Swords: Verdict and Poll

Can't see how anyone who gets banned from an internet forum would want to come back!!

 

Those that wish to consider a permanent ban for themselves are free to do so. I can't get my head around this need to tell everybody that they're leaving or whatever. Stay or go. Just don't make a song and dance about it.

 

Did you not read the sticky at the top of the page that states not to start any threads discussing his ban.

 

Brix asked us to do a poll mate

 

Apologies just saw that

 

Guys, I have an utterly pragmatic approach to these matters.

I come on this forum to find out about football related matters relevent to my team. As soon as I see a thread that is going off on one, I just switch to a football one instead.

As to homophobia, antisemitism etc, people should simply be reminded that it is very easy to track ip addresses and, should any individual choose to complain to the authorities, then an arrest could easily follow.

Now, once again, who are we playing tonight.......?

 

Respect to Brix for opening comments

I ask that people step back take a deep breath ... You are always going to get quick comments on a forum....
It's a forum not the booker prize.
It's about personalities views and egos all with a common dominator QPR.

You are always going to get different strokes on a UK fan forum it's not North Korea . I state again that the people who have got it in for swords and have collectively seek to get him banned on occasions should be ashamed of yourselves even more than his odd wayward comments.
He has a great attribute and that is when out of order he says sorry.
That should be enough to at least make people think again when using words like troll whatever that means

Racism get a grip

Tip: fight fire with fire if provoked
Turn the other cheek

On a witch hunt?

Well you have a few on here that go completely under the radar.

Swords is a prominent energy on here that each person can face if they feel they must or they can simply Not reply.

If you don't agree on a topic comment
If you do agree on a topic comment
Otherwise No Comment works well .

Before I get hit back

I of course have posters on here I love to fight and abuse digitally as much as its your right to abuse me ... It's really no problem neither way

 

Where's the: 'Don't care there's a match tonight' option?

 

Nope you are wrong
You can go silently or you can make a song and dance about it .
You can serve a 3 year notice if required each day singing and dancing as you see fit ... You can chastise yourself with a wet fish

The point is that anything goes and so it should in my opinion

 

Off with his head!!!

 

Sorry not got the option here I would go for...If the admins say he should be ban he should be.

I basically look at a thread and if I don't like it I don't read it and I leave the rest to them, I trust them.

 

This sums up my view exactly!

 

Sorry! This one sums up my view exactly!

 

I post on here (quietly) nearly every day so I hope my opinion can carry some clout. I always try to avoid non football topics that some feel the need to get in to and I can't understand why others can't do the same. IMO censorship is never justified and rarely comes without some kind of an agenda from those clammering to close down discussion and debate (just ask one S Rushdie). Swords' input is often controversial but that is the lifeblood of a good forum and should be valued even if not agreed with. Just ignore the stuff you disapprove of - its not difficult for adults to do.

 

Swords is mostly harmless and usually fun, sometimes very good indeed in provoking thought. When he goes a little too far he is usually quick to apologise. I know though PMs that he cares about this site and individual posters on it, I would be very sad to see him go. If you don't like his style simply ignore - advice that is frequently given and usually ignored. Is it worth having your blood pressure raised by someone on a message board?

Nevertheless voted for a short ban simply for the hassle he has caused Brix and Nuts. Mine is a vengeful God.

We are going to stuff the Irons tonight.

 

All of this after I take a weekend off?

Sorry for not announcing it to the world, DT, but I couldn't think of a big enough platform to take my dive from... Still, I'm back now.

Anyway, as one of Swords' biggest targets on this board, here's my $0.02, not posted as a discussion starter, just an opinion...

1. Firstly, make no bones about it - Swords does have his targets. Everybody could be on his radar, but he has his favourites, and knows their triggers. For me, it was belittling / dismissing the impact of racist language, specifically related to the John Terry affair. It got so I couldn't make a simple comment without being slammed. and I bit, which was like pouring fuel on his fire. My bad for reacting, but as I say - he knows the triggers.

