That is grossly unfair Jeri
As far as I'm concerned this subject is important, it cetainly interests me.
At the present time, the whole of Ireland is celebrating what it regards to be one of the most important events in its history; the equivalent of, say, the 200th anniversary of U.S. Independence, which I can remember being celebrated in London way back, with traditional musicians and singers I was then involved with.
Whether you are interested or not, others find that subject interesting, I certainly do as those who have participated in this thread and who are also celebrating it in Ireland.
Two people have decided to use this thread to attack the Irish as a race and have gone to great lengths to do this.
There is still much to be said on the subject.
Exactly the same has happened with the same two people not too long ago when the subject was The Irish Famine.
Sure - we could walk away and leave them to it - we could do that whenever any two bully boys decide to take over any subject and drive it into the ground.
That's not the way free speech works.
I have treated this subject as responsibly as I am able - I have sought out masses of information which I believe to be relevant and put it up because I believe it to be interesting.
I have not been unreasonably rude, I don't think; I am fully aware I have been in the past, but I agreed with Joe's requests and have done my best to clean up my act.
I have no idea what your interest is in this topic or if you have any at all.
You, or anybody, is perfectly free to join in this discussion - I desperately wish somebody else would - or you are entitled to ignore it.
You are not entitled to tell me how I should or should not make my contributions unless I have overstepped the mark - I don't believe I have here.
You are certainly not entitled to suggest that I be thrown off this forum unless you believe I have broken its rules, and certainly not in the ill-mannered and hostile way you have.
You may choose to judge the merits of these arguments for yourself - other comments I have read of yours elsewhere suggest you are perfectly capable of doing so - but I will not be lumped in with a pair of trolls without comment.
This argument, as far as I am concerned, has now taken the form of crude and obvious racism against an entire people
It may not worry you, it certainly does me.
I apologies if I have expressed myself too bluntly - I now find myself far angrier than I can ever remember being on this forum, or anywhere for that matter.
I sincerely hope that the administrators of this thread do not close this thread and allow the culprits to get away with their behavour - that would be, in my opinion, the death of free speech on Mudcat.
Jim Carroll