In view of the public stoning I have had on the M&B thread I would just like to say a few things.
Having been a member of mumsnet for 3 years or so I have witnessed this kind of relentless attack before, although luckily it was never directed at me. Guess it was my turn, and can now empathise with other posters who have left due to the out and out bullying that goes on here. Having your opinion on mn is great and I have had many a heated discussion with posters but this was not a heated discussion.
In my defence I would like to say that I am a generally nice person, I work in a care setting and every day I go to work and I do my best to help as many people as I can, some are grateful and some are not, some are nice and some are not but thats the job and I love it.
I have been off sick for a week and yes when I went to the supermarket I was tired, sick, and had not been out for 4 days. However I'm not sure this coloured my view of the situation or made any difference.
At no time did I suggest that old people should stay indoors as has been inferred on the thread. Nor did I ask for a round of applause for the way the situation was handled. I did not at any time raise my voice to the driver of the car.
For those of you that can get your toddler out of the rear of a small car in a normal space then i take my hat off to you, I cannot however unless I pull him out by his arms. And I could certainly not get him back in.
For those of you that have attacked me over the past two days I envy the fact that you never raise your voice, lose your cool, handle a situation incorrectly, or are rude to anyone.
Sadly I am not always perfect and for that I can only apologise.
I hope the thread can be put to bed, and life can return to normal