kshammer wrote:Whitters wrote:I've been ignoring this thread because I've no interest in a "standing contingent appeal", assuming it was some sort of appeal for my money.
But the fact that it's reached 8 pages has intrigued me.
Reading the first couple of pages has also shocked me.
This, my dear boys and girls, is a micro picture of what is wrong with society today.
There are people who are happy and in fact demand to break rules and laws.
Some of those who are happy to do that are people who have posted here as seemingly respectable and law-abiding people.
You get the country you deserve so don't be upset or surprised when people ignore rules and laws and it at some stage impacts you or your loved ones.
In fact I hope that happens so something might register.
When you get litter in the streets, graffitti and tagging everywhere and urine in the buses and trains and town centre you're getting what you deserve.
The problem is that the good guys have to suffer this shitting-in-your-own-nest too.
I think it's Sunderland or it might be Everton who have cancelled season tickets for folk who buy a ticket and disregard the conditions.
Seems sensible to me - anything to discourage the selfish me-me-me folks.
Times have changed and some don't have the intelligence to see that.
Get back under your rocks and come out when you can adapt.
So you never ever break a law/rule? :roll:
I try not to.
I make a concious effort not to.
But maybe I was speeding today.
Maybe I didn't completely stop at a stop sign.
Maybe I copied a mate's new Brittany Spears CD (just kidding).
If I go to a concert or game I don't light up a fag because I respect laws and rules and recognise they are made to make the world a place which is comfortable to live in.
It's about respecting one another's rights.
At a game I don't stand up and obscure another person's view.
What I'm saying is that I'm a bit shocked that the majority of people on here have voted and stated that they are happy to deliberately go against the terms of their entry to the stadium.
And disrespect other's rights.
And I would accordingly expect the club to take some sort of action.
It's not for me or anyone else to take action as KC intimates, it's for the club to take action.
And if the majority of folks are happy to ignore rules then to me it says a lot about society.
There's a saying that goes something like "evil will triumph if good men (and women) do nothing".
I'm not saying this is evil but it's symptomatic of a greater ill.
KC goes on about messageboards being a waste of time for discussion but the club may note this thread and take action.
Also intelligent readers may rethink their stance.
The "others", who think that entering a football stadium is a last bastion of maledom - being able to swear, yell insanely, disrespect other peoples rights, and do other immature things in public - can't be helped.
We just have to hope they don't reproduce.
The problem is it's probably the only thing they know how to do.