or has the standard of 'debate' gone right downhill on here

[germyrabbit]

seems to be everyone agrees or no one can be arsed to argue any point these days

Arf at Mary's googling crown and badger

I like to keep my opinion free from acurate information. Blundering prejudice based purely on my limited life experience is how I roll.

Pag

guess this doesn't bother you, then?

I love that Edam

My god, is this the first thread to acknowledge there is bullying on mumsnet.

I can leave with peace of mind at last

I love it too, reminds me of my earnestness when I first discovered MN.

I think you get bullying on any online forum, no reason why MN would be exempt. It's very easy to depersonalise people you don't actually see. Hence the Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory. Perhaps the thing to hang on to is how remarkably kind people can be, too.

I will never understand the arguments about weaning. If you aren't starving them, why does it matter?