[Toy Soldier]

So, Re: Ellis I don't think she should have been booted out on the grounds of the posts she made years ago. They could have called her in and asked her how she feels about those posts now and given her the chance to express regret / that she was young and stupid and is disgusted by the things she said... She actually did seem genuinely sorry for those... And I almost felt a bit bad for her.

However they did only tell half of the story on BB by focusing on the older racist posts; her aggressive sectarian posts are very recent and there's really no scope for her to say that she doesn't stand by things she said less than 6 months ago. In a way I *still* feel bad for her, because I imagine she's grown up in a world where those things are considered "normal banter" (I know many, many people who think sectarianism is normal) and she probably doesn't really understand what she's said that's so bad. But she clearly does still hold those beliefs, and couldn't stay.

In ten years time... Who knows.