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Hang on a cottonshuckingminute.

"SuePurblybiltbyElves Sat 17-Nov-12 21:52:35

You could have added that my post ^ was in response to a very unhinged-sounding sweary rant at Porto, followed by a frothing NEST OF VIPERS ENTITLED SCUM MN longer post.
Tsk, Ms Greta."

I said she'd done a bangoutoforder PA well, some version of those letters.

The personal attack was on ME. I am happy for the post to stand.

She said it, I never reported it. I do not believe she should be able to retract it.

Oh, did you? . I don't read your posts as such <runs>

Good point Porto.

Well, you'll have to take it on trust that to me, deluded meant wrong or sadly mistaken. As this seems to be all about me <preens in spotlight> <worries about visibility of chin hair>

Can.t see any beardage from here, Sue.

I think its a bit bangoutoforder to be able to say something really horrible then get it deleted yourself.
Having your cake and eating it, that is.

I do see what Porto means - she had a nasty rant, self reported and it was deleted - it's the same result as a retraction (though I do see that MNHQ can't do much about that)
Other than my change-of-deleted-message-message plan...

Sorry Helen - I came back from a James Bond/Curry orgy and she said she had reported herself. Anyhow, I apologised for the autocorrect, and am a bit stunned at all the fuss. <<makes note to send Xmas Gin to MNHQ>>

I'm sorry, Helen. This is probably not what you need on a Saturday night.

It's obviously a fine line to tread to decide what to dlete and what not to.

I'm just a bit sore about having a deletion ages ago that I still feel wasn;t desrved, and now I can;t claim I'm all shiny and pure on MN.

So, thise sour grapes are affecting my response to the two deletions in reply to the outandout PA.

I think I'll go back to InanityTrulyReigns and do some arsetwittery.

I reported the PA on you, Porto.

It was disgusting.

Ahhhh ok then
But she was gonna.
So still a bit
<refuses to be wrong>

<lends hat>

You purty, Nags.

Helen - 'you are delusional' can't possibly be a 'personal attack'.

Delusional:

having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions

a belief held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary

How can either of those consitute a personal attack?

The only deleted post I ever got was while talking to someone with depression about a shrink I used who also worked at The Priory. It was breathlessly reported by someone saying the shrink could have been identified in real life, and the post vanished in puff of smoke.

Most gratifying. Shame that thanks to my own confidentiality agreement I'd scrambled the ID of everyone involved before the first word. There are about 300 Priories too.

They teach you how to keep the point but lose the personal, as an automatic technique, in the expensive lunatic circles which I then frequented.

Useful skill that should be taught to all MNetters, I say.

Oh come on, delusional is also widely or colloquially used to mean barmy, unstable, loopy, loony, daft, simple or nuts.

None of those is a compliment. It's also undermining and casts doubt on the authenticity of the poster, which on the internet is a big deal.

The law is a mess at the moment. I would talk about it, but I'm slightly tipsy and don't want to make a tit of myself. Tis not Helen's fault though, tis the amendments to the Deformation Act. {hic}

I feel that I am missing the point completely. It is like listening to my MIL (she always starts a conversation in the middle rather than at the start)

Anyway, I do like Helen's 'oooh, what an well thought out post' idea, filled with sarcasm, it could be quite successful.