Looks like someone took offence to Pedrock's remark about staying up late, and reported him to the mods, who then deleted his post and gave him a ban.
Strange how some can get banned and some don't, the answer seems to be in the use of the alert button, being thick skinned i've had no use for such a remedy, but i would suggest in future, use of said button is going to made anytime there is the sniff of a rude, patronising or disrespectful post.
This is pretty ridiculous. I am not one of the people who usually write here, but the fact that the description of Paisley as a suburb of Glasgow is being defended is, well, indefensible, and actually quite insulting.
If it's being done just to be stubborn, then fine, that is your issue. But a town of over 70,000 people, which is in the county of Renfrewshire and universally recognised as such, and a town that came close to city status in the last bidding process at the turn of the 2000s, a town where people would be 'from Paisley' and most certainly not 'from Glasgow', a town which uses it's own 'PA' postal code and not 'G', a town with it's own dialling code and own sense of independence, would never be considered a suburb of Glasgow, even if you try and use some spurious 'Greater Glasgow' reasoning. Not everything in the 'Greater Glasgow' area is a suburb. Paisley may be described as a commuter town, or satellite town perhaps, but certainly not a suburb. The mere fact that the other places listed in the BBC report alongside Paisley were actual suburbs of Glasgow is the only demonstration needed, but apparently that's not enough for some on here.
And I don't even have any connection to Paisley. Just imagining how mad the Paisley paper would be by comparison at the suggestion that their town is a 'suburb of Glasgow'.
This happens everywhere. I'm not from Liverpool, I'm from a town of 60,000 half an hour away in another county with a seperate post code that has never been linked to Liverpool except it's where Liverpudlians were shipped to during WWII.
But people are happy to call it "Liverpool" and you just get over it and accept that people won't understand. I mean, if you have roughly the accent (despite Liverpudlians hate that being said) then you must be from there, no?
This is pretty ridiculous. I am not one of the people who usually write here, but the fact that the description of Paisley as a suburb of Glasgow is being defended is, well, indefensible, and actually quite insulting.
If it's being done just to be stubborn, then fine, that is your issue. But a town of over 70,000 people, which is in the county of Renfrewshire and universally recognised as such, and a town that came close to city status in the last bidding process at the turn of the 2000s, a town where people would be 'from Paisley' and most certainly not 'from Glasgow', a town which uses it's own 'PA' postal code and not 'G', a town with it's own dialling code and own sense of independence, would never be considered a suburb of Glasgow, even if you try and use some spurious 'Greater Glasgow' reasoning. Not everything in the 'Greater Glasgow' area is a suburb. Paisley may be described as a commuter town, or satellite town perhaps, but certainly not a suburb. The mere fact that the other places listed in the BBC report alongside Paisley were actual suburbs of Glasgow is the only demonstration needed, but apparently that's not enough for some on here.
And I don't even have any connection to Paisley. Just imagining how mad the Paisley paper would be by comparison at the suggestion that their town is a 'suburb of Glasgow'.
and yet there's no getting away from the fact that Paisley falls within Greater Glasgow.
and the post codes are a red herring given that there are plenty of G post codes outwith the city of Gladgow.
and until relatively recently the Western Isles had PA post codes.
This is pretty ridiculous. I am not one of the people who usually write here, but the fact that the description of Paisley as a suburb of Glasgow is being defended is, well, indefensible, and actually quite insulting..
The mere fact that the other places listed in the BBC report alongside Paisley were actual suburbs of Glasgow is the only demonstration needed, but apparently that's not enough for some on here.
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There are some on here, that when you say "white" they will say " black".
Then they will browbeat you until you agree that they are right and it is " black" after all.
There are some on here, that when you say "white" they will say " black".
Then they will browbeat you until you agree that they are right and it is " black" after all.
Here's my ban coming now methinks.....
Yes, getting that vibe. Quite tragic, but I think I've made pretty clear arguments that Paisley is not a suburb of Glasgow and they haven't been rebutted properly (the postal code is a small example, and even the response doesn't prove that I'm wrong), so I think I can leave now, safe in the knowledge that Paisley is only a suburb of Glasgow if you refuse to listen to anything a rational person tells you.
And being in 'Greater Glasgow' does not make it a suburb, so that point is moot.
Yes, getting that vibe. Quite tragic, but I think I've made pretty clear arguments that Paisley is not a suburb of Glasgow and they haven't been rebutted properly (the postal code is a small example, and even the response doesn't prove that I'm wrong), so I think I can leave now, safe in the knowledge that Paisley is only a suburb of Glasgow if you refuse to listen to anything a rational person tells you.
And being in 'Greater Glasgow' does not make it a suburb, so that point is moot.
Do you think that Prestwick is also a suburb of Glasgow??
