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by NatHHH, Leicester
Wednesday, March 24 2010, 3:08PM
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by NatHHH3, Leicester
Wednesday, March 24 2010, 3:07PM
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by M, leicester
Tuesday, March 23 2010, 9:27PM
“About time guys =0) well done for listening to your readers.”
by Tony Church, Western Park
Tuesday, March 23 2010, 8:46AM
“A sensible advance.”
by John, Leicester
Monday, March 22 2010, 7:01PM
“At least we can now comment on stories that appear in Saturdays edition of the paper.”
by capedcrusader, leicester
Monday, March 22 2010, 5:55PM
“i do hope this stops all the nonsense comments on here that are completely off topic”
by Ned, Leicester
Monday, March 22 2010, 5:35PM
“<<>>
Encourage? Oh, come on, bigot baiting is my second favourite past-time...”
by martin, le3
Monday, March 22 2010, 5:25PM
“I dont see whats especially "PC" about the quotations given. Lets try it out shall we - I dont agree with any of these statements, but I know many people do:
"Some people have the opinion that females are inferior to males."
"Some people have the opinion that homosexuality is abnormal. "
"Some people have the opinion that race is a factor in intelligence. "
So thats three very "un-PC" statements, that see if my post gets removed?
It concerns me what a "false" comment might be - if its someones opinion thats honestly held, then how can it be false? It might be irrational, ill-based, idiotic or illiterate - but it can still be their honestly held opinion.”
by Fiona, Coalville
Monday, March 22 2010, 5:07PM
“x”
by Daniel, Leicester
Monday, March 22 2010, 4:17PM
“Just looking at the house rules:-
You must not make or encourage comments which are:
* defamatory, false or misleading;
* insulting, threatening or abusive;
* obscene or of a sexual nature;
* offensive, racist, sexist, homophobic or discriminatory against any religions or other groups
If you enforced this then no-one would have an opinion on anything! and if they did it wouldnt stay on the comments page.
Freedom of speech!, i'm not so sure. It seems you can only post something if its politically correct but what if you dont actually believe in the ridiculous P.C world we live in are you less of a human who shouldn't be allowed to have your say. The L.M is clearly stating 'have an opinion as long as no one else disagrees with it, or happens to find it offensive' well I am sorry but so what if someone happens to find a post offensive thats their business, isn't the whole point of having your opinion known is that its YOUR opinion.”