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Your Walcot meeting a success
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| The Walcot Dome |
MEMBERS of the community packed out the Walcot Dome on Wednesday night to hear about the launch of the Adver's new web project, Your Walcot.
The microsite, within the Adver's own website, will contain news, reviews, opinion and pictures from Walcot, written by the community for the community.
Following a lively and interesting meeting, a number of people signed up for the new site, which will launch next month.
Swindon Advertiser digital media editor Gill Harris said: "It was a thoroughly enjoyable meeting and we were delighted by both the turnout and the positive response we received.
"The first of these microsites to launch was Your Stratton and in April alone, it attracted 3,500 hits, which is great news.
"It means people in the community can use our website to publicise their activities, worries, issues that matter to them - anything really.
"We're sure Your Walcot will be as big a success as Your Stratton has been and can't wait to get going on it."
If you could not make the meeting but are interested in becoming involved in Your Walcot, email us at webteam@swindonadvertiser.co.uk or call Stephanie Tye or Gill Harris on 01793 501795.
To visit our neighbourhood section, visit swindonadvertiser.co.uk/neighbourhood.
10:18am Thursday 15th May 2008
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Posted by: WTF?, Swindon on 10:35am Thu 15 May 08
Oh, how lovely.
Gives these people something else to do on the days they don't collect their benefits.
Will this 'Your Walcot' have a section where jobs can be advertised to get these people off their backsides?
Oh, how lovely.
Gives these people something else to do on the days they don't collect their benefits.
Will this 'Your Walcot' have a section where jobs can be advertised to get these people off their backsides?
Posted by: doug@homefarm, SN1 on 10:47am Thu 15 May 08
WTF is it concievable that one day you may just hold the opinion that NOT every person living on a council estate is:-
Workshy
Benefit scrounger
Benefit Cheat
Scum
Pikey
or
Chav
And any other derogatory remark that you have used in the past.
Is it possible that one day you may realise that on council estates all over the UK there are a great number of hard working decent families who, quite frankly a fed up with people like you looking down their self rightous and opinunated noses at them.
WTF is it concievable that one day you may just hold the opinion that NOT every person living on a council estate is:-
Workshy
Benefit scrounger
Benefit Cheat
Scum
Pikey
or
Chav
And any other derogatory remark that you have used in the past.
Is it possible that one day you may realise that on council estates all over the UK there are a great number of hard working decent families who, quite frankly a fed up with people like you looking down their self rightous and opinunated noses at them.
Posted by: LordBelacqua, Swindon on 11:06am Thu 15 May 08
[quote][bold]doug@homefarm[/bold] wrote:
WTF is it concievable that one day you may just hold the opinion that NOT every person living on a council estate is:- Workshy Benefit scrounger Benefit Cheat Scum Pikey or Chav And any other derogatory remark that you have used in the past. Is it possible that one day you may realise that on council estates all over the UK there are a great number of hard working decent families who, quite frankly a fed up with people like you looking down their self rightous and opinunated noses at them.[/quote] I wouldn't trouble yourself with him, Doug.
Leave him to it - the world will be rid of his type soon enough! As a hardworking tax-paying individual brought up on council estates, I do actually see what people are like - apparently unlike WTF, who, if they had a modicum of an idea of life in a council estate, would know that they are speaking complete and utter tommyrot.
doug@homefarm wrote:
WTF is it concievable that one day you may just hold the opinion that NOT every person living on a council estate is:- Workshy Benefit scrounger Benefit Cheat Scum Pikey or Chav And any other derogatory remark that you have used in the past. Is it possible that one day you may realise that on council estates all over the UK there are a great number of hard working decent families who, quite frankly a fed up with people like you looking down their self rightous and opinunated noses at them.
I wouldn't trouble yourself with him, Doug.
Leave him to it - the world will be rid of his type soon enough! As a hardworking tax-paying individual brought up on council estates, I do actually see what people are like - apparently unlike WTF, who, if they had a modicum of an idea of life in a council estate, would know that they are speaking complete and utter tommyrot.
Posted by: john c, swindon on 11:08am Thu 15 May 08
[quote][bold]WTF?[/bold] wrote:
Oh, how lovely. Gives these people something else to do on the days they don't collect their benefits. Will this 'Your Walcot' have a section where jobs can be advertised to get these people off their backsides?[/quote] Oh what a sad little bigot you portray yourself as with such comments as these.
WTF? wrote:
Oh, how lovely. Gives these people something else to do on the days they don't collect their benefits. Will this 'Your Walcot' have a section where jobs can be advertised to get these people off their backsides?
Oh what a sad little bigot you portray yourself as with such comments as these.
Posted by: Frontier(s) on 11:16am Thu 15 May 08
Isn't it bigoted not to allow a person their opinion?
Isn't it bigoted not to allow a person their opinion?
