I quite like The Celtic Blog, although I think it could be less Rangerscentric. We are not defined by that shower! In addition, there are a huge number of dafties making comments that are absolutely shite, and that's just the ones I can follow. I no longer read the comments because of the semiliterate bollock spouted there. Just an embarrassment as far as I'm concerned. In addition, I just don't understand most of it. Some basic rules of punctuation required to make them sound less like imbeciles would be much appreciated. Maybe they've got some excellent points, but they're lost amid that moronic chaos on view.
I have Lurked on all the Celtic blogs to a certain extent, but this is the first blog that I have ever signed up to. Correct me if I'm wrong Maria and Shammy, but I believe the two of you were victims of sexist remarks from posters on Cblog, I haven't read anything on Celtic Noise like that, and if I did and they weren't punted within 5 mins I would be signing off for good.
The women on Celtic Noise are equally as important as the men, and make contributions that are as valid as any men on the blog, thankfully the posters on the Noise are as far as I can see, the salt of the earth, and accept all no matter what gender, religion or race as real Celtic supporters should be.♡
Robby, I stand guilty as charged of being one of those dafties that used the Celtic Blog to attack folk who attacked good people that I regard as friends (and to be honest, I still do periodically).
I barely comment on the articles themselves now, as I feel it is only fair for the genuine contributors to have their say without getting drawn into my nonsense debates with a wee odious troll who has nothing positive to say and who has a nasty inclination towards being particularly dickish to two of our female stalwarts (I'll refer you to Shamrock's previous post on this subject).
I won't apologise to that non-entity (emphasis on the tit), but I am due an apology to decent Celtic fans on that particular platform who have their opinions undermined by personal spats.
I'll also apologise to James Forrest, David, and the other writers for detracting from the main points of the articles. It's also worthy of note that the mods have done a really good job of editing the particularly nasty comments left by hun trolls and rather insane conspiracy theorists.
We have our fair share of disagreements and general wackiness on The Celtic Noise, but I feel that we mostly have the ability to make up and get over any issues we may have with each other. There will be some misunderstandings whilst we get to each others idiosyncrasies, but there are none of the regular contributors who I feel have any other agendas or ulterior motives.
I hope this platform continues to grow and it would be a welcome boost if some of the other two thousand or so members would like to add their thoughts on all matters.
As Benignus pointed out, it may be that many just like to read and digest the comments; however - as he has emphasised himself by being an extremely valued contributor with many excellent points and opinions, it may be the case that those members who don't feel they have anything relevant to say are hiding their own lights under a bushel.
On a personal note, I'm still prone to a bout of the dafties every now and then, but it's good to know that you fine folk will pop my balloon when I'm desperately trying to locate my plot.
HH