dear mn hq, please could something be done about the anti sn posts on mn

Why is Spiderpig8 allowed to stay here after the many vile posts we've had from him/her?

See, this is what I just don't get! MNQH know that poster is trouble, they know that most, if not all of their posts, will be vile and nasty attacks against SN children and their parents, and even those who post a thread asking for advice in other areas get targeted by him/her.

Why is this poster allowed to stay?

So Spiderpig is still here and shovelling shit! Nice ! Thanks MNHQ for your empty promises robust sanctions.

happened last time,
a few platitudes from mn hq and people think it is all done and dusted.....but nothing has actually changed,

Not coming up on search.

Sadly I suspect the boredom tactic has been used before. Hope we will get distractd and go away. And we do tend to comply with that.

spiderpig, just derailed a thread with her/his trolling.
not a PA, just a statement of fact

I have a feeling they just hope we will get bored,

Another of the ,main aplyers or another anti Sn post hobnobs?

oh and just spotted another one

Am curious how the main players over the weekend in the vile behaviour on glitterz thread have been dealt with . I have seen one posting but other's seem to be keeping a low profile

OOps sorry

Yes MNHQ- any come back?

ASpergers is not a defence (might be taken into account) ; it's why I know my AS child may well end up in trouble for something he is totally incapable of understanding (he doesn't get emotions / offence or cause and effect very well despite a generally high IQ).

Which is NOT to excuse it btw; I'd understand the reaction, heck if it worked- well 11 years of me telling him has not.

For a long time he would ask Mum how rotted Nan was in her grave; Mum I thought did well to cope at all with that but he had absolutely no concept of why it was wrong.

Not that it's always negative- my younger child (ASD) managed to dissipate a large group of hoodies yesterday by pointing in genuine hilarity nd shouting for ages about how stuid they were for wearing their hoods up in dry weather- this group has plagued the village for ages, ten minutes nagging from an autistic 8 year old with his mum begging him to stop and they were gone!

Yes, Sevenfold I was going to ask that too...... Anything at all?

so did anything ever comeback from mn hq, cos I seem to remember on sunday they said they were going to discuss it on monday.........now wednesday

any idea how they enforce his ban on using the internet? even dh who never uses PC's said that seemed unworkable

crazynanna you are NOT an ignorant twat, I was an arse for pointing it out, it was not relevant to the point you made.

I think that there can be little doubt that the man involved set out to cause mischief - he targeted several bereaved families with abuse. The court must have decided that he did understand that he was causing them harm.

It is tragic if his inability to control obsessive behaviour is due to AS, but I am very glad that he has been caught and jailed. Such trolling does a huge amount of damage, as we've seen here. It must be even worse away from an anonymous talk board.

Trolling, especially on sensitive subjects (we've seen it here on threads about bereavement, SN, rape, mental health...) is fundamentally unhealthy destructive behaviour. It is good that some trolls are now being made to answer for the damage they are doing. It is even happening on an international level e.g. here:

thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/18/prolific-web-troll-arrested-with-help-from-atheists-on-twitter/

Yes,madwomanintheattic,that is it with the media,you just never get the full story. I was a twat for not doing my research before pressing post message am pissed with myself for that. I was just a bit taken aback that 'Trolling',as it were,has become a subject for criminal proceedings.
Thank you for caring...yes I'm ok

no, no, you weren't nana. it was just one of those things where you didn't have all the information! didn't mean to suggest you had posted knowing he had AS. it just shows how easily it can be manipulated by the media though. such a pertinent piece of information and ignored by the media outlets in some cases. mind you, media coverage of this sort of thing just perpetuates the ignorant idea that people with AS are dangerous.

hope you're ok! x

Guys,I didn't know the lad had AS
It was just one of those quick BBC news clips inbetween programmes that gives you a 10 word report on an item...and it didn't mention he had SN.
I didn't mean to be an ignorant twat

oh dear - i think crazynana meant it to point out to people that persistent trolling on sites could end them up in hot water with the law rather than divert a couple of hours of social time.... but if other reports say the 'troll' has aspergers that lends a rather different air to it - as he may have been unaware of the social conventions surrounding the bereavement site and hadn't sought to cause mischief...

maybe not a great example to hold up to people who find it amusing to pick on parents with kids with additional needs... i suspect the posters on here rubbing their hands with glee when a bunfight breaks out (or causing one) don't have a disability themselves.

Yes, Asperger's can be a defence for exactly this sort of thing. It means he may not be able to control obsessive behaviours, nor understand why they are harmful to others.

I also saw it. The news report mentioned that he has aspergers.

Is that actually relevant? They wouldn't have explicitly mentioned if he had been black would they? Surely having aspergers is not a defence at a criminal trial, for an offense like this...

I saw that too crazynanna - I heard them use the word 'trolling' and had to rewind the TV to check. Seems it is more widespread these days.

What a shame.

Just a bit of info:
Just saw on the news some guy got 18 weeks in jail for 'Trolling' on a teenage memorial sight.

Seems 'trolling' is becoming a bit more serious than pissing off other posters.

i need to go and catch up on the thread, but have a horrid headache and two kids to still get to bed and homework diaries and reading diaries to sign, pack ups to make etc, but i WILL once my nurofen has kicked in and the above has been done catch up and say anything i feel needs to be said :)