In my opinion (for what it's worth) I think there are two points need raising here.
Point One - I for one value freedom of speech on this forum, and whilst I don't enjoy reading people being purposely controversial and kicking up hell because they know the response it will achieve, I do think it's important for people to be able to say exactly what they think in an appropriate way - and that includes negative things about Meat and his work.
Neil was right to point out what "bullying" actually means, because I do think that anything negative about Meat is perceived as "bullying", because as a fan site nothing negative should be said. IMO a fan discussion forum is exactly that, a place for fans to discuss and to debate. What this place has never been (and I hope to God it never will be) is somewhere where Meat is up high on his throne and everyone worships and agrees with every word that comes out of the guy's mouth. People just need to be a lot more respectful in their posting.
Point Two - I think some people would do well to remember the original premise behind MLUKFC, which is "Run By The Fans, For The Fans". The moderators on this forum are mods on a voluntary basis, and they do it so that if on occassion the odd nutter turns up there's people on hand to deal with it and remove anything offensive. The mods are fans like everyone else and I think the amount of time - the amount of their spare time I might add - that has to be spent dealing with some of the rude, inconsiderate crap that appears on here is ludicrous.
There would be far fewer problems on this board if everyone just applied a little more thought.
Rant over.
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