Topic ID 2467
If anyone is interested, there is a FaceBook group called 'WARE IS THE BEST TOWN ON EARTH' ... here's the link http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2757735084
Reply ID 26989
Hmm, it's a bit weird (by design) and the pic in the top right hand side is enough to put anyone off visiting!
Reply ID 26993
There's more than one http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2321543349 [:)]
Reply ID 26994
You beat me to it Judie!
Reply ID 26996
quote:I think It's intended to be tongue-in-cheek .....
Originally posted by Scouter
Hmm, it's a bit weird (by design) and the pic in the top right hand side is enough to put anyone off visiting!
Reply ID 26997
not for the people it is taking the micky out of
Reply ID 26999
I agree Tag not much of a promotion of Ware in my eyes!!
Reply ID 27000
but reading most of the stuff on here is!
Reply ID 27001
I just dont agree with taking the micky out of other people for fun
Reply ID 27002
From looking at the two pages, it seems that the group called 'Ware?' is more complimentary about Ware. I'd rather join this group than the other group called 'Ware is the greatest town on earth' or whatever. That one seems to be just for making fun about people.
Reply ID 27008
quote:I agree, I don't like reading nasty comments about people I know and who make up this community that we all live in, and who probably cannot defend themselves on such a platform.
Originally posted by newroader
From looking at the two pages, it seems that the group called 'Ware?' is more complimentary about Ware. I'd rather join this group than the other group called 'Ware is the greatest town on earth' or whatever. That one seems to be just for making fun about people.
Reply ID 27010
i think that some people would get a big shock if thay could i also wonder what the legal implications of this would be.[V].is this a type of cyber bullying
Reply ID 27012
But if you don't join Facebook you can't see it and I have no intention of joining facebook.
Reply ID 27013
i would hate for someone like the mercury to join and all this gets out it is unfare on ware and the people that live here.
Reply ID 27015
quote:It is absolutely cyber bullying and in fact, I'm not so sure it isn't actually libel - any legal eagles out there?
Originally posted by tag1
i think that some people would get a big shock if thay could i also wonder what the legal implications of this would be.[V].is this a type of cyber bullying
Reply ID 27024
Can someone fill me in or "copy and paste" what is being said - I dont have facebook
Reply ID 27026
I'd like to know what is being said without having to join facebook too - any offers! [;)]
Reply ID 27029
I don't think that it is fair to post it here. It then becomes part of Wareonline and I think it should remain 'property' of the facebook group co-ordinator who has their name affiliated to the group site. His words are his responsibility, not Wareonline's.
Reply ID 27030
Fair enough - although I would like to know what is said and havent actually got facebook! :(
Reply ID 27031
But it has got a link to ware on line on its first page
Reply ID 27033
I think that that is meant to reference the website for Ware, not the group's website. Get facebook and then quit!
Reply ID 27034
if you have face book you should click the the topics under the picture thay are complaning that we are .with a link to this page
Reply ID 27035
why are these people taking the pee out of disabled people ive just looked at the pictures this is so unfair i think i will report it
Reply ID 27036
Just saw the facebook site - it discusts me. If people log on thinking they are going to have an impression of Ware - they are certainly going to get one! Which thoughtless and incriminating individual wrote this?
Reply ID 27038
I have no idear but there are about 233 people joined this site who probably think it is funny
Reply ID 27039
Well I dont find it funny at all - and how does that make Ware look? Pretty bad if you ask me...
Reply ID 27040
The name of the creator of any face book group is always on the left hand side of the page in a column.
Reply ID 27041
Then its some guy called Dan Cory
Reply ID 27042
Well Dan Cory needs to sort himself out and sort that website out - it's disgraceful
Reply ID 27043
i couldn't ageree more
Reply ID 27044
They are right though in their discussion about wareonline that all you people ever do is complain about things, if you don't like it then don't look at it, or make a better one.
Reply ID 27045
Coming from a 17 year old full of Wisdom - funny how you are commenting about people who use Wareonline - you're using it yourself!
