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One of my fav records….. got the furs album on media player
@~Pebbles~ wrote:
@fastcars wrote:
Banned
:lol: for no reason i assume?
Believe it or not… but on this occasion yes :lol:
Banned
saddened
@sir Actor wrote:
@fastcars wrote:
The olympics have been the most awe-inspiring sporting event ever witnessed on the planet.
I only hope Boris Johnstone doesnt undo all that good work by making himself (and ultimately Britain) look like complete fools in front of billions of people on Sunday. I’m feeling embarressed already and he has only just got there.Yoiu have every reason to feel embarrassed after putting yer name to that post. 8)
I see your Chinese is improving
It is common knowledge that large British companys have moved their helpdesks and telephone call centres to India to help save costs but it is only now that I realise Just Chat has done the same.
@forumhostpb wrote:
IF a member of Staff is around and IF they witness convos that in their opinion breach the site rules then they will deal with the matter. [/b]You’re sooooooooooo gonna regret saying that… :- :lol:
The olympics have been the most awe-inspiring sporting event ever witnessed on the planet. They have been a credit to the Chinese a credit to the athletes themselves and a credit to anyone with the slightest interest in sport. Its a shame it has to end.
It is also a pity that people see fit to moan and groan for the four years previous from everything to cost…. polution… human rights… and any other tiny thing that gives someone a platform to have a rant. No doubt we will have to listen to another four years of drivel leading up to the London olympics.
Britains athletes have shone for all the right reasons and provided the country with a solid platform from which to build on… not only on a sporting front… but providing a positive footing for all aspects of the forthcoming London games. I only hope Boris Johnstone doesnt undo all that good work by making himself (and ultimately Britain) look like complete fools in front of billions of people on Sunday. I’m feeling embarressed already and he has only just got there.
@ratchet wrote:
Several people in the Forum 3 chatroom have been talking almost obsessively about their ongoing attempts to encourage a well known chatter, Bencase, to commit suicide.
Bencase is known to have mental health issues and claims to be taking medication for bipolar disorder.
There has also been an enormous amount of abuse aimed at Bencase, based solely on his mental illness. This is offensive to anyone whose life, or family life, has been affected by mental illness, which is actually very common.
The justification given by these individuals for their bullying and abuse has been along the lines of:
“He deserves it by coming in here and talking about his mental health”
“He’s a fruit loop so deserves everything he gets”
“It would do the world a favour if he killed himself”Bencase may or may not be a perfect individual, I don’t know. He may have rubbed people up the wrong way, or been rude or offensive. I’ve heard conflicting reports about him. But it’s worth noting that many people claim to have been friends with him for a long time but are also being intimidated and bullied for defending him, and are often too afraid to speak up when a number of regulars are holding their witch hunt in the room.
However, whatever he might have done wrong, absolutely nothing justifies the concerted efforts being made by a number of chatters to “push him over the edge and make him end it all”, as one of them said today.
If Bencase is a problem to anyone, they should simply ignore him.
This is bullying of the worst and most disturbing kind. There are approximately five “regulars” at the centre of this.
One “regular” in particular has been rallying the room to “stick together” and “work as a team” to try and “break him”.
She spoke for half an hour about what she called “Operation Overdose”. She said in no uncertain terms, that she was on a mission to make Bencase commit suicide. She said “if we work hard enough, we can get him to take enough of his loony pills to finish him off”, and “i know we can do this”.
These comments have now become sinister and vile in the extreme.
It is also deeply unpleasant to watch how other people in the room will jump on the bandwagon and join in with the bullying, even though they don’t know Bencase and have never heard of him before. They want to belong to the crowd and are prepared to say the most odious things to a mentally ill person in order to achieve that.
A certain guide who can be found in Forum 3 late most evenings/nights has witnessed all this bullying and to my sheer amazement has actually joined in with it. I’m not going to name names here, but if Martin Reed wishes to investigate or check logs, it won’t be at all difficult to identify the guide I’m talking about. (Hint – this is the same guide who says “lol i’ll pretend i never heard that mibs” when Man in Beds talks about his desire to put rubber tyres around the necks of black people and set them on fire).
This might be one big joke or form of entertainment to some people, but the line is being crossed. There was a case reported in the news where a man did commit suicide whilst using a chat room, and the police did actually trace and interview the people who had been in the room at the time.
So I ask people to think very carefully about what they’re saying, if not for Bencase’s sake then for their own sake.
I call upon Martin Reed to take decisive action instead of allowing guides to tolerate and join in with this behaviour. If no action is taken I will report this matter to Easily.co.uk, Parachat, and any other company affiliated with this website, as they would undoubtedly not want to be associated with a company that condoned this kind of activity.
Again, I reiterate that whatever Bencase has allegedly done wrong is besides the point. Nothing justifies the things that have been said to him. If you don’t like him, just ignore him.
Taking this at face value…. and assuming you do actually care. Wouldnt it have been wiser to name the perpetrators rather than the aggrieved? All you have succeeded in doing is place him on a pedestal to be shot down by all and sundry. The abusers have been spared from your comments when in fact it is them that should have been named and shamed.
And wouldnt it have been more productive to have sent this post directly to the authorities of this site so they could monitor the situation for themselves and be able to gauge the facts of the matter before your concerns reached the public domain. Thus leaving them with options on how to proceed if they saw fit.
A bit of sensible thinking on your part may have paid dividends…… instead of the adverse effects that will now occur.
