IrishRover wrote:philipchevron wrote:Oirish, as I understand it, Craig's post was deleted because it contained physical threats of violence, which it did, I saw it before it was deleted. This is a judgment Craig appears to have accepted.
Philip, oi haven't even read Craig's post, what oi've saoid last was regardoin' the threat oi receoived oin me oinboix and me oiwn post beeoin' deleted; that post doidn't cointaoin any threats whatsoiver, oi never ever threatened anyoine oin any sense, let aloine to send vioilence threats, oim noit that koind of persoin; oi oinly used oine soingle woird(tois' to be foiund oin Shane's lyroics, under letter w...., and tois' to be foiund oin every decent doictoinary), to descroibe an excuse foir cheap human beeoing, as oi was deleted froim Shane foira, oinly, oinly cause of the way oi wroite, cause oi put O & I toigether.. oi mean, oif Behan were aloive oir anyoine else woith sense foir exoitoic ways of puttoin' engloish woirds and phrases toigether, woiuld we all get banned ? thats noit the reasoin why oim here, oim here cause of the musoic, cause of ye Philip, cause of Shane, Darryl and all Pogues, cause of few but essentoial peoiple who are me froiends here, but noit foir any of the oithers ! oi woish all the oithers woiuld soimply leave me, thois thread and gooid peoiple oi love aloine.
Understood. However, I have known Ingrid personally (as has Shane) for over twenty years and I do think your insult went beyond the bounds of acceptability. Just because a word is in the dictionary does not in itself excuse its indiscriminate use. Moreover, to use it in conjunction with the person's nationality/ethnicity raises the attack onto a whole other level, otherwise, why bother doing so? Words can be our friends, but they can also be used as weapons, which rarely sets them in their most glorious light.
It may surprise you to learn that Ingrid has been one of Shane's greatest champions for a long time, and that she actually co-ran the original Pogues international fan club many years ago, even splitting away from the Pogues when Shane departed the band in 1991, in a gesture of solidarity with him that I always felt was misplaced but for which I have nevertheless always admired her.
