Let's Talk About Bullying.

to be fair i have no idea what he actually said

could anyone illumainate me?

“Illuminayt” surely?

I’m sure this was closed a minute ago?

He had a bit of a drunken rant at a lot of people, quite a lot was well OTT and generally directed at one person.
Nothing really to see.

kimbers – Member

to be fair i have no idea what he actually said

could anyone illumainate me?

Here’s an example from memory of what he said about me on twitter.

‘Oh that thick as pigshit King**** has popped up now the ugly ****, been at my neck for ages what a ****’

funny that, i once has someone say nasty things about me on here too…… 🙄

I saw that one 😆
Later posted that he’d been drunk the night before. Wouldn’t hold up in court mate!

kingtut thats quite nasty! but just looks silly in the cold light of day

ultimately the only person that suffers from it is fred himself because he looks like a fool.

I’m not offended by it ton, I just find the level of venom astounding as I really had very little to do with him on here although when I did I made it clear what I thought of him.

I just guess he got really upset that I thanked Mark for banning him.

neither did i with you mate……. 😆

Never said I was whiter than white ton, anyway as I recall that was bout the (I’m sure you will agree) crazy amount of bikes you were buying.

But that is a long time ago now.

some people drink, some do drugs, some buy bikes…….we all have our vices or problems.
nasty piss taking does little to help tho.

Very true.

I just guess he got really upset that I thanked Mark for banning him.

Yeah, so explain to us exactly why you felt the need to do that then will you?

From where I’m sat it looked both sycophantic and deliberately insulting to Fred. Do feel free to correct me if I’m wrong but I bet I’m not. On that basis, considering he couldn’t respond directly, I’m not surprised you got slated. Are you? Really?

Later posted that he’d been drunk the night before. Wouldn’t hold up in court mate!

Ah, the old “I was drunk” defence. Riiiiiiiiight.

From where I’m sat it looked both sycophantic and deliberately insulting to Fred

Quite possibly, not so much the insulting part as I would have put more effort in to it, perhaps I should take lessons from Fred.

However I was genuinely pleased that he was banned, there are many that agree and many that do not, such is life.

BTW I was not surprised at all, no love lost there.

From where I’m sat it looked both sycophantic and deliberately insulting to Fred.

And Fred has never been insulting?

Do feel free to correct me if I’m wrong but I bet I’m not. On that basis, considering he couldn’t respond directly, I’m not surprised you got slated. Are you? Really?

Slated? slated?

Oh that thick as pigshit King**** has popped up now the ugly ****, been at my neck for ages what a ****’

KINGTUT – Member
From where I’m sat it looked both sycophantic and deliberately insulting to Fred
Quite possibly, not so much the insulting part as I would have put more effort in to it, perhaps I should take lessons from Fred.

Well, for a start, you need more of this: 😯 😯 😯

And… 🙄 also 😆 😆

and so on.

anyway you’re all a bunch of wrongheaded ****s. 😀

Perhaps slated is an understatement 😉

Slaughtered perhaps? I dunno.

Either way I can’t abide people bumping their gums about someone when their conduct had been a bit crap as well. Nothing worse than an arse licker in my opinion.

Oh and 😯 😆 🙄

Ah well.

I don’t see a lot of arse-licking going on. What would anyone actually gain (or hope to gain) by that?

I think most people thanked Mark as they were actually grateful that a considerable irritation had been removed. While we are on that subject – Mark appears to be the subject of all the vitriol but I am sure this was discussed at great length by the owners and Mods well before any final decision was taken.

Is sycophantic the latest trendy buzzword? It’s popped up a million times in this thread!

Let’s dispense with sychophantic then. It’s a bit wet to queue up on a thread where someone’s been canned to thank the owner isn’t it?

Wet is better

Wet

It’s not a crime and I really don’t care either way but if we’re ruminating on the issue let’s cover the topic. Just for balance.

Let’s dispense with sychophantic then. It’s a bit wet to queue up on a thread where someone’s been canned to thank the owner isn’t it?

I didn’t queue, I was the first as I was already reading the thread.

Nothing worse than an arse licker in my opinion.

You ass licking to elf to avoid the shitty e-mails some of us have endured or are you just saying what you think like other people who happen to disagree with you?
FWIW I would not have banned him but i could not see what he was hoping to add to that thread nor what the point of his contribution was on it.
He does seem to disappear up his own rear eventually when he returns as if he believes his own hype and it never ends well.
Insightful , wise but he really cannot be surprised he annoyed folk on here.
He will return we all know this

How’s about Moist?
Such a lovely word….
Moist.

Damp is good

I like ‘fecund’.

You ass licking to elf to avoid the shitty e-mails some of us have endured or are you just saying what you think like other people who happen to disagree with you?

Huh? No-ones emailed me and I don’t think I’d read anything even if they did. I consider myself a neutral Junkyard, nothing more. The hypocrisy of others amuses me, that’s all. And their moistness.

😀

I like moist too.

And gusset.

As for a moist gus…

Better not go there.

Not going (or getting) there is the problem for a lot of people on here !

That was me being sensitive.

Oh god, I have proved myself less sensitive than Mr Woppit.

Seriously though, I have a newfound respect for several posters on this thread (including you Woppit) because of their attitude towards this whole sorry saga.

And as others have said, bullying is completely the wrong word here.

The person we are talking about was IMO both deeply unhappy and deeply unpleasant (as evidenced by this shameful Twitter business) and I don’t mind going on record to applaud Singletrack for banning him and to urge them to make it a real lifetime ban.

Call that arselicking if you want, but I want my voice heard just a tiny bit as much as his voice was heard on here – and I suspect there are many who feel the same and don’t want to get involved in a “debate” about it with the usual suspects.

To get back to “bullying”, why do those of you bandying this word around suppose that the individuals that have apparently been “bullied off” the forum all happen to have been behaving like arseholes?

If somebody strops off with their tail between their legs after being taken down a peg or two, is that really bullying? I don’t think so.

Elf brings a lot to this forum. From what I’m told it seems to me a personal vendetta, nice one Mark.

I like Elf. Nice fella in real life, and I’ve never had a problem with him on here, other than his Lundaynisms.

As I didn’t see what he said or did, there’s no real way for me to assess just how offensive he was. All I’d say is this: he’s got a different perspective to a lot of the voices here, which I think is worth preserving.

Give him a ban, fair enough, but don’t make it permanent.

From what I’m told it seems to me a personal vendetta

Eh?

It’s Marks forum.
It’s part of a business.
Elf has been banned at least 4 times and allowed back under sufferance, and from yesterday it appears that there was an ongoing conversation regarding his behaviour on the forum, which it appears he has not heeded.

I was OK with him, until recently, when he insisted on popping up in the middle of whatever thread and using it to boost his own ego; he was told to jeff off by me and a number of others because of this.

His profile said it all; Not Very Well.

Give him a ban, fair enough, but don’t make it permanent.

think he burnt those bridges last night 😀

My views and Mr Elf’s are poles apart and for that reason I opted not to argue with him.

Not my cup of tea and sure I’m not his, have to accept that in life there are just people you don’t get on with and never would

Not pleased or displeased he has been banned, but some of you who are now saying good riddance did fan the flames at times and I’m assuming enjoyed the sport

Things move on and will all soon be forgotten, bit like people who think their employer and colleagues couldn’t cope without them, oh yes they can