People, we are fast getting to the point that even if the hosting company dont shut us down we will implode and kill off this forum anyway
I think we all need to take a step back from the edge here cos this in-house fighting aint good. To be honest I can see both points of view - when I joined it seemed like Gus, Rebel, Chunky. DBGooner, IHH, Tony Saunders, Spuddy & Wayno(sorry if I've left anyone out
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) were the "in guys" and the craic was brilliant and the debates were deadly serious too. However things have changed a hell of a lot in the last 6 months or so as some of the older members have drifted away and have been replaced by newer members who have in turn taken on the dominant roles on this forum thus changing the direction or dynamics in the process. Opinions on whether these changes have been for the better will probably vary but most of us "older guys" will probably see it as a negative.
It should be remembered that it was only a few weeks ago many of us on here were complaining about the amount of bullshit and trolls that were on here and the call for more mods seemed to be unanimous. When two of the new mods (did I say traitors ?
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) are two of the guys that we used to have the most craic with on here (rebel and spuddy) then you do worry that for us "commoners" there will be less like minded members to have the craic and banter with
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I dont know if the forum is being policed any differently now than what it was though and I hope that wont change.
I would also like to say that I too am firmly in the anti pc brigade up to a certain point anyway. I agree that with freedom comes responsibilities but I dont believe that we have abused that with the exception of one or two things that went a bit far maybe. I think the whole incident that caused this site to be shut down before still hangs over us like a dark cloud cos you are always reminded that one persons vindictiveness combined with mis-information could see us shut down again in the blink of an eye even though we had done nothing wrong.
Can I just finish up by appealling to Gus and Wayno not to jump ship on us ? I have always enjoyed the craic with you guys and have found myself shoulder to shoulder with Gus on many occasions as we fought the good realism fight against those nasty rose tinted (but clearly dilusional) crew
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This place has already lost many good members and could do without losing two more so can I say that if ye care enough to get angry at some things going on here then this forum obviously means a lot to you guys and if so why not stick around and help the rest of us to get it back on track cos it is far easier to change things from the inside than from the outside