Ulster Team Talk Thread III: Les Miserables SEE MOD WARNING POST #1924 + #2755

stephen_n · 15-01-2018 08:41AM

awec wrote: »

Took this from UAFC,.

Looks like a prop.

mfceiling · 15-01-2018 11:16AM

stephen_n wrote: »

Looks like a prop.

You spelt prick wrong.

Bazzo · 15-01-2018 07:23PM

Tommy Bowe has announced his retirement.

https://twitter.com/TommyBowe14/status/952980272710025218

thomond2006 · 15-01-2018 09:28PM

awec wrote: »

I enjoy posting on UAFC, it's a bit more open in terms of what you can and cannot say compared to here. A bit liberating.

But you also have to have fresh batteries in your bull**** filter.

Says the mod who told Les Kiss to fcuk off five times in one thread. :pac:

CIARAN_BOYLE · 15-01-2018 10:07PM

thomond2006 wrote: »

Says the mod who told Les Kiss to fcuk off five times in one thread. :pac:

They get a little extreme over in uafc.

Teferi · 15-01-2018 10:33PM

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

They get a little extreme over in uafc.

Extremism in Ulster? How unusual!

jacothelad · 15-01-2018 10:37PM

Teferi wrote: »

Extremism in Ulster? How unusual!

Yes. You certainly don't find them elsewhere in Ireland.

:D

awec · 16-01-2018 12:34AM

I just noticed John Cooney has liked a tweet that is praising the IRFU for getting rid of Pienaar.

Poor form. Not smart. Hopefully a mistake.

Neil3030 · 16-01-2018 01:01AM

mfceiling wrote: »

You spelt prick wrong.

I totally don't get what that t-shirt means, could someone explain?

16-01-2018 01:03AM

awec wrote: »

I just noticed John Cooney has liked a tweet that is praising the IRFU for getting rid of Pienaar.

Poor form. Not smart. Hopefully a mistake.

He tends to automatically like anything he's tagged in, in fairness

mfceiling · 16-01-2018 07:13AM

Neil3030 wrote: »

I totally don't get what that t-shirt means, could someone explain?

FOLK

Fùck Off Les Kiss

MJohnston · 16-01-2018 08:23AM

One of the more embarrassing and shameful things I've seen from a fandom tbh.

thomond2006 · 16-01-2018 09:50AM

Anyone who wears that shirt at Ravenhill should get an earful from those standing/sitting close by. That's juvenile.

Buer · 16-01-2018 10:05AM

thomond2006 wrote: »

Anyone who wears that shirt at Ravenhill should get an earful from those standing/sitting close by. That's juvenile.

I'd be quite happy to see them turned away at the gate. If you want to turn up and abuse someone in a premeditaded manner, you're the one that can f*ck off and do it elsewhere.

salmocab · 16-01-2018 10:09AM

awec wrote: »

Took this from UAFC,.

I can’t be the only one who sees this and immediately thinks of ‘the only gay in the village’ sketch

awec · 16-01-2018 10:12AM

thomond2006 wrote: »

Anyone who wears that shirt at Ravenhill should get an earful from those standing/sitting close by. That's juvenile.

I doubt he got any grief from anyone standing around him.

Buer wrote: »

I'd be quite happy to see them turned away at the gate. If you want to turn up and abuse someone in a premeditaded manner, you're the one that can f*ck off and do it elsewhere.

Wouldn't say so, he's entitled to his view. He wouldn't be the only one with those sentiments.

Buer · 16-01-2018 10:17AM

awec wrote: »

Wouldn't say so, he's entitled to his view. He wouldn't be the only one with those sentiments.

And Mourad Boudjellal is entitled to his comments yesterday and isn't the only one who holds them but that doesn't mean he isn't a moron for expressing them publicly and should be held to account for them.

You pay to watch a rugby match. That does not entitle you to direct abuse at someone.

prawnsambo · 16-01-2018 10:32AM

awec wrote: »

I doubt he got any grief from anyone standing around him.

Wouldn't say so, he's entitled to his view. He wouldn't be the only one with those sentiments.

The fact that those sentiments are disguised as an acronym that can be expressed as a word, shows why he wouldn't be allowed express those sentiments in their true form. So as well as being juvenile, ignorant and shameful, it's also cowardly.

16-01-2018 10:33AM

awec wrote: »

I doubt he got any grief from anyone standing around him.

Wouldn't say so, he's entitled to his view. He wouldn't be the only one with those sentiments.

Great! Next time I pick up an infraction I can set my forum signature as "fúck off [insert relevant mod]". It's just my view and I'm entitled to it. Doesn't bring down the standard of discourse at all. Certainly wouldn't reflect poorly on the rest of the forum me walking around with a forum signature intended to directly offend someone.

And for sure, whoever the mod in question, even though they may be doing their best - I don't have to give a damn about how they feel because it's just my view. And I'm entitled to it.

awec · 16-01-2018 10:36AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Great! Next time I pick up an infraction I can set my forum signature as "fúck off [insert relevant mod]". It's just my view and I'm entitled to it. Doesn't bring down the standard of discourse at all. Certainly wouldn't reflect poorly on the rest of the forum me walking around with a forum signature intended to directly offend someone.

And for sure, whoever the mod in question, even though they may be doing their best - I don't have to give a damn about how they feel because it's just my view. And I'm entitled to it.

