Sheddy you should give it a try.
There's more to football than just football you know - ask dammie.
He's managed to show bits of interest here and there during the match with comments such as:
"Oooh I like hisboots - the pastel blue ones"
"Baby, why has he just fell on the floor and rolled over?"
"He's crap. I think they should send him off and let the guy who looks like he's dead have a go".
"Aren't they supposed to help them if they're hurt. Why is the man in black making the injured guy move so the other one can kick the ball?"
So you see you might just find something to entertain you.
Les you've made some good points.
If people struggle with spelling, even if they use a spell checker it's not going to correct a "they're" "there" "their" error.
I think there have been some valid points made in this thread, but there is a difference between laziness and the other issues.
If I receive a badly written pm, or see a post in the forum, I don't bother about the spelling - it's the sentiment that counts.
Sometimes it's obvious if someone has difficulties or if English isn't their first language and we need to be mindful of this.
However text speak I do find lazy and it's difficult to read and lazy pms where they say "Like your ad" and I don't even have one - well that just gets deleted because I don't think there's a genuine explanation for that.
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Some of my favourite threads are the ones which provoke thought and I'm more than happy if my opinions are changed somewhat through the course of debate.
To me that's one of the things that makes a good forum - the exchange and debate of differing opinions.
Bullying is a malicious activity whereby an individual is specifically and intentionally singled out.
To disagree with someone or challenge their opinions is not bullying.
The whole "smashy & nicey" approach just doesn't cut it for me - I have no respect for sycophants.