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Socci · 14/09/2004 17:59

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Twiglett · 14/09/2004 18:02

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bundle · 14/09/2004 18:10

TROLL

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Socci · 14/09/2004 18:16

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SoupDragon · 14/09/2004 18:18

I think the information sections of Mumsnet are due for an overhaul when time permits - this was certainly the case when I commented on the "swimming" section.

Email your concerns to [email protected] and you should get a response.

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lou33 · 14/09/2004 18:23

I was just going to post that soups

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beetroot · 14/09/2004 18:23

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coppertop · 14/09/2004 18:25

I didn't even know MN had a Big Issues section.

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bundle · 14/09/2004 18:26

troll because: the kind of language used, provocative first time posting. I'm all for freedom of speech, but from real people.

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lou33 · 14/09/2004 18:27

She may be a long time lurker, and just never have posted before though. But agree there should be both sides of the argument put.

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MistressMary · 14/09/2004 18:33

I'm sure in the future there will be more balanced and alternative views out there.
Things always change/improve/ in other ways dealing with advice regarding babies etc.

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bundle · 14/09/2004 18:34

it's so obviously a wind-up, not a lurker. thought the troll policy was to kill off threads by ignoring them. that's why i posted it, not because i don't want both sides of any discussion covered. anyone who's been on this site for any length of time knows about the interesting - and recent - threads on topics like this

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Socci · 14/09/2004 18:40

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SoupDragon · 14/09/2004 18:41

Sorry, Bundle, but IMO this doesn't sound like a troll at all. Certainly not a typical troll.

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SoupDragon · 14/09/2004 18:43

Socci, I hope you've not been put off Mumsnet. There have been odd trolls recently on the health topics, stirring up issues. Vaccination is always a sensitive one

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coppertop · 14/09/2004 18:44

I think it's a good point about giving a balanced view about vaccinations. Either keep the current pro article and add an anti article or scrap the current one and have one balanced article?

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bundle · 14/09/2004 18:52

ok socci, what if the woman next door to you decided to suit herself and not be vaccinated and infected your children with a condition which developed into a life-threatening one?

not my responsibility smacks of a small-minded attitude which really makes me cross. driving carefully is not just for the driver/passenger's benefit - it's for all of our good.

why not take a look at the other thread, it makes interesting reading. everyone is welcome on mumsnet, and if you are not a troll then welcome to you too.

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SoupDragon · 14/09/2004 18:58

Driving is not at all the same as vaccinating a child. It doesn't involve injecting something into a person without their consent for a start. (and FWIW, I'm pro-vaccination personally but pro-choice in a more general view)

Socci has made the choice not to vaccinate so is clearly prepared to live with the consequences of that just as pro-vaccinators live with the consequences of injecting their children.

Do you think vaccination should be compulsory then Bundle? Should parents be forced to have their children vaccinated? Tell that to the people with vaccine damaged children who have made the decision not to vaccinate subsequent children.

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SoupDragon · 14/09/2004 18:59

Now, deep breath, count to 10 and reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelax....

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lou33 · 14/09/2004 19:02

Helmets on, run for the shelters!

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BigCookBen · 14/09/2004 19:05

Ooooh! This thread is HOT HOT HOT!

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bundle · 14/09/2004 19:06

I don't think it should be compulsory, no. but a sod you (not my responsibility) attitude is different to a considered assessment of the risks involved - to their child and other people (which I know other people have thought long & hard about, me included). it's not the decision to not vaccinate that I object to, it's the attitude. i posted the other thread, because i think the experiences of others (especially those whose children are vaccine damaged) are far more interesting than someone who blurts out in their first post about propaganda. I suppose I'm just bored by that attitude and prefer reading posts by people like jimjams, who's always a good read, and makes me think.

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Socci · 14/09/2004 19:11

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bundle · 14/09/2004 19:18

if you don't believe in trying to protect the community, then there's nothing I can do to change your mind. it was part of my decision-making process, and my children are very important to me. have you read the other thread?

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SoupDragon · 14/09/2004 19:22

My children have been vaccinated. I did it for them, not for the community. The community did not come into my consideration when it came to vaccination.

Where it does come in is when I don't take my infectious children out and about when they are ill. I didn't take them out when they had chicken pox because to do so would put pregnant women and those with a compromised immune system at risk.

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MistressMary · 14/09/2004 19:23

I also have not had my baby vaccinated yet.
I did go into my reasons on another thread that was sadly deleted thanks to trollish behaviour.
However I certainly do not have an attitude of irresponsibility, quite the opposite in fact.
One I have read books and have taken into account where I live, my lifestyle, my health and liklihood of travel etc. I know I am not satisfied with the situation and what vaccinations are dished out at the moment.
I do not go to mums and baby groups,I visit a homeopath periodically, and continue looking into the facts and immune building foods etc, to give my son. I have recently started posting on thios board as I used to frequent another site with a rather closed mind on this subject,but found here that the site is a bit more receptive to other views.

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