Not on here you're not.

I think the t-shirt is a bit much, but it's hard to see how anyone gets denied entry over it.

16-01-2018 10:39AM

awec wrote: »

I think the t-shirt is a bit much, but it's hard to see how anyone gets denied entry over it.

The same way Night Clubs deny entry. By having basic standards.

CIARAN_BOYLE · 16-01-2018 10:53AM

awec wrote: »

Not on here you're not.

I think the t-shirt is a bit much, but it's hard to see how anyone gets denied entry over it.

Well the point was raised that people believe folk is not a view that should be allowed at ravenhill.

MJohnston · 16-01-2018 10:54AM

awec wrote: »

Not on here you're not.

I think the t-shirt is a bit much, but it's hard to see how anyone gets denied entry over it.

A bit much is putting it lightly. It's just pathetic is what it is. Not just the t-shirt, but the whole idea that we should be telling anyone whose greatest crime is to be not that great a manager to f<ck off.

Genuinely thought most Ulster fans would consider themselves above that kind of behaviour.

thomond2006 · 16-01-2018 11:00AM

awec wrote: »

Wouldn't say so, he's entitled to his view. He wouldn't be the only one with those sentiments.

There's entitled to one's view and there's being a dick.

Wearing a shirt telling anyone to **** off is being a dick. Bye.

MJohnston · 16-01-2018 11:00AM

It also offends my creative sensibilities while we're at it - Kiss Off is a much punnier line.

Yeah_Right · 16-01-2018 11:20AM

That tshirt is very soccerish. I always hate seeing soccer fans holding up signs or flags calling for a manager to be fired. If they want to protest outside the ground, fine but not in the stadium during a match. That's just attention seeking BS.

Buer · 16-01-2018 12:02PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Great! Next time I pick up an infraction I can set my forum signature as "fúck off [insert relevant mod]". It's just my view and I'm entitled to it. Doesn't bring down the standard of discourse at all. Certainly wouldn't reflect poorly on the rest of the forum me walking around with a forum signature intended to directly offend someone.

And for sure, whoever the mod in question, even though they may be doing their best - I don't have to give a damn about how they feel because it's just my view. And I'm entitled to it.

It's Zzippy isn't it? It's ok to tell us.

16-01-2018 12:07PM

Buer wrote: »

It's Zzippy isn't it? It's ok to tell us.

FOZz has a bit of a ring to it. FOak is probably the catchiest, FOaw sounds like the noise you make when you work in construction and a pretty lady walks by.

mangobob · 16-01-2018 03:37PM

thomond2006 wrote: »

There's entitled to one's view and there's being a dick.

Wearing a shirt telling anyone to **** off is being a dick. Bye.

I understand where you are coming from, but one is perfectly entitled to be a "dick" also. One persons dickhead is another persons straight shooter.

As it happens I disagree with his view and disapprove of the the manner in which he chooses to express it. But I support his right to do so.

Increasingly in this country we are seeing peoples right to freedom of expression being drastically curtailed or even denied when they don't hold "the right view" as determined by certain highly vocal sections of our populace and virtually our entire mainstream media who act as their mouthpieces. I would go so far as to say actual freedom of expression is a cherished myth, much vaunted when it suits the agenda and conveniently ignored when it doesn't. We have seen that demonstrated in the most stark terms recently with the disgraceful treatment of a certain public personality whose only crime was to publicly express an opinion, albeit clumsily.

All the while, opinions and views that I regard as shocking and offensive are actively and forcefully peddled in public these days, while daring to vocalise widely held commonsense views that are contrary to the currently prevailing ideology is enough to bring a tsunami of outrage and abuse upon ones head. Freedom of expression is not some hackneyed cliche to pay lip service to. You either believe in it or you don't.

As for the suggestion that people should confront individuals such as this supporter and give them an earful for having the temerity to express contrary opinions that we may find juvenile, distasteful or even obnoxious, I would respectfully suggest that that is crossing the line. Unless the people in question are actively interfering with your ability to watch or enjoy the game, folks should mind their own business and let other people mind theirs. Continue giving people you disagree with or disapprove of an earful and sooner or later you are going to end up with a faceful. The man is paying his money and giving his time to support his team and he is perfectly entitled to express his views on how that team is being managed or run.

As for prawnsambos suggestion that it was an act of cowardice to use an acronym, would you really prefer that he walked around with the full obscenity spelled out on his chest for all to see including kids? I for one think he chose the lesser of two evils...

mangobob · 16-01-2018 03:55PM

Buer wrote: »

You pay to watch a rugby match. That does not entitle you to direct abuse at someone.

Ah come on now. Anyone who has ever been to a match in almost any sport knows that "abuse" directed at players, managers and officials, both by supporters and even the players themselves, is absolutely par for the course. How often have we heard shouts of "f-off ref" from the stands? Or players calling each other every expletive under the sun? Or managers losing the plot and hurling abuse at, well, everyone?

I know we like to think rugby is a gentleman's game, but its not bloody Tiddleywinks. Emotions run high and insults and obscenities are regularly heard and tossed around in the heat of the moment. T'was ever thus. Why are we suddenly getting precious about language and decorum? When did it suddenly become a rule that fans not allowed to rant and rave and shout expletives at people?

Thats just bizarre.

Ulster Team Talk Thread III: Les Miserables SEE MOD WARNING POST #1924 + #2755

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