2. Swords is not, I believe, posting without thinking. I feel that the consistency he displays shows that there's quite a lot of thought going into his posts, and that his winding up of certain people is deliberate and calculated.

3. Should he be banned? I'm in two minds. Certainly I would post more on the board if he wasn't around, because there have been threads that I wanted to comment on, but have steered clear because I know what would happen if I did. And whilst we talk about the concept of a board free for all, it hasn't really worked out that way. If anyone holds back from posting for fear of being abused yet again, then there are no go areas. However, I am very aware that this works both ways. and if I'm campaigning for my personal right to post on any thread I want without the prospect of another battering from Swords (or anyone else) then I also have to stick up for his right to post there as well.

One of the things I recall most vividly from the old BBC 606 board was the rules. We all reckoned that they were too restrictive, and we all wanted the ability to control the level of wumming we received (because the BBC mods wouldn't - or couldn't - deal with it for us). We now have that ability, and we also have the opportunity to set our own board rules, so that the board runs for us. That has to include respect for all other posters, and it has to include respect for the decisions of the moderators. If they ban someone, or close / delete threads, or edit posts and issue warnings, you can be sure that it's for a bloody good reason, because none of the guys want to be spending every spare moment on the board dealing with petty squabbles and arguments between keyboard warriors.

This utopian vision of a board free for all, where anything goes, starts with us. We need to exercise the self-moderation that we've often discussed. Swords has, regrettably, shown too many times that he can't, or won't, do that. When he returns, he will have one more chance, and if he blows it, then he's gone.

I'm sure that that's the last thing he, or any of us, want. But it's down to him. I hope he takes the chance, no matter our history and what the idea of a Swords-free board feels like to those he has singled out in the past. Then we can put all this pissing into the wind away, and get on with discussing QPR.

 

Swords comes across as a good bloke IMO.
He seems to not be able to help himself sometimes though......................... maybe he has tourettes?

 

i cant vote because i have not seen what swords did this time
maybe other people should ignore him
i find him fun

 

No one wants to see anyone banned, but then nobody wants to see someone behaving in a way that would see them banned in the first place.

How many times has he been banned now? Why does he keep doing it? Is he ever going to change?

Unfortunately I can hardly ever be bothered to join in on the boards anymore, as soon as I come on it usually only takes about 30 seconds before finding a thread that has been hijacked into the swords show. Most of his banter may just be that, but when he finds pleasure in winding people up, it just means that every thread descends in to anarchy.

Life span of the average footballing thread on here isn't very long anymore, just abuse, name calling and general pointless twaddle. And it will continue while swords is around.

Sorry cant vote as I'm on my phone.

 

I find the whole notion of an Internet forum interesting in many ways. We've all arrived at this one based on a mutual love of QPR. We discuss matters with people we don't know, but might sit next to every other week. We get to know personalities of contributors, or at least, the personality that's put out there. You can chat, agree/disagree, have a laugh with people you may otherwise never cross paths with.

I, personally, like the idea of threads that go in a non QPR or football direction. Does it all have to be QPR? It seems quite natural that, after spending so much time reading other people's views on football matters, you might get round to discussing other topics. Can't see the negative in that.

I've never really understood the offence taken by some at the posts of others. This is an anonymous message board, probably used by every 'type' of person. You're going to get every type of response and you're not going to cure the world of its wrongs on here. There was a guy on Michael Mcintyre's stand up on Friday evening talking about PCness. He said what's wrong with being offended? Be offended, nothing's going to happen. I can see where he's coming from. Not that we shouldn't stick up for what we believe in, but...

Regarding Swords, he does wind people up and he has a great tactic of pleading innocent thereafter and apologising. Genuine or not, who knows. I've never been on the end of one of his rants, but if I were, I can honestly say I wouldn't care less and I wouldn't post any differently because of it. The comment about "the hooter" was probably uncalled for, but far from disgraceful. I've read much worse that's gone unpunished.

As far as I'm concerned, it's all part of life's rich pageant.