Yes, i'm probably being a little hypocritical, is I've jumped in and out of all the threads which I've criticised above...
However... i'd like to think I've contributed to them without alluding that anybody is a moron/prick/racist/snowflake/right-wing bigot/screeching leftie/all of the above...…
I think the above topics do have their place on the forum. Various music and football forums which I am occasional members of, all have the same, and in fact they all end up the same way... squabbling and insults.
However I had always thought that those who ran on the fells were generally a good-humoured, thick-skinned bunch... It seems there are a fair amount who either...
- repeat their viewpoints ad-nauseum until everyone is sick of hearing it
- stomp off the forum because someone has dared to have an opposing viewpoint
- descend into insults
it's generally the kind of thing i'd expect to see on a foum full of people who hero-worship a bunch of over paid cheating footballers... if you measure your life by the performance of 11 strangers then you probably haven't got much else going on apart from bickering on a football forum...
but i'd have thought people who can voluntarily put themselves through the hardships on the hills, have a bit more about them and could laugh off opposing views, whatever their educational/political background...
Right... that's enough from me, i'll be back in the Today's Training thread...