Reply ID 27046
And believe me - I didn't want to look at it - I just wanted to see who was disgracing Ware - this is where I live and I certainly don't like people putting my home down. By submitting photos and making comments about those disabled, all Dan Cory is doing is giving himself a bad name. I have a disabled member of my family and it upsets me to think that people like Dan Cory treat them as though they arent human. They are just the same as the rest of us and the comments made on that website arent just bullying comments -
Reply ID 27047
they are discusting
Reply ID 27048
i would like a face book site about ware one that reprosents the town and its people, the problem is that it is not just the people of ware that reads this anyone in the world can , and i think i have a right to complain when it takes the p*** out of people i know i too have a disabled member of my family . and one of the pictures that is on there is a picture that is straight out of the mercury it would be intresting to see if thay are aware of that
Reply ID 27052
Well the joy of face book is that you can do whatever you want to, so feel fee to set up a ware online site. I know Dan and it's all very tongue in cheek like a lot of humour on the net and the best thing about is if you don't like it don't look at it. I for one think it's a bit of fun (perhaps my sense of humour is a little different from the rest) but if there is something I don't like on there I will make my views known. People have always taken the mickey out of one another (Peter Kaye has made loads of money out of it) and there are some real characters in Ware who many have laughed with and at over the years, but not in a nasty way !
Reply ID 27054
quote:Comments like that really are pathetic, why do you think the younger generation don't use this or care much about ware when you say things like that. And look at the types of people on here who we get our wisdom from. I was talking about the people on here who just complain about things, I for one don't, I like to discuss issues, and promote Ware F.C events.
Originally posted by louise12
Coming from a 17 year old full of Wisdom - funny how you are commenting about people who use Wareonline - you're using it yourself!
Reply ID 27055
i don't think peter kay would use real people to take the micky out of as he would probably get sued . i also think the people like as dan puts it rat lady would agree. I also wonder if Dan would find it funny if he was one of the ware weirdos,
Reply ID 27059
Firstly well done Ware boy I thinks it's great that you give your opinion on this site variety as they say is the spice of life and the more younger people giving there views on Ware the better ! I think Dan might class himself as a Ware weirdo he is certainly more than willing to laugh at himself so I think he would find it funny. I still think he and others should be able to view there opinions on Ware and the people of Ware it's all about personnel taste and you can decide if you like it or not if you don't it your opinion.
Reply ID 27061
I am not too keen on the Facebook site either, but WBFE is quite right about the complaining, a recent notable feature here are those who join up solely to raise a complaint of personal interest, try and drum up support, state that we should all be fighting for Ware and then disappear. Usually when local organisations are looking for help you can count the volunteers on the fingers of no hands. As I have said before I have begun to seriously wonder why anyone bothers.
Reply ID 27062
quote:there is a difference between having your veiw on ware and its people on posting your veiw on a facebook site the comments that dan has made are hertful bullying ones toword people who cannot have there say and who may not read them but may be there familys will .
Originally posted by jamie mody
Firstly well done Ware boy I thinks it's great that you give your opinion on this site variety as they say is the spice of life and the more younger people giving there views on Ware the better ! I think Dan might class himself as a Ware weirdo he is certainly more than willing to laugh at himself so I think he would find it funny. I still think he and others should be able to view there opinions on Ware and the people of Ware it's all about personnel taste and you can decide if you like it or not if you don't it your opinion.
Reply ID 27063
I personally dont think that the Facebook group is an attack against anybody on WOL at all, or any of the Ware residents. It is a way for people around the world to hear about the town, and as many people have said, there is a link to this very site on the group, and i know there have been several people that have clicked on the link and found this site. I have friends around the world that for one reason or another hadnt looked at WOL, but since seeing the group on Facebook, have visited and have enjoyed reading about Ware and finding about the history of the town etc. Surely this is a good thing, and it is actually promoting the town. Isnt that what we want? "But it's being promoted in the wrong way!" i hear you cry. well maybe it is, maybe it isnt. as Jamie said, this is down to personal opinion, ad if you dont like what you read then you stop reading. If people venture further and look into thiings further they soon begin to see a different perspective and view of things, and more often than not, they then change their minds from the intial perceptions. Yes i agree that maybe the micky taking of disabled people is wrong, but unfortunately there are hundreds of comedians that do this on a daily basis as well. I have disabled friends and relatives, and i find this hurtful at times and in some extents out of order. when voicing my concerns to my disabled friends, they have said that they have found it funny. Though, again this is down to personal opinion and sense of humour. We all know that everyone is individual, and have completely different sense of humours from each other! In general i find Facebook to be a good site, it has personally got me in touch with lots of friends and in some cases family that i have been unfortunate to lose touch with in the past. I have also made some great new friends.[:)][8D][:D]
Reply ID 27064
i have facebook and yes i too have found many friends that i have lost touch with . Maybe wol should have its own facebook site with the history of the town . i dont agree with people who go wierdo spoting . as it says on the site rat lady spoted in baldock street today . That is only my opinion so i will leave it at that on this topic. to Dan thank you for removing the picture i was refering to
Reply ID 27066
I once had a post removed for suggesting that I got food poisoning in The Tap (pre paint job of course). Subsequently I'm quite shocked that the administrator would allow a persons name to be rounded upon like some medieval lynching. It seems this discussion has been born out of the most classic of misunderstandings i.e. lack of information and knowledge. I do hope the administrator’s review their censorship policy and use it to protect the real people of this site whose names are being used as punching bags for apparently no reason. (NB I do not know the person in question and am not a member of said site).
