Do Mumsnet have to report intent to break the law

She'll have to find that room first!

Can you imagine all the angry "i could just kill him!" type posters being reported for conspiracy to commit murder? Not to mention the ones suggesting how,offering to help hide the body or offer an alibi.

Btw, bananas don't work. You need way too many.

@ComeOnBabyPopMyBubble

I'm going to be in a room with more than 30 people tomorrow. What are you going to do about it?

This has got to be a wind up thread, surely no one could think the police Have nothing to do but go after people only talking about having more than 6 people in a room

I had a website saying I was in Cornwall when I was in the Midlands. So I’m thinking the system isn’t very accurate. It may get which country you are in but I’m not too sure about that.

Google tells me that I'm 282 miles from where my IP address suggests I am.

OP.
Check this out.

www.iplocation.net/ip-lookup

First just google 'what is my ip address'. It will give you a number. Enter the IP address into the above locator. See where it tells you that you are. It tells me I'm in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. I don't even know where that is.

Can you just imagine the man hours to trace down a Mum who wants to invite a few people more than is entirely legal for a birthday party for her 1 year old.......... GET. A. FUCKING. GRIP.

I'm interested in what the op thinks.

I'd say that the number of unreported serious crimes on here is way more worrying than 10 people at a party, personally.

I'm going to be in a room with more than 30 people tomorrow.
What are you going to do about it?

@NiceGerbil

There is a huge difference between someone posting on MN saying they have been a victim of DV or rape and someone saying they were the one who actually committed the crime/intended to commit a crime??

Rufus, true.

I was just wondering if op got as worked up when she reads threads where woman talk about crimes that are much worse and have actually been committed.

If not. Then they're not a very nice person, are they.

Sneak.

Btw people gathering in groups of more than 6 is not the same as bombing a gig. I live in Manchester and that actually happened a couple of years ago and it caused far more devastation and death than 7 people meeting in a pub or whatever will.

@LovelyLovelyMe report it yourself? Why do you expect the administrators of a website to do this for you? Phone the police, tell them, and if they have the resources and the inclination to investigate, can contact MN with a request for information.

MN admins are moderators for the website rules, not the law.

OP I hate to break it to you but if your house is burgled the chances are the only things the police will do is send you a crime number

But say someone started a thread saying I'm thinking of committing a burglary - bit short of cash this week and the offices next door haven't opened up yet. What do you all think? Do you think it should be left to stand including the replies that said "oh go for it op. Police won't be bothered and don't let the Stasi put you off. You go girl"

OP I hate to break it to you but if your house is burgled the chances are the only things the police will do is send you a crime number for your insurance claim and a leaflet about victim support. I would rather they improved performance in that department than put resources into investigating whether Betty from no 10 is planning to have 6 guests for Sunday lunch.

ah yes and for those of us that are in totally different countries? should Interpol/MI6 and more importantly HM be involved.

And people wonder how the Staasi were so successful and claim it wouldn’t ever happen these days. Yeah, right.

I do think MN HQ should post on threads where people are advocating breaking rules/laws that MN policy is that it doesn't condone/support law breaking

MN HQ is very quick to jump in and remove posts/ ban posters for what I've seen are relatively minor things where discussions get heated simply because someone has expressed an unpopular opinion and yet it stays silent when people are advocating what is criminal behaviour (like it or not that is what breaking the law is)

The police are going to be really busy if they are going to follow up on every claim of more than 6 people round for lunch

Don’t admit crimes online.

I’m not advocating committing crimes by the way.

Good grief OP.

Firstly, what people post on MN and how they are actually going to behave IRL are not necessarily the same thing. If they were, then locksmiths would be making a fortune and there would be an enormous tribe of bewildered DPs roaming aimlessly together with their possessions in a black bag because they left a cup on the side/slept in late/farted/wore the wrong clothes etc etc.

On a more serious note, by your logic, then MN should be contacting the police about everyone who posts about being the victim of abuse - because they are describing an offence right? I don't even want to think about the potential repercussions of that.

OK, so let's suspend disbelief and imagine that MN could somehow track us all down to our homes:

Scenario 1 - "Hello MN poster, we have been told that you don't actually agree with the latest Covid regulations and are going to have more than 6 people for a first birthday party, is this true?"

"Of course not officer (tinkly little laugh) I was just letting off a bit of steam and invented a vaguely innocuous scenario to initiate an informed discussion around the issue"

Scenario 2: Hello MN poster, we understand that your partner has been abusing you for a number of years and we believe that you are a victim of co-ercive control. May we speak to your OH please as this is a crime and we would like to charge him"

The fallout from this just doesn't bear thinking about.

Excellent thread. Can’t tell if it’s a wind up, which in itself demonstrates the current tragic state of affairs!

OP out of interest what's your view on all the crimes reported on MN

There's (sadly) an enormous number of rapes and DV reported on here.

I think op is one of those loons who buys a speed gun thingy of the net and photos and reports everyone doing 31 or above on the roads near her

Conspiracy to hold a birthday party of 10 people 😂😂😂

Truly I have heard it all now.

OP I don’t think that poster should hold that party but fuck me you are being ridiculous with this talk of reporting to the police.