Originally Posted by ATNotts:
“Just an observation, but surely "quoting" a previous idiotic and offensive post in later posts merely give the original poster more oxygen?”
As the guilty party in quoting the slur on Ian McCaskill, I only did so to highlight the comment that I found offensive. I did not know any other way on this forum to show which comment I meant although I now realise that I could have just used the username and time to identify it.
I do not believe that is gave any oxygen to the original post, rather it highlighted his foul mind.
I was glad to see that the original post and my response were removed fairly quickly afterwards. I would like to think that it was because of my comment rather than in spite of it.
Ian McCaskill was a fine broadcaster and it was always a pleasure to view one of his forecasts. Even a forecast of bad weather left you smiling because of the way he presented it.
It was sad when he stopped appearing regularly on our screens and it is deeply sad that he is no longer with us.