Posted by: WTF?, Swindon on 11:34am Thu 15 May 08
[quote][bold]doug@homefarm[/bold] wrote:
WTF is it concievable that one day you may just hold the opinion that NOT every person living on a council estate is:- Workshy Benefit scrounger Benefit Cheat Scum Pikey or Chav And any other derogatory remark that you have used in the past. Is it possible that one day you may realise that on council estates all over the UK there are a great number of hard working decent families who, quite frankly a fed up with people like you looking down their self rightous and opinunated noses at them.[/quote] No
doug@homefarm wrote:
WTF is it concievable that one day you may just hold the opinion that NOT every person living on a council estate is:- Workshy Benefit scrounger Benefit Cheat Scum Pikey or Chav And any other derogatory remark that you have used in the past. Is it possible that one day you may realise that on council estates all over the UK there are a great number of hard working decent families who, quite frankly a fed up with people like you looking down their self rightous and opinunated noses at them.
No
Posted by: doug@homefarm, SN1 on 11:41am Thu 15 May 08
Well what a narrow minded arsehole you are.
Well what a narrow minded arsehole you are.
Posted by: Frontier(s) on 11:50am Thu 15 May 08
doug, calling people such names makes you no better than the original poster, does it?
doug, calling people such names makes you no better than the original poster, does it?
Posted by: malkym on 11:57am Thu 15 May 08
[quote][bold]Frontier(s)[/bold] wrote:
Isn't it bigoted not to allow a person their opinion?[/quote] Yes, and what posters on these forums should realise is that every one has an opinion and that they are entitled to express that opinion in writing. In this particular instance I would distance myself from WTF's comments as I believe they are well wide of the mark and people should be judged on how they project themselves as a person and not where they live. It is an unfortunate fact however that the hard working council estate residents will always be tarred by the pikey/chav brush due to those few that abuse the ground rules and dont play the game.
Frontier(s) wrote:
Isn't it bigoted not to allow a person their opinion?
Yes, and what posters on these forums should realise is that every one has an opinion and that they are entitled to express that opinion in writing. In this particular instance I would distance myself from WTF's comments as I believe they are well wide of the mark and people should be judged on how they project themselves as a person and not where they live. It is an unfortunate fact however that the hard working council estate residents will always be tarred by the pikey/chav brush due to those few that abuse the ground rules and dont play the game.
Posted by: WTF?, Swindon on 12:02pm Thu 15 May 08
[quote][bold]doug@homefarm[/bold] wrote:
Well what a narrow minded arsehole you are.[/quote] Thank you ever so much, I'm touched.
doug@homefarm wrote:
Well what a narrow minded arsehole you are.
Thank you ever so much, I'm touched.
Posted by: Frontier(s) on 12:05pm Thu 15 May 08
Exactly, malkym.
I don't suppose doug would have any problem whatsoever with people in, say, Broome Manor, being called 'toffs' yet he takes great offence when somebody dares suggest that there are people on council estates who are lazy spongers.
The reality is that there [italic]are[/italic] lazy spongers on council estates, just as I'm sure there [italic]are[/italic] toffs in Broome Manor.
Pretending that one or the other does not exist is very naive.
Still, what would we expect of a person who openly admires Stalin? Quick to attack anyone who dares differ from their opinion and quick to close down free thought and free speech if they possibly can.
Exactly, malkym.
I don't suppose doug would have any problem whatsoever with people in, say, Broome Manor, being called 'toffs' yet he takes great offence when somebody dares suggest that there are people on council estates who are lazy spongers.
The reality is that there
are lazy spongers on council estates, just as I'm sure there
are toffs in Broome Manor.
Pretending that one or the other does not exist is very naive.
Still, what would we expect of a person who openly admires Stalin? Quick to attack anyone who dares differ from their opinion and quick to close down free thought and free speech if they possibly can.
Posted by: doug@homefarm, SN1 on 12:25pm Thu 15 May 08
Upon reflection, I apologise for the use of unparliamentarily language and withdraw that particular post.
I do think that Malkym encapsulates my point.
However Big Mac you are putting words to my post I never wrote. I said across the UK council estates there are many hard working decent families, which in turn means that there are families who are not. If I can see this and you can see this why can’t WTF? And as he refuses to see this he is at least narrow minded.
As I can see that the indolent exist in all walks of life I, at least cannot be called naive.
Again I never said I openly or otherwise admired Stalin.
Upon reflection, I apologise for the use of unparliamentarily language and withdraw that particular post.
I do think that Malkym encapsulates my point.
However Big Mac you are putting words to my post I never wrote. I said across the UK council estates there are many hard working decent families, which in turn means that there are families who are not. If I can see this and you can see this why can’t WTF? And as he refuses to see this he is at least narrow minded.
As I can see that the indolent exist in all walks of life I, at least cannot be called naive.
Again I never said I openly or otherwise admired Stalin.
Posted by: Frontier(s) on 1:39pm Thu 15 May 08
I have re-read WTF?'s post several times.
I am still unable to see where he says 'all' Council estate people are, to quote your goodself:
[quote]Workshy
Benefit scrounger
Benefit Cheat
Scum
Pikey
or
Chav[/quote]
I think you may have just [italic]assumed[/italic] he meant 'all'.
[quote][bold]doug wrote:[/bold]
Again I never said I openly or otherwise admired Stalin.[/quote]
Now, now. That's actually not true. I believe you've actually labelled yourself a 'Stalinist' on several occasions.
