Don't think he's a racist and didn't see the thread but I think you may find that he was referring to people from this place near Aberdeen with a bit of word play.
I'd have very little problem with one of my mates using THAT WORD down the pub, in the context used by druidh – just a daft wee comment. But doing it on a public forum? Not surprised he's gone….
according to TJ (just read the other thread) he's admitted it was him, no account hacked, so no defence really, i'm shocked though, apart from his slagging of charity bike races in the summer i thought he was an ok guy, maybe it was a joke gone wrong?
So you don't mind the word being used in public but not on the internet?
doesn't matter what anyone thinks on here except for Mark and he said there were no complaints, Mark pays the bill and bans who he wants, end of story
anyway dangerous i thought you were against this sort of thing? dangerousbeans – Member
I object strongly to the use of the word 'moron' or 'moronic' as used by a mod in another thread (also other derogatory terms involving people with learning disabilities – the few who know me will know why).
As it actually denoted a category of learning disability and was widely used as a categorisation for eugenics I feel it is unacceptable to be used to deride or describe others.
Those using it in such a fashion are being derogatory to those with learning disabilities, and making their condition an insult towards others
From dangerousbeans link the mods have got it wrong as you can't be banned if the area is named that, although obviously the mods are not going to know every place name.
If I referred to the rather better known river niger in the west of Africa should I be banned.
Surely a temporary ban. Didn't see the thread but Druidh adds to the forum and comes across as a steady lad. A (badly) misjudged joke isn't the end of the world.
what i would like to know is which one of the moderators decides on bannings and whether or not a post which is a obvious joke is racist.
can someone enlighten me on this please.
That's what annoys me is when blacks use this word in their songs or call each other it than get the arse ache when a white person says it. I don't use it as imo it is a derogatory word, even Samuel L Jackson in an interview even said something similar.
I would have just google'd cromarty ferry, I think it was a fair pull by the mods. I'm not really sure it's about deciding if druidh is or isn't racist, the thread needed to go. Regardless of context, it wasn't the best way to title the thread, I don't think there will be much lost sleep about it.
druidh has a great sense of humour(more than can be said about some on here) and knew exactly what he was doing.
There is no way on this earth he is a racist, and anyone who thinks he is needs to take a serious look at themselves.
AND it's hardly a great hardship to be banned from this place for a few days.
He took the risk he paid the price.
Yep, he lives on the edge!! 😉
What a load of bollox!!!
he had the opportunity to change it when he saw the initial reaction and chose not to.
it was done to provoke a reaction and it has acheived it's aim.
If nothing else, fropm Marks perspective google and other search engines tend to get a bit funny about sites with that kind of term in their pages – the whole site can get classed as unsafe.
If nothing else, fropm Marks perspective google and other search engines tend to get a bit funny about sites with that kind of term in their pages – the whole site can get classed as unsafe.
I don't think that's the issue here
If you search for that word here it gets quite a few hits
