Neck, chopping block and all that but here goes...
The person that northern is referring to is the same person that is threatening mumsnet and is stalking her around the web and put her real name on mumsnet.
I too stand by every word I say.
I understand Cod has had something similar happen recently, I know she is a long standing and very popular member of mn but what I don't understand is that northern has had a very different response.
In the 'Have I missed something' thead, Justine from Mumsnet writes:
Hello all,
Thought it worth clarifying what has happened here.
Over the last few days some rather pathetic acquaintances from Cod's real life have been posting nastily and in some cases menacingly about her on here and on her blog. We've been able to help Cod identify who they are, have banned them and will be writing to them tomorrow to let them know we'll be cooperating fully with any legal investigation that may or may not be instigated.
Cod is understandably shocked and upset, has asked for her posts to be withdrawn and has deleted her registration - no doubt she feels exposed, via her postings, to people who bear her ill will.
In truth this is not so much a case of MN invading real life as real life invading MN. As always we can only urge everyone to remember that this is a public forum, open to all. There are lots of good reasons why Mumsnet is free to access but it can, because of it's very nature, feel like a private place where you're solely amongst friends (well if not friends, then at least not enemies). But it's always worth bearing in mind that it is also open to those in real life who might not have your best interests at heart, especially when it comes to how much personal stuff you reveal.
We very much hope that Cod will be back soon - as many have noted it would be a shame if a few cowardly meanies chased such a storied Mumsnetter from the place. Let's hope not.
and here:
Sorry if you think we've been slow - for some reason there's been a lot of shenanigans going on in the last few weeks and we do like to be sure of our facts before banning folk. Sometimes that means a bit of a bottleneck - particularly if we need tech help to check out IP addresses and the like. We'll look at how can improve that - whether we can write a script to allow non-techy types to do this kinda thing and also think about whether we should look to use temporary bans more while we investigate serious things".
I too am exhausted by all this talk of legal threats, I suspect there is no weight to them and it is just one his many control techniques to frighten people here and derail the actual debate. I don't know how real those threats are and would like to hear exactly what the specifics are - I feel so strongly about this I am considering looking into legal advice.
I have asked before if there is any way we can continue these conversations if we took out some sort of insurance which would get mn off the hook?
The person that has made the supposed legal threats to mumnset started off on mn pretending to be a mother and was infact correctly identified by another poster as a 59 year old man from Sweden promoting his websites.
Northern and myself are 2 mothers from the UK that would like to talk with others about our experiences of steiner eduction along with other topics with other mums.
What will happen when the next new poster comes along asking for advice - will the thead get closed down or will only posters with positive stories to tell be allowed to contribute?
The irony is killing me that a steiner troll is bullying everyone here into submission and silence.