I kinda prefer that people back up their statements with copy-pastes of pertinent information - within reason. When people wage wars of nothing but copy-pastes, that's taking it too far - but that's not happening in this thread. There were too many posts here that only attacked other people and said nothing at all about the topic of discussion. I deleted a good number of those, and will continue to do so. I think it makes for a better discussion when people don't use ad hominem arguments, which is just a fancy name for a personal attack.

We don't allow personal attacks at Mudcat, but I don't think that prohibition requires moderators to review and pass judgment on every post. We're all adults here, and the assumption is that adults know how to carry on a discussion in a civil manner. Participants are expected to moderate themselves, for the most part.

I think that there is room for a wide variety of opinions about the Easter Rising. Opinions can be different without one being right and the other wrong - can't they?

-Joe Offer-