The airport is called Glasgow Prestwick, so Prestwick too must be a suburb of Glasgow, wouldn't you think ?? ......:rolleyes:
presumably for breaking the T&Cs of the site when he was rude, patronising and disrespectful.
i still have no idea why you have such a problem with this.
i'm not sure if its because you don't agree that was rude, patronising and disrespectful, or if you think its somehow OK to be rude, patronising and disrespectful?
There are some on here, that when you say "white" they will say " black".
Then they will browbeat you until you agree that they are right and it is " black" after all.
Here's my ban coming now methinks.....
why? i don't think you can get banned for expressing an opinion.
either way, like it or now, Paisley still falls within Greater Glasgow.
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I'm sure you're not always wrong, but you are if you think Glasgow can only ever literally defined as Glasgow City.
Iain
Whatever you say............
Where is this post ? What number ?
if you have nothing constructive to say, it might be worth thinking twice before you post.
do you genuinely not realise just how childish your last few posts make you sound?
Iain
looks like it's been deleted.
it was after my link to the Glasgow map.
Pedrok made a remark about 'a map posted by someone allowed to stay up late on the internet'.
a bit patronising and disrespecful, don't you think?
(and possibly explains why Pedrok is currently showing as an inactive member.)
Iain
Looks like someone took offence to Pedrock's remark about staying up late, and reported him to the mods, who then deleted his post and gave him a ban.
Been there, done it, got the t-shirt
or do you think that being rude, patronising and disrespectful to people is somehow perfectly acceptable?
Iain
Strange how some can get banned and some don't, the answer seems to be in the use of the alert button, being thick skinned i've had no use for such a remedy, but i would suggest in future, use of said button is going to made anytime there is the sniff of a rude, patronising or disrespectful post.
A bit of a bad habit you have there.
The little sad faces are because yet another fellow Scot has been banned because of the actions of a thin skinned person living in England.
I'll leave that to you. You are better at it than I am...
Could this be a ban I hear coming ?.
If it's being done just to be stubborn, then fine, that is your issue. But a town of over 70,000 people, which is in the county of Renfrewshire and universally recognised as such, and a town that came close to city status in the last bidding process at the turn of the 2000s, a town where people would be 'from Paisley' and most certainly not 'from Glasgow', a town which uses it's own 'PA' postal code and not 'G', a town with it's own dialling code and own sense of independence, would never be considered a suburb of Glasgow, even if you try and use some spurious 'Greater Glasgow' reasoning. Not everything in the 'Greater Glasgow' area is a suburb. Paisley may be described as a commuter town, or satellite town perhaps, but certainly not a suburb. The mere fact that the other places listed in the BBC report alongside Paisley were actual suburbs of Glasgow is the only demonstration needed, but apparently that's not enough for some on here.
And I don't even have any connection to Paisley. Just imagining how mad the Paisley paper would be by comparison at the suggestion that their town is a 'suburb of Glasgow'.
But people are happy to call it "Liverpool" and you just get over it and accept that people won't understand. I mean, if you have roughly the accent (despite Liverpudlians hate that being said) then you must be from there, no?
/rant
no. Pedrok has only himself to blame for being rude, patronising and disrespectful.
Those were his actions, noone else's.
the fact that you can't even acknowledge or appreciate that speaks volumes.
Iain
and yet there's no getting away from the fact that Paisley falls within Greater Glasgow.
and the post codes are a red herring given that there are plenty of G post codes outwith the city of Gladgow.
and until relatively recently the Western Isles had PA post codes.
Iain
Any idea of how he came to be banned?
There are some on here, that when you say "white" they will say " black".
Then they will browbeat you until you agree that they are right and it is " black" after all.
Here's my ban coming now methinks.....
It wasn't me if you were interested.
Yes, getting that vibe. Quite tragic, but I think I've made pretty clear arguments that Paisley is not a suburb of Glasgow and they haven't been rebutted properly (the postal code is a small example, and even the response doesn't prove that I'm wrong), so I think I can leave now, safe in the knowledge that Paisley is only a suburb of Glasgow if you refuse to listen to anything a rational person tells you.
And being in 'Greater Glasgow' does not make it a suburb, so that point is moot.
Do you think that Prestwick is also a suburb of Glasgow??
The airport is called Glasgow Prestwick, so Prestwick too must be a suburb of Glasgow, wouldn't you think ?? ......:rolleyes:
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Nice to see you back.
As you can see Pedrock has been banned.......
presumably for breaking the T&Cs of the site when he was rude, patronising and disrespectful.
i still have no idea why you have such a problem with this.
i'm not sure if its because you don't agree that was rude, patronising and disrespectful, or if you think its somehow OK to be rude, patronising and disrespectful?
Iain
why? i don't think you can get banned for expressing an opinion.
either way, like it or now, Paisley still falls within Greater Glasgow.
Iain
And, more pertinently, can you provide an example of the BBC referring to it as such?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Glasgow#Greater_Glasgow_urban_area