In Thinking The MN 10th Bash Could Have Been More Charitable?

[Highlander]

apologies if I've missed something, but....

it's the boring old MNers themselves who have highlighted all the almost-taboo aspects of parenting

2nd trimester miscarriages
special needs
breast feeding and all its proiblems
the Nestle issue

etc etc etc

So why the flash sleb-fawning party? I kind of feel MNHQ forgot the real reason why MN is so successfull. Were the guests hand-picked so that they wouldn't embarrass Carrie and Justine by bringing up the issues we MNers care about with the PM and his wife?

Wouldn't it have been more appropriate to have the guest bring along a bag of their favourite biscuits and donate the money they would have spent on catering to a charity chosen by us?

words are amazing things whether on the screen or page..they can condure up such emotion,give comfort,cause pain,incite anger/remorse/regret...

well you would say that,wouldn't you

er, yes i would.

dragonbutter, you are more than just words, you are a warning to all that we must use caution when googling

Trolls and scams are not as abundant here as the potential provided for them.

LOL someone better tell the troll patrol and the not like the ole days crew.they perceive such things as mighty prevalent

yes, i am a public service.

Maybe they perceive themselves to be in Salem...

The keyboard is mightier than the sword.

yes,all the pc warriors tap tapping

and the nay sayers doing the same..lol

mn isnt a commune,is online discussion,room for discord

those who were at trinityrhinos place helping her a couple of weeks ago will dispute that scottishmummy. it most definitely felt like a community then. there was community spirit in abundance.

yes undoubtedly.the majority of mn never meet by choice

i meet Mnetters by choice frequently, we drink lots of wine

not always discord..sometimes for agreement,understanding and even affinity

who are you to say it's by choice, sm? there are heaps of local meet ups every week and for those people who are separated more by distance than choice, i see centralised meet ups being organised also. if you don't want to meet people, fine, but i don't think you can extrapolate your feelings to an entire site.

hmmm Custy..wine eh?

being human,the gamut of emotions is possible

oh yes copius amounts, you must come mumcentre!

so not just words on a screen, then? human beings with a full gamut of emotions?

are you a robot?

MN is what it is ...but it's individual and its importance to each member is relative..to some just words on a page..to others support and more

my subjective opinion is my opinion and no amount of how very dare you will alter it.methinks some on here are too touchy of divergent view.my beliefs and attitude regard mn are my human experience.dont expect anyone to get so humphy as my narrative isnt their pov

if mn rocks your world and you feel connected .so be it

Custy you are tempting me!.....where are these winefests?

You paint yourself as a bit of a sociopath, scottishmummy. I'm sure that's not you in RL.