Zach wrote:Zach - this is exactly why a lot of people on this forum don't want you here and don't take any notice of your posts.
Wow it took you a week to realise you have been offended!
If Welsh was a grown up and vibrant language my in-jest comments wouldn't even have been noticed.
The reaction to the BBC Newsnight Welsh Language piece just sums up all that's wrong in Wales.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0917h3x/newsnight-09082017#Watch it (26:00 in), nothing controversial at all, I wondered what all the fuss was about.
Having fought to have Welsh language TV and Radio, now its here and 30 years on no one watches or listens to it, the next plan is to introduce it into other channels.
When the figures for the numbers who use the Welsh language call centre options were released and were pitifully low <<10% The response was to make it more prominent and force everyone to use it. I don't
Hate the Welsh language, but if people want to speak it, then let them and leave the majority to get on with our lives and Businesses.
Like it or not some of the Welsh language brigade have been a hindrance to inward investment and do have a direct relationship to developments in Cardiff. I'm not talking about those who speak it and just get on with life, those who think everyone else should be forced to use it and use it in a racist and divisive way. M&S Food Hall in Aber, JD Sports in Bangor, A concocted story every week it seems, which gives outsiders a perception of very narrow mindedness.
Like the Jeremy Corbyn social media followers it seems to come as a surprise that others hold different views.
Everyone I mix with and where I work regard the Welsh Language as nice to have but not something to spend money on or lose sleep over, a bit like Opera!
A Wales-on-line rant about the Central Station and the poor public transport in Cardiff, some good points
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business/need-better-public-transport-thousands-13462482
You are entitled to your opinion but opinions should at least be based on facts. Radio Cymru and S4C audiences are increasing, and many watch it online and through social media.
The debate on Newsnight was lame, lazy and unforgivable, not because they were discussing Welsh, but because they simply put two people on who were not qualified to discuss the topic. Do you see the difference? If it had been Meri Huws vs David Davies then that would have made an interesting programme and a healthy debate. People are right to feel incensed.
You, and Jantra, seemingly do not understand what being bilingual means, and what speaking a language actually entails. It isn't just words, it's an entire window on life and as you only speak English you will never, ever understand what it means to have your very being attacked almost constantly in the media and by individuals who should get themselves educated. Your assumptions about inward investments are unfounded. Do you think TVR and Airbus thought twice about Welsh language skills before setting up here?
I'm not going to waste my time on you any more. The moderator needs to exclude you from these forums as you are seemingly incapable of sticking to the topic and you need to either get laid or learn how to form your arguments more coherently and constructively.
And to the moderator - Paul - I'm sorry but this will be my last post and visit to this forum. Yes, I agree we should be able to get on together, but this guy is absolutely belligerent, toxic, and impervious and should be blocked.