things we are not allowed to say on mumsnet.

[stitch]

bottle feeding is second best.

living together as being in the least way undesirable.

marriage shows more commitment.

children need more than one parent

any opiinion resulting from religious faith. bigoted or not.

the opinion that children should have some sort of clothes on all the time. or that they should be made qware of private parts.

in fact any opinion that is not politically correct.

feel free to add any topics you feel i many have missed

oh, and hurling abuse at people is ok as long as you do not use swear words, and it is directed as someone who has a viewpoint different from yours.

[Lonelymum]

I think I know where Stitch is coming from. I have to hide many opinions for fear of offending some people, and sometimes the desire to post as openly as she did is strong.

[paolosgirl]

Lonely, I agree - and often finding myself not posting because of the vitriol that I see on MN on occasion. Very sad.

[QueenOfQuotes]

Lonely - I post strong opinions sometimes (well ok quite often).

Yes people disagree with me BUT (I like to think that) I 'argue' my point rather than calling people names and complaing when people disagree with me. I certainly don't call people's opinions stupid!

I think it was the way in which stitch responded to the posts (and the tone of her OP) that wound people (me included) up.........although I did everythng the 'right' way - just in rather quick successioin

[paolosgirl]

Queen, I hear what you're saying, but there was someone (can't remember who) who was actually swearing at Stitch. No-one should have to put up with that - either in RL or on MN.

[dejags]

bottle feeding is second best - I think it's absolutely marvellous, without it both my kids would surely have perished

living together as being in the least way undesirable - not sure what you mean, but if you say that living together is undesirable, I think that's a pile of old poo.

marriage shows more commitment. - cannot agree, just have a look at the relationship thread

children need more than one parent - agree

any opiinion resulting from religious faith. bigoted or not - I agree that we should be able to have religious opinions without having to justify or have abuse hurled at us

the opinion that children should have some sort of clothes on all the time. or that they should be made qware of private parts. - definitely do NOT agree, children should be children

[QueenOfQuotes]

people have sworn at me (and called me all manner of names).

Quite simple really - ignore them - it's only a screen, switch off, walk away, and come back later all guns blazing

[paolosgirl]

Betters - fuck and piss are not eloquent responses.

[lemonice]

ignore those ...and move on...

[EnidHobblingLikeAnOldWoman]

suck it up, build a bridge and get over it as the young so eloquently say these days

[motherinferior]

Do those parents have to be different sexes?

[EnidHobblingLikeAnOldWoman]

I thought this thread was going to be about mums online

[paolosgirl]

I don't know what the stats are for same sex couples - it would be interesting to see...

[weesaidie]

I posted on your thread stitch and I don't think I was contentious or nasty, I just tried to explain my situation and why I made certain choices, as requested. I can understand why others were upset though, but most only seemed to be giving their own opinion as we are all entitled to do.

[fairyfly]

yes, you are right, i will ring my x and ask him to come home. Perhaps he could put his hand round my neck again, kick me when im on the floor or maybe shag someone in my house. Then surely the stable relaxed quiet home my boys are being brought up in can become a " normal " place for them again and they will excel in all they do. This is infuriating,
two parents are the ideal sometimes but i assure you not all the time. I don't need statistics to tell me otherwise, i have the evidence upstairs with my beautiful, well mannered intelligent respectful children.

[SenoraPostrophe]

I can't see any swearing, paolosgirl (unless you mean me saying I was pissed off).

Anyway thinking about this some more, what are you doing, stitch, if not hurling abuse by implication? You're accusing us of being blinkered and arrogant because some people disagreed with you (I didn't even reply to the other thread, I don't know why i'm taking this so personally).

[paolosgirl]

There's a fuck on there as well, SP

[MistressMary]

You can say what you want and so can we. Within the MN policy I believe.

[QueenOfQuotes]

yeah "high and f*cking mighty" it says

[emily05]

I dont think that this is a 'mumsnet' issue as such. If you stated some of the things you listed in an office, family get together ect. . you would also perhaps face a debate.
Dont they say dont discuss politcs or religion! I must admit anything can spark into a row on here (milk tokens?! grape?!).

[MistressMary]

And some views at mums and toddlers can be outspoken too.
As mentioned to me and others today, but that a whole different thread.

[Pruni]

Message withdrawn

[handlemecarefully]

I haven't read the thread that Stitch is referring to so I do not have a position vis a vis who is 'right' and who is 'wrong'.

But she sounds like she is feeling a bit beleaguered, so best to lay off her eh?