I have thought long and hard before responding here. Normally I would have just walked away.
Then I was threatened with physical violence in a most insidious manner. I can't just walk away and give an impression that the threat worked.
Threats of physical violence are not something I have had directed at me in the 23 years that I have been using social media.
I have not even had so much as a warning over on the SMB.
On this forum I had a spat with one member, but there were no exchanges consisting purely of insults. In that case we both stayed on subject. I acknowledged my erroneous supposition and offered my sincere apologies, which were accepted with the utmost grace.
Should I do similar in this case? My answer this time is 'No, not entirely.'
I apologise unreservedly for the insults that I traded.
I will not apologise for maintaining that a viewer does not need experience of making a programme in order to criticise programmes. Nor do I apologise for repeatedly asking whether a fan has to have experience running a football club in order to criticise the running of the club. These two issues are both related to the original post of the fan video of fans criticising the actions of the owner of SAFC and such expertise was the root accusation levelled at me.
Finally coming back the threat of violence.
I've traded punches when playing rugby, but never flinched. However, that was part and parcel of being a forward and you could see it coming.
That isn't what I was threatened with though, but being jumped out of the blue by an unknown assailant.
I have registered this on-line threat with my local police force, but asked them not to take any action as this is just an insurance against finding myself in receipt of a 'para greeting card'.
I shouldn't have had to do this and wouldn't have were it not for the follow up statement that he dealt in facts not threats - made to someone who stood up and said that threats had no place on this forum.
I ask now for an apology for the threat.[/QUOT
Hoi Billy Liar some facts, i was civil to you for 6 replies whilst you were trying to derail the thread. i only responded with insults after you called me a dick. you never apologised to me so it must have been to the mods.as you say you won't apologise for your actions, but have sucked up to the mods because that's the type of creep you are,it been days now but you just can't leave it alone and your back, trying your internet bullying to get me to comply to your will. go **** yourself.
Since joining this site in Sept 2019 you have started 1 thread to creep around Smug, and the most post you have made have been in this thread strange.I will not be push around by a two faced cretin who refuses to allow things to drop no matter how many times he is told,so you do what you know was your plan all along but try and butter it over and put the blame on me so your peers on here may believe your lies, then force me into reciprocation.