Bob Piper has been a Labour Councillor for the Abbey
Ward in Sandwell, West Midlands, for nine years. He is a lifelong supporter of Aston Villa Football Club and a follower of Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
The views expressed here are mine in a personal capacity, not those of the Labour Party, Sandwell MBC, Aston Villa or Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Get it! Mine... just mine!
I have always been polite on this and all other blogs - except to jailhouselawyer who I would quite happy describe as bottom-sucking murdering scum to his face...shortly before placing my fist in the middle of it for killing that helpless old lady with an axe.
I sincerely hope that there is Hell for him to rot in for all time.
Apart from him: decorum and politeness should rule at all times.
Honestly, Tories... you just couldn't invent them, could you?
There are several amusing things about this, but the funniest is Iain saying; "Surely a golden rule is that we wouldn't put in a Comment what we wouldn't say to someone's face or in a letter?"
Iain should know by now that most of the worst abuse on his website is hurled anonymously - i.e. the contributor dare not put their name to it and/or they dare not say what they're saying to the target's face (in an online sense).
And yet Iain seems strangely reluctant to restrict his readers' ability to pose as multiple contributors. Surely this can't have anything to do with him regularly touting the number of comments he receives as a clear sign of his success?
On that very subject, the comment you highlight from 'Geoff' is the sort of thing one normally expects from Verity (both in tone and subject matter). The same Verity who claims; "It doesn't bother me to insult someone to their face, so that lets me off the hook."
What a happy accident for Verity that some anonymous user should happen along, say what they're thinking, and save them the trouble of putting their (nick)name to it.
January 3, 2008 10:54 AM | permalink
There are several amusing things about this, but the funniest is Iain saying; "Surely a golden rule is that we wouldn't put in a Comment what we wouldn't say to someone's face or in a letter?"
Iain should know by now that most of the worst abuse on his website is hurled anonymously - i.e. the contributor dare not put their name to it and/or they dare not say what they're saying to the target's face (in an online sense).
And yet Iain seems strangely reluctant to restrict his readers' ability to pose as multiple contributors. Surely this can't have anything to do with him regularly touting the number of comments he receives as a clear sign of his success?
On that very subject, the comment you highlight from 'Geoff' is the sort of thing one normally expects from Verity (both in tone and subject matter). The same Verity who claims; "It doesn't bother me to insult someone to their face, so that lets me off the hook."
What a happy accident for Verity that some anonymous user should happen along, say what they're thinking, and save them the trouble of putting their (nick)name to it.