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HemmingGate: To ban or not to ban, that is the question MNHQ

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CarpeVinum · 30/12/2013 17:46

Some of us would like to know if a certain politico will be banned, proper.

No rush.

We know you have a lot on your plate with ... stuff.

(I probably got two quotes mixed up in subject line. Don't panic! It's me not you. Am philistine. Italy is wasted on me. Not keen on art, prefer shopping.)

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CarpeVinum · 01/01/2014 17:38

Well that was wierd.

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CarpeVinum · 01/01/2014 17:36

testing testing

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MadameDefarge · 01/01/2014 16:49

fab! I have posted to FB

Lioninthesun · 01/01/2014 16:46

Thank you! Think the latest one works?

Spero · 01/01/2014 16:42

You MUST restore the bottom text, that is one quality meme.

Lioninthesun · 01/01/2014 16:40

FFS! Sorry. memegenerator.net/instance/44484189

Onefewernow · 01/01/2014 16:39

Oh well done, all. I would retweet myself but new users with no followers like me just end up tweeting back to you! That's not helpful, is it?

Think the press are going quite easy on it, though, as yet.

MadameDefarge · 01/01/2014 16:36

eek! its lost the bottom text!

Lioninthesun · 01/01/2014 16:34

memegenerator.net/instance/44484095
[Grin] Too much mullered wine last night perhaps.

PacificDogwood · 01/01/2014 16:32

Yes, I am with Spero on the whole "Isn't he a wheeze?" angle - which is/was a great hook, but does not get to the heart of the matter, namely that what he and his ilk are spreading is incorrect and morally wrong.

Spero, I'd be happy to help with a debate but am quite far away form the Big Smoke or even Birmingham, but count me in in principle.

Trying to make an elected Member of Parliament ie somebody who is there to represent those who voted for him which in principle could be ANY of us accountable for what he says and does is a democratic right.
There is no denying that current Child Protection/Family Courts/Social Services have flaws and proceedings in them can be very difficult for all concerned. That does not justify somebody who has public office warning vulnerable people who are in dire need of help and support against contacting SS/GP/police when they are in crisis.

scalesagain · 01/01/2014 16:31

What spero said.

MadameDefarge · 01/01/2014 16:31

its lovely! Any chance of amending the spelling of sensitive???

And remember, he got told off for putting his unwanted post in the bins of St James Park...

Lioninthesun · 01/01/2014 16:28

Anyone think this might be his next years' Christmas Card?
memegenerator.net/instance/44483312

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CarpeVinum · 01/01/2014 16:27

duly noted scales

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Spero · 01/01/2014 16:26

I don't want him banned, I want him here, identifiable and called to account every time he pops up with something stupid, wrong and dangerous.

BUT if he continues to out people and scaremonger, there should be much more willingness from MNHQ to warn and/or suspend him. He does seem to have got different treatment to other 'ordinary' posters who have been suspended.

I want him to debate. I very much want that. And if he genuinely believes even 1% of his conspiracy theories, he will want that too

MadameDefarge · 01/01/2014 16:24

if you had read them or any other material, you would see he was banned for outing MNetters. Not for any disagreements.

If you plan to post on contentious issues have the manners to actually find out what they are.

Mignonette · 01/01/2014 16:23

Aaronovitch has been tweeted. Have you tweeted Janice Turner?

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CarpeVinum · 01/01/2014 16:23

Aha!

synopsis

homeschoolinitaly.blogspot.it/2013/12/hemminggate.html

Please also see Expert legal blogger's take, and the guardian. So far.

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scalesagain · 01/01/2014 16:23

I have read it all. I just happen to think that banning people is not a good precedent. I don't even agree with him.

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CarpeVinum · 01/01/2014 16:21
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CarpeVinum · 01/01/2014 16:21

Well we did, wheres the synopsis link ?

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MadameDefarge · 01/01/2014 16:19

I for one feel under no obligation to precis a long and complex thread process.

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CarpeVinum · 01/01/2014 16:19

Anything we can do Spero, will all the interest raised be enough or can we write letters of support.. or something ?

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MadameDefarge · 01/01/2014 16:18

scales, did you manage to read the five previous threads about this case? It might help you see where we are now.

scalesagain · 01/01/2014 16:17

I don't think banning people for holding opinions you don't agree with is a good precedent. It appears there is a lot of history here, that I was oblivious to, but the workings of the Court of Protection should be debated as that is where we will all end up if we or our parents lose capacity without a welfare POA. The whole court ordered ceasarian is a topic I would be interested in debating with Hemming, the point that bipolar women could be scared of losing their children if they admit to problems and ask for help is something I am interested in, having personal experience.

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