Hello.
I have not approved several comments over the past few days (one tonight specifically was out of order and has prompted this response).
If such comments were made in, say, print journalism then they would be actionable.
In 20 years of being in print I have never cost any publciation a penny in legal fees.
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I would not dream of writing such defamatory statements.Â
A basic rule-worth reiterating-is play the ball dont play the man.
I have no problem in approving comments that take a 180 perspective on my views.
It is heartening to see a robust debate taking place between posters-this is exactly what I had hoped for when the site was comment enabled .
However please stick to the topic, debate the issue, and dont indulge in ad hominem attacks.
They will not be approved.
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I hope you have the decency to inform people that the post you speak of was not from me Phil
February 3, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Ryan
What the good folk on here should always bear in mind that, when it comes to reading or responding to the inane, deluded, loonball rants from a certain poster (no names necessary), this is the very same individual who has posted a comment regarding his beloved bnp only being interested in recruiting ‘true patriots’.
These will be the same ‘true patriots’ who revel in Holocaust denial and have close links with a certain combat 18 (and we all know how they got their name).
This individual tries to tie Ireland and the Vatican / RC church with the most tenuous links to nazism and Germany during WWII and then call this shower ‘true patriots’! At least he is up front in his sheer vitriolic idiocy.
Dear oh dear. Was your name and postcode recently part of a leaked memo that was published on a website recently? You know the one with details of certain ‘members’?
Try this site and see if you know of any closet nazis:-
http://www.localgibson.com/bnp/
Self-denial and delusion are all part of the package when it comes to re-writing history in a vain attempt to pass the buck from one’s own evil thoughts and deeds.
I have read postings on various websites which deny that Rangers FC ever had a sectarian signing policy for a huge slice of their history (1910-1989?). Instead, these rabid delusional loonies actually state that Catholics were either too bigoted to sign for Rangers, or were too scared of the reaction of there own communities if they did! I ain’t making this up and have seen this ‘theory’ posted more than once. They are also usually the same slime who claim that Celtic were started with the sole intention of stopping integration of (Irish) Catholics with the ‘natives’! As if this wasn’t enough of a problem at the time anyway! (No Irish, No Dogs signs anyone?)
The old mantra of ‘keep repeating this to yourself and you will eventually believe it to be true’ is completely relevant when it comes to idiotic revisionism that a small minority of internet jellyheads have been indulging in over the past couple of years. The sort who will joyfully slander dead people who have no obvious comeback.
I wish this to be posted on all, or most, of Phil’s blogs for all to read if the house rules do not forbid it.
February 2, 2009 at 8:46 am