Reply ID 27068
Dan Cory is the one who wrote the article and Dan Cory is the one who will be take tha blame. Do you think that he was thinking about the protection of people as he was writing disgraceful comments on the FaceBook site? Do you think he was worried about using them as a punching bag for no apparent reason? I dont think so.
Reply ID 27071
I think that the moderators have it right. There is evidence of Dan Cory's work on the link that was shown in the original post. Comments have so far been restricted to the page at the end of that link, so whats the problem?
Reply ID 27079
Agreed.
Reply ID 27085
Punchbag, disgrace I think somebody needs to chill out a bit !
Reply ID 27086
Surely in any reasoned debate it is a persons views that need to be challenged, not the person themselves.
Reply ID 27087
Undecided which is most disgraceful - facebook site or some of the spelling on this thread. Is this an indication of the state of education in Ware - this could be a whole new thread/witch hunt on here naming and shaming schools and teachers for letting down the town, or may be this too is Mr Cory's fault???
Reply ID 27088
mayb its couse w r used 2 text in
Reply ID 27089
Spell checker has a lot to answer for also!!!
Reply ID 27090
Just imagine if he was doing it for attention, then this thread has given him plenty.
Reply ID 27091
Agree completely this thread has done nothing but make more people aware of the site than anything else could - quite ironic really!
Reply ID 27092
people should be aware of it if any of the ware weierdos where from a ethnic minority we would all be saying it was racist
Reply ID 27098
Posted - 28 Sep 2007 : 12:17:56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- people should be aware of it if any of the ware weierdos where from a ethnic minority we would all be saying it was racist Now stop I think your going a bit far with that last comment we would not all be saying it's racist because it's not. But I bet you wish they were ? Anythinh to jump on the band waggon !
Reply ID 27099
I didnt say that it was , i am not going to post anymore about this subject as i think that people has got the point im trying to make.
Reply ID 27100
I miss Ware so much it hurts sometimes. Dan, you are my hero. Peta Thomson South African Correspondent Ware is the Best Town on Earth Group [I agree with the bit about the spelling. For shame, people]
Reply ID 27160
Hello all. This is Dan Cory. I cant believe the fuss some of you have caused here. I can understand where some of you are coming from... and im sorry to of offended you. Some of you however... especially you tag1... what you have been saying is just dangerous and a load of old rubbish. You have the nerve to call me a "cyber Bully" well i have looked around some of the other pages and its not me who is bad its some of the people on here. As for my facebook group... there are worse let me tell you... I happen to know most of the people im speaking about... as it happens the other day i helped bridget home with her shopping. I could tell you how i know the others but as you didnt give me a chance to explain why should I...? Tag1 and i think Louise12... and a few others... Chill out. get a life and stop moaning at people. why cant you laugh? and not moan. Yes i can laugh at myself and thankyou for all the attension you have put my way. As warhol said... this may well be my 15minutes of fame. Heres to that. Dan Cory [A proud ware weirdo]
Reply ID 27196
Well done Dan !
Reply ID 27210
Hi Dan, welcome to WOL!!
Reply ID 27216
Hello Hazel... thanks for the welcome... i dont think there are many people who want to do that here..! haha
Reply ID 27218
quote:Hi Dan and welcome. I think you will find all contributors are welcome so long as they adhere to the rules.
Originally posted by cory_empire
Hello Hazel... thanks for the welcome... i dont think there are many people who want to do that here..! haha
Reply ID 27220
I think that you were quite responsible to open yourself up on the forum to comment, good or bad, so welcome!
Reply ID 27228
I wouldnt not adhere to the rules [here] and yes rachel i think it is only fair people get to say what they think to me and i get to say what i believe to them... although this was not the case on the last four pages where my name is dirt. lucky i can laugh at myself!
Reply ID 27231
Welcome to WOL Dan
Reply ID 27232
Likewise - welcome.