Roger's History

[saffron sam2]

I agree with Roger. The nature of such threads adds little (if anything) to the board.

[lynchbhoy]

I'd be careful here and let sleeping dogs lie....
Didn't the Daddy Mod shut down the Southern Irish thread an hour or so ago and said he'd go bananas if anyone started up a  new thread to continue with the same kind of shite squabbling discussion?

added to the fact that these people just wont accept reality !
Rossfan - yer wasting your time!

I left it after about five pages but having just read the last 2 pages I'd say the mod did you a favour. Call it a discussion board 8 count.

while it was annoying, and I'd say painful to read I wouldnt have thought it was too bad apart from being cringeworthy for deliberate lack of understanding by some - but you say it was against rule 8 ? Surely would have been rule 9 but recently these things have been allowed on other threads !?

SS2 - this kind of thing is mentioned yet passed over on multiple occasion while worse aspects of the past are routinely discussed , I'd agree with carribear though - plus the poster in the thread title did ask that a 'seperate' thread be started to discuss this so I presume rossfan has done the needful, but I see that the reverse gear is in full use already....

[Tony Baloney]

I agree with Roger. The nature of such threads adds little (if anything) to the board.

They just become 30 pages of I'm right, you're wrong which is futile. However like buses there will be another one along in a minute!

[lynchbhoy]

I agree with Roger. The nature of such threads adds little (if anything) to the board.

They just become 30 pages of I'm right, you're wrong which is futile. However like buses there will be another one along in a minute!

true enough

[Roger]

the poster in the thread title did ask that a 'seperate' thread be started to discuss this so I presume rossfan has done the needful

That was before gaaboard's intervention.

but I see that the reverse gear is in full use already....

I await gaaboard's clarification, however it's the immaturity behind the thread title and comments like this of your's that make discussions deteriorate rapidly.

[lynchbhoy]

the poster in the thread title did ask that a 'seperate' thread be started to discuss this so I presume rossfan has done the needful

That was before gaaboard's intervention.

but I see that the reverse gear is in full use already....

I await gaaboard's clarification, however it's the immaturity behind the thread title and comments like this of your's that make discussions deteriorate rapidly.

with all the other stuff that is brought up on here (death, killing, various non pc items), how would any topic be off the radar in terms of being eligible for debateespecially one of actual history?
OK as Tony B points out, its most likely going to end up an 'I'm right, you are wrong' type of discussion, but I would hope that people wont hide behind the facade of what you are saying above to not finally create a debate on this as its been skirted around by 'some' for as long as I can remember.
You , if you recall, asked for this to be started in a seperate topic, so the floor is open to you....

[passedit]

I agree with Roger. The nature of such threads adds little (if anything) to the board.

Generally i'd agree however I'd be most interested in fred the Red's response to the question put him.

Oh rite. I put him on my ignore list, i dont get to see any of his posts.

How do you do that, I only thought it was for PMs

Now that would greatly enhance my reading of these boards.

[Main Street]

The thread title is immature and too personal.
Roger has his opinions but afair he expresses them rationally and within the boundaries of board rules.
The thread title is not appropriate, more of a písstake and if  I were Roger, by the grace of God I would avoid getting involved.

[Tony Baloney]

the poster in the thread title did ask that a 'seperate' thread be started to discuss this so I presume rossfan has done the needful

That was before gaaboard's intervention.

but I see that the reverse gear is in full use already....

I await gaaboard's clarification, however it's the immaturity behind the thread title and comments like this of your's that make discussions deteriorate rapidly.

with all the other stuff that is brought up on here (death, killing, various non pc items), how would any topic be off the radar in terms of being eligible for debateespecially one of actual history?
OK as Tony B points out, its most likely going to end up an 'I'm right, you are wrong' type of discussion, but I would hope that people wont hide behind the facade of what you are saying above to not finally create a debate on this as its been skirted around by 'some' for as long as I can remember.
You , if you recall, asked for this to be started in a seperate topic, so the floor is open to you....

But LB what I saw on the 2 pages I read wasn't history. It was your opinion that the ra were ideologues whereas the counter argument was that they were a murderous band of criminals. That's opinion not history. I didn't read the other pages so I can't comment but I'm all for a bit of history on the board. The wife studied irish history at university and now teaches it so I've shown no interest in it for ten years!

[Zapatista]

Roger is History? Did he get banned?

[Roger]

Roger is History? Did he get banned?

Not yet.

[playwiththewind1st]

Why was it locked? A few people having a discussion about what they like to discuss, on a discussion board.

What next? The Antrim Club Football thread will be locked because the mod isn't from Antrim and doesn't want to read about Antrim Club Football?

It should be locked - but solely on the grounds of the standard of the football.

[lynchbhoy]

the poster in the thread title did ask that a 'seperate' thread be started to discuss this so I presume rossfan has done the needful

That was before gaaboard's intervention.

but I see that the reverse gear is in full use already....

I await gaaboard's clarification, however it's the immaturity behind the thread title and comments like this of your's that make discussions deteriorate rapidly.

with all the other stuff that is brought up on here (death, killing, various non pc items), how would any topic be off the radar in terms of being eligible for debateespecially one of actual history?
OK as Tony B points out, its most likely going to end up an 'I'm right, you are wrong' type of discussion, but I would hope that people wont hide behind the facade of what you are saying above to not finally create a debate on this as its been skirted around by 'some' for as long as I can remember.
You , if you recall, asked for this to be started in a seperate topic, so the floor is open to you....

But LB what I saw on the 2 pages I read wasn't history. It was your opinion that the ra were ideologues whereas the counter argument was that they were a murderous band of criminals. That's opinion not history. I didn't read the other pages so I can't comment but I'm all for a bit of history on the board. The wife studied irish history at university and now teaches it so I've shown no interest in it for ten years!

thats a fairly good and accurate depiction alright !
naw Tony,
I wasnt saying that that prev thread was 'historic' in its content, I was saying that we 'could' have a thread that actually discusses the historic element, though I think we would all find it unlikely that it would avoid falling into the same old downward spiral though

[lynchbhoy]

Why was it locked? A few people having a discussion about what they like to discuss, on a discussion board.

What next? The Antrim Club Football thread will be locked because the mod isn't from Antrim and doesn't want to read about Antrim Club Football?

It should be locked - but solely on the grounds of the standard of the football.

are you talking about the prev history of Antrim football or the current standard under new and 'all improved ' management?

[playwiththewind1st]

You could probably get away with ignoring most of the last 50 years or so.