Double standards that annoy you

[sligoman]

He( as in anyone ) is an Ulsterman/British when doing well, but he is Irish when doing bad.

But isn't he from Dublin so how can he be even classed as being from Ulster, never mind Britain?

[stann]

Stann, i have done nothing to any slaves or black people or anyone else, some people cant keep using that excuse for their "behaviour".

I didn't say you did. In fact if you read my post again I explicitly said my comments were not in response to yours.
I said that it just sounded like rudeness to me. If you think that rudeness had a racial element to it then you should report it, otherwise they'll keep doing it.

[paul_oshea]

I didn't say you did. In fact if you read my post again I explicitly said my comments were not in response to yours.
I said that it just sounded like rudeness to me. If you think that rudeness had a racial element to it then you should report it, otherwise they'll keep doing it.

Stann, No I know you werent refering to me, but I was just making a point though in general.

But isn't he from Dublin so how can he be even classed as being from Ulster, never mind Britain?

sccchhhhligoman, I meant he as in anyone from ulster not padraig harrington, its a pity nothing good came out of Donegal that they could latch onto!!!!
In the article they never actually say britishman padraig, but it was a paragraph in a box caption, and the one right below it said the above, therefore directly infering that Padraig was British do you get what I am saying?

[Lim till i die]

Specious agrument. We're talking about races here, not individuals.

Does it really kill you not to be able to use a word? Use a different one. How hard is that?
Would you like being called 'Mick' or 'bogtrotter' all the time by British bulldog combat 18 types? Or would you say, well they can't mean me cos my name's not Michael and I've never even been in a bog?

This on the otherhand is a brilliantly well thought out piece of argument

My point is (are you ready now) that you either believe in free speech or you don't

You can't pick and choose IMO

If someone wants to prove how stupid they are by calling someone a ****** they should be allowed in a free society. Would it really bother a coloured person that much to be insulted by someone of such a low calibre

Still, at least I'm not being called a racist in this thread

[jebus]

Still, at least I'm not being called a racist in this thread

****ing bigot

[Lim till i die]

****ing bigot

When I saw the link in Dodges post I kept expecting the Emmanuel Whatyoumaycallit thread to be dug up

What a crazy afternoon that was

[stann]

My point is (are you ready now) that you either believe in free speech or you don't
You can't pick and choose IMO
If someone wants to prove how stupid they are by calling someone a ****** they should be allowed in a free society. Would it really bother a coloured person that much to be insulted by someone of such a low calibre

I believe in free speech myself, any rational person would. The thing is that most people are happy not to say certain things that cause offense. They might feel that they can if they want to, but they choose not to. I really can't see what's wrong with that.
The answer to your last question is yes, it would.
People going around saying racially distasteful things might well have the effect of proving how stupid they are, but it would have the much more immediate effects of insulting whole rafts of people and inciting hatred. The right to free speech has serious responsibilities that come with it.