I fail to see how anyone can be a Stalinist without admiring Stalin.
I have re-read WTF?'s post several times.
I am still unable to see where he says 'all' Council estate people are, to quote your goodself:
Workshy
Benefit scrounger
Benefit Cheat
Scum
Pikey
or
Chav
I think you may have just
assumed he meant 'all'.
doug wrote:
Again I never said I openly or otherwise admired Stalin.
Now, now. That's actually not true. I believe you've actually labelled yourself a 'Stalinist' on several occasions.
I fail to see how anyone can be a Stalinist without admiring Stalin.
Posted by: doug@homefarm, SN1 on 1:59pm Thu 15 May 08
Big Mac I said 'WTF is it concievable that one day you may just hold the opinion that NOT every person living on a council estate is' etc and he said:- No
Sorry I remember the posting which makes you think i did, but I can honestly say without fear or contradiction I have ever said I admired Stalin
Big Mac I said 'WTF is it concievable that one day you may just hold the opinion that NOT every person living on a council estate is' etc and he said:- No
Sorry I remember the posting which makes you think i did, but I can honestly say without fear or contradiction I have ever said I admired Stalin
Posted by: Frontier(s) on 2:02pm Thu 15 May 08
Yet you admit you're a Stalinist?
Bizarre.
It's a bit like saying you're Roman Catholic but don't admire God.
Yet you admit you're a Stalinist?
Bizarre.
It's a bit like saying you're Roman Catholic but don't admire God.
Posted by: yeti, swindon on 2:11pm Thu 15 May 08
there are some good people in walcot.i lived there for 10 years.my neigbours were fantastic,both immedietly next door and across the road etc.good people who worked and kept their homes nice.there are scum in walcot and i did have problems,mainly from the slappers and their boyfriends walking to and from baileys farm where they were housed.
the people at the meeting above would have been the decent folk of walcot, and i wish them well.
there are some good people in walcot.i lived there for 10 years.my neigbours were fantastic,both immedietly next door and across the road etc.good people who worked and kept their homes nice.there are scum in walcot and i did have problems,mainly from the slappers and their boyfriends walking to and from baileys farm where they were housed.
the people at the meeting above would have been the decent folk of walcot, and i wish them well.
Posted by: john c, swindon on 2:19pm Thu 15 May 08
[quote][bold]Frontier(s)[/bold] wrote:
Isn't it bigoted not to allow a person their opinion?[/quote] Every one is entitled to hold and express an opinion but when they used blanket condemnations of whole sections of the population they are being a Bigot.
Bigot =
Extremist, Diehard, Dogmatist, Hypocrite.
Frontier(s) wrote:
Isn't it bigoted not to allow a person their opinion?
Every one is entitled to hold and express an opinion but when they used blanket condemnations of whole sections of the population they are being a Bigot.
Bigot =
Extremist, Diehard, Dogmatist, Hypocrite.
Posted by: doug@homefarm, SN1 on 2:24pm Thu 15 May 08
When did I admit I was a Stalinist? I was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain from 1963 until it voted itself out of exhistance and in my thinking I am still a communist, that in itself does not make me a Stalinist, I'm sure that if Tito was alive today he would say the same.
When did I admit I was a Stalinist? I was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain from 1963 until it voted itself out of exhistance and in my thinking I am still a communist, that in itself does not make me a Stalinist, I'm sure that if Tito was alive today he would say the same.
Posted by: emmylou83, Stratton on 2:56pm Thu 15 May 08
[quote][bold]WTF?[/bold] wrote:
Oh, how lovely. Gives these people something else to do on the days they don't collect their benefits. Will this 'Your Walcot' have a section where jobs can be advertised to get these people off their backsides?[/quote] How rude!!!
WTF? wrote:
Oh, how lovely. Gives these people something else to do on the days they don't collect their benefits. Will this 'Your Walcot' have a section where jobs can be advertised to get these people off their backsides?
How rude!!!
Posted by: Web Team, Swindon on 3:04pm Thu 15 May 08
Last night's meeting in Walcot was hugely positive and we are grateful that so many people turned up.
There was an interesting debate and people were keen to get involved and it was an absolute pleasure to go along and meet so many people who really care about their community and want to do all they can to promote it, make it better and communicate with each other.
That is what local newspapers are - or should be - about.
It is disappointing that people have used this story as an opportunity to criticise sections of the community.
The people who have been negative here weren't at this meeting.
I would personally like to thank everyone who came last night.
We will do everything we can to make this web project work for you in the way you want it to... positively.
Last night's meeting in Walcot was hugely positive and we are grateful that so many people turned up.
There was an interesting debate and people were keen to get involved and it was an absolute pleasure to go along and meet so many people who really care about their community and want to do all they can to promote it, make it better and communicate with each other.
That is what local newspapers are - or should be - about.
It is disappointing that people have used this story as an opportunity to criticise sections of the community.
The people who have been negative here weren't at this meeting.
I would personally like to thank everyone who came last night.
We will do everything we can to make this web project work for you in the way you want it to... positively.
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