Cen wrote:Glenn wrote:I'm sorry! I promise I did (perhaps naively) make the thread with good intentions. Was (and am) genuinely interested in who people will support to represent their area. Did get some civilised replies which I'm thankful for, but a shame others clearly wanted to rise to the bait and stir up trouble and turn it into a left v right debate and sling personal attacks on topics miles away from a local council election. Not many Cardiff forums out there so I thought maybe this would be a great place to actually get some useful local insight, just a shame that a few just wanted to hijack it to push their own agenda and in the process just repel others from wanting to voice their own opinions. Such a shame that people just cannot control themselves and have a productive, respectful discussion anymore without descending into a shouting match.
And yes, this otherwise a fantastic forum! Just a shame a small but loud minority have to embarrass themselves and the forum as a whole. If you want to lock the thread now I completely understand, pretty sure anyone wanting to voice their opinion has been turned off by now and I wouldn't want to be responsible for anyone thinking poorly of this forum.
I apologise if you or anyone else thinks I've embarrassed myself. I was sticking up for a valued member of the forum. I wasn't intending to make it a right v left debate as I am neither. Hence the lack of comment on the topic.
I've made my feelings known about the vitriol before, so I suppose I'd just had enough of people thinking they are better than everyone else and resorting to personal attacks. If sticking up for a forum member counts as embarrassing myself then I can only apologise. I'd like to think my contribution to the forum is worth more than this one event.
I appreciate your thought Cen, honestly! I didn't respond myself as I didn't want to dignify such comments with a response.
In the past I may have used colourful language to describe neighbouring cities (which some people may have found offensive), but I don't believe that I've intentionally insulted any individual, nor have I launched into a vitriolic attack against any individual on this forum. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and it's great to debate issues. But I was brought up to believe that once you resort to insults you've lost your argument and your credibility.
With that in mind, I for one won't be responding to any further nonsense either. Quite frankly, I've got better things to do with my time!