GN Uncensored!

*Yeah I could write a “Welcome to the new site of my blog blah blah blah” post, but I’ve actually got some things I’d like to write about. So lets get on with it shall we?* 

The ‘Swearing to be British’ video has been up for just over a week now, and (thanks to Jazza) has recieved over 6,500 views and 160 comments. It’s brilliant to have had such a massive response and I’ve really enjoyed watching it grow and the debates that have sprung up around it. But I’ve also experienced allot of the bad aspects of a successful video now; i.e. I’m now scared of a large part of YouTube. They’re NUTTERS. Most of the comments I’ve recieved have been reasonably well thought out, and have at least tried to make some sort of arguement for or against the topic. But a fair chunk have been rude, nasty, bigotted, or just downright stupid. Here are a few examples; 

“Does it mean people like you will have to help in a war .hahahahahahah.its people who fight wars so that you can sit in front of your computer talking shit.you cant see it because your thick and historically retarded” ”Britishness isnt hard to understand IF YOU WERE BORN IN Britan U R BRITISH. People that come over in boats are not british and never will be “

“You are a stupid lefty. Stop chatting shit and stop making boring videos. Of course pledging an oath doesn’t mean you’ll have to go and fight.
And yes I would like to pledge an oath of loyalty.”

“British = White.
If you’re not White, you’re not British, it’s a simple concept sweetie. ”

“fuck off to uni and stop talking bollocks.” ”Well im 100% british but i wouldnt do dat alligance crap not only cus da queens a sag bag but because i love america and i wish i was american because everfing is bigger and better der and britain is just a pile of shit layin on top of another pile den another +Our weather shit!!! i no dey ave storms and hurricanes and dat lot but we all get worried and put out big warnings out about 1inch of snow and plus if u go 2 da right place in america den its safe not all shooting dats kentucky + brooklyn” 

“I reckon that an oath of allegiance is a great idea, but being in the army ive already taken one hehe, but on a serious note, i dont see the problem with immigrants or anyone else taking an oath, i personally think that it should be something more than an oath if thats possible. i hate multiculturalism its complete bollocks, why is everyone so obsessed with wanting a neighbour from every corner of the bastard globe, and whats so wrong with saying “im british” infact or even “im english”.or even “im scottish” etc. i dont know what the hells happening with “im a person of the world” whatever the fuck that means, i thorougly despise anyone who is completely obsessed with wanting every man and his dog from pakistan and elsewhere moving in, I dont go and do my job killing the twats, just so that theyre mummies daddies brothers, aunties and cousins can come over in a dinghy, and try and blow the fuck out of my family. pointless. Theres nothing wrong with national service either to stop them little cunts who thing theyre hard as fuck running round in gangs from raping grannies and twatting people one on fifty. the little shites wouldnt do that if they had a few years service and the bruises to show it the little nobs. ” 

 I don’t know about you, but they scare the hell out of me. I’m afraid I actually got drawn into an argument with one of the racists. Bad idea, because as I’m sure you know, those people have their own very special logic. For the most part, if I didn’t like it, I just left it. I haven’t removed any though; and I was in two minds whether or not this was right decision. I didn’t want to cause offence to anybody, but on the other hand I’m not the one causing the offence. And I was sort of half hoping that people reading these comments would have the presence of mind to realise the motives of the people behind them; essentially letting them shoot themselves in the foot.  

The main reason I dislike deleting comments is because of and experience I had right back when I just used YouTube for watching videos. Do you remember the video of the BBC reporter blowing up at the Scientologist? When I read the comments below it they were all positive like ‘Look at that idiot!’ and ‘Scientology makes so much sense’… the poster was obviously going through and deleting the negative comments. It made me so angry I went to his channel to see if I could post a negative comment there; and the channel comments was just one long list of people saying ‘We know your censoring!’, which sort of restored my faith.  

So I’ll keep up the idiot comments in the hope that people reading them will realise what idiots they are. But I’ve got to say, every time I get a new comment on that video now it makes me nervous. I hate reading that bile.

*Sort of depressing for a first blog but blah, more interesting than ‘woo looky here’ I hope.*