No it didn't, but the hypocrisy of your last post required a little feedback for balance.

One of my sons is autistic but I have no problem with the actual insult itself. No apology required.

Edited by Stirlingsays (31 Jul 2017 8.42am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Well said Lyons. He certainly is going the Gareth Thomas way about things.
I've lost any respect I had for you lanep1.

I also agree with becky. Using statistics to state there must be hundreds of gay professional footballers may not be true. I know a few gay people and they're not at all interested in football - certainly the camper ones.
Perhaps gay men aren't drawn to football and rugby in much the same way women's hockey and rugby DOES attract gay women. Before anyone starts I'm not suggesting all gay men are Larry Graysons and all lesbians are boiler-suit wearing, skinhead dykes but based on my own experiences I've never played football with anyone who is gay but have worked in an office with lots of gay men. None of them liked football.

I still think it's an individual's business what their sexuality is and will never understand why people want people to 'come out'.
To me it would be like surveying all professional footballers and asking them if they like rubber and pvc, do they enjoy anal sex with their WAGS? Do they only shag fat people? ... it's up to them and no one else's business.

You fed me, you bred me, I'll remember your name.

For clarity I would never use 'autistic' as an insult. Only an observation.

Just so you know mate. I don't think I'd like to repeatedly spell something incorrectly, especially when it's an insult, and you're spelling something else as a result.

COYP

I never asked for an apology and there is no need for one.

I don't know the evidence for not empathising comes from. I've criticized in this thread those who attack homosexuals, physically or verbally just as I'd criticise anyone who picks on someone minding their own business.

I simply believe that no one is more equal than anyone else...to paraphrase Orwell.

Apparently if I don't support further restrictions on free speech I'm not being empathetic. Well sir, perhaps you aren't being realistic.

Ugly or plain people, short people, low IQ people, people born with unhealthy potentials for violence or sexuality....the list of people who are dealt a hand in life that makes their existence more difficult than the average is endless.

How much time are you spending on worrying about their offence? If you aren't perhaps you aren't 'empathetic' enough.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Absolutely struggling to understand this. Why?