual threads about various soccer threads,and banalities like favourite strap lines from ads etc they were refreshing.

If anything the content is more diverse these days.

[AZOffaly]

Yeah, the more there is diverse it gets.

I'll get my foot.

[BennyCake]

I blame the Nordies.

I blame the Planters in Queens County.

[Premier Emperor]

How about banning religious discussion?

[Maguire01]

How about banning religious discussion?

Why? Just avoid the threads you're not interested in. I'm not interested in soccer, so I avoid those threads... and they significantly outnumber those where religion is discussed.

[Esmarelda]

I'm relatively new to the board although I read it a lot before I first posted.

I find a lot of the debates informative. For example, the same-sex marriage thread was much more informative than any TV debate on the issue that I saw. Ditto the GAA coverage going to Sky Sports.

As I sad on one of my earliest posts, what takes away from the board is people concerned with being right rather than being informed. Also, personal abuse from an anonymous person behind a keyboard is similar to abusing a ref from the stand.

[Premier Emperor]

Also, personal abuse from an anonymous person behind a keyboard is similar to abusing a ref from the stand.

Abusing refs is an essential part of the GAA.

[T Fearon]

Like most I suspect, I spend a lot less time on here than I used to. I suppose that is down to the fact that as the years creep by, a certain amount of maturity (yes, even in my case) creeps in, and  things that exercised you in the past seem a lot less important as one gains an ever increasing sense of perspective.

There have been some informative debates recently and these have largely rancour free, which is not a bad thing in my opinion. Although I don't post nearly as often, there wouldn't be a day goes by that I don't dp in here to see what's going on.

[ONeill]

"Although I don't post nearly as often, there wouldn't be a day goes by that I don't dp"

Hmmm.

[T Fearon]

Surely you deduced I inadvertently omitted an i in "dip"

[foxcommander]

Poor Mrs Fearon.... 

[muppet]

Surely you deduced I inadvertently omitted an i in "dip"

"dip" is definitely a word I would associate with you. 

[T Fearon]

Learn the correct spelling of definitely.

[muppet]

Learn the correct spelling of definitely.

From the man who can't spell 'dip' and inappropriately uses inverted commas.

[Orior]

Freudian dip Master Fearon?