[Cherie]

Haven't watched MOTD in years, does it still get a big viewership? the only time I see snippets are if I turn on the TV on a Sunday morning and see the rerun

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

He doesn't need to keep the platform to support himself and his family, so he's happy to speak his mind even if it means losing the platform, thus, he should immediately give up the platform and lose the ability to use that platform to speak his mind, which would have been the reason he might lose the platform?



Convoluted nonsense - you only expect him to give up the platform because you don't like what he has to say. If the world worked that way, NO ONE would be saying anything about anything, because there will always be some people who don't like it.

If this is an argument that the BBC and its supposed impartiality and the BBC license fee shouldn't exist at all then I am fully in favour of that. But it's the institution that's broken and the problem, not Gary Linekar "having thoughts about stuff". I get that you find him insufferable, I personally find his views to be well-meaning but not particularly well developed or nuanced, but he's fairly benign. Look at the hoard of puffy faced arseholes we're forced to endure Twitter/YouTube videos of DAILY on this site. Is Gary Linekar worse because his views come from a slightly more (not even very, but supposedly) left-leaning perspective?

Not at all, I dont ever hear what he has to say unless it is posted on here, I think the same of any of the overpaid stars on BBC ...they are not worth the money they are paid whatever their political views are


btw I would check your BP after your opening paragraph think you might be having a stroke its so garbled

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Cherie

btw I would check your BP after your opening paragraph think you might be having a stroke its so garbled

It's garbled because it's an accurate summing up of your circular logic on why he should resign (and why not doing so is immoral). It's not my fault that your argument is nonsensical .

ALSO I'll have you know I'm the healthiest I've been in about a decade and my resting heart rate often sits at around 55 . If anything I'm more worried that I might just relax myself into a coma .

[Beso]

He shouldnt resign, he should be sacked for trivialising rape, murder, kidnap and torture.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by parmnion

He shouldnt resign, he should be sacked for trivialising rape, murder, kidnap and torture.

In what way is he trivialising anything?

[Beso]

Calling oct 7th..that hamas thing.


I wouldn't be surprised if he did the inverted commas hand gesture when he said it.

[bots]

people have alternative views that get attention these days. We are never going to agree on everything, but i wouldn't want my viewpoint shut down by others, so why should we want to do that to anyone

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

It's garbled because it's an accurate summing up of your circular logic on why he should resign (and why not doing so is immoral). It's not my fault that your argument is nonsensical .

ALSO I'll have you know I'm the healthiest I've been in about a decade and my resting heart rate often sits at around 55 . If anything I'm more worried that I might just relax myself into a coma .

[DemRed]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

hardly free as most people have to pay a tv tax so he can earn over Ł1 million a year

Yeah, fu**ing tax. Personally I object to sending tax money to Israel?

[DemRed]

Originally Posted by Liam-

Free speech innit

There's a good few on here that don't like free speech!

[user104658]

Originally Posted by DemRed

Yeah, fu**ing tax. Personally I object to sending tax money to Israel?

To be fair that money is being sent straight on to Gaza

[bots]

I think the world needs to wake up. We are at war. I don't know why the world leaders continue to deny it.


We are at war in the middle east. We can't let Iran win, so why are we trying to tie Israel hands behind their back.

We are at war with Russia, so why do Nato leaders deny funding, troops and equipment to Ukraine. Do they expect Ukraine to fight on, on our behalf with edicts like don't strike Russian territory, when Russia is invading Ukraine?

We are being played for fools at the moment

[user104658]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

I think the world needs to wake up. We are at war. I don't know why the world leaders continue to deny it.


We are at war in the middle east. We can't let Iran win, so why are we trying to tie Israel hands behind their back.

We are at war with Russia, so why do Nato leaders deny funding, troops and equipment to Ukraine. Do they expect Ukraine to fight on, on our behalf with edicts like don't strike Russian territory, when Russia is invading Ukraine?

We are being played for fools at the moment

I'm going to hazard a guess that it's probably maybe because they don't want to start a full-scale conflict that would end up going nuclear and result in the destruction of the entire planet. Not sure but it seems like a valid possibility.

[bots]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

I'm going to hazard a guess that it's probably maybe because they don't want to start a full-scale conflict that would end up going nuclear and result in the destruction of the entire planet. Not sure but it seems like a valid possibility.

There are compelling reasons why it won't go nuclear, and western leaders are allowing Putin to bully them.

Also, does it really matter if Armageddon happens next week or in a year? at the end of the day, its still Armageddon

[user104658]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

Also, does it really matter if Armageddon happens next week or in a year? at the end of the day, its still Armageddon

I mean, sort of? That's like asking if it really matters if you die of old age in 10 years or get hit by a bus tomorrow - "you're going to die anyway!".

[Liam-]

Originally Posted by DemRed

There's a good few on here that don't like free speech!

They like free speech when people agree with them

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Liam-

They like free speech when people agree with them

so do you, you are no that special

[Livia]

Originally Posted by DemRed

There's a good few on here that don't like free speech!

Originally Posted by Liam-

They like free speech when people agree with them

Both of you should Google the meaning of 'irony'.

[Beso]

Originally Posted by Liam-

They like free speech when people agree with them

Who doesnt

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Livia

Both of you should Google the meaning of 'irony'.

[DemRed]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

To be fair that money is being sent straight on to Gaza

Exactly. Our tax money is being used to aid and abet murder.

[bots]

Originally Posted by DemRed

Exactly. Our tax money is being used to aid and abet murder.

it's being used to protect a country that it's neighbours want to wipe out, or have you forgotten that. The massacre on october 7th and the massive missile attack by Iran didn't happen?

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

it's being used to protect a country that it's neighbours want to wipe out, or have you forgotten that. The massacre on october 7th and the massive missile attack by Iran didn't happen?

This is a half truth and a lie, at best.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Liam-

Free speech innit

Yes but Gary's views
upset more folks
than those who like him.


Slick Liam.

[Liam-]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes but Gary's views
upset more folks
than those who like him.


Slick Liam.

So? Free speech for everyone or free speech for nobody