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FWR split continued

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RebeccaMumsnet · 29/06/2012 17:11

We have decided to start a new thread about this as the other thread was near capacity and taking a while to load.

Here is Justine's post from earlier on

We can give a Radical Feminism topic a go if that's what people want and see if it works. Obviously we need to be crystal clear that no one is obliged to post in one particular place and no one should feel excluded from any topic but we could test it out, and see if it helps resolve tensions. We'll do that in the next few days.

There are a couple of other things to think about as well.

First, those who come onto FWR to derail and inflame. We acknowledge that we have been too slow in the past to spot these posters for what they were. We're sorry about that and hope we're a lot quicker at dealing with them now. We're all for opinions but we do draw the line at posters whose only obvious intent is to goad.

And secondly, this idea that FWR can be an unwelcoming place to those who aren't following the 'party line'. Judging by posts on recent threads and by our inbox this is a view of a significant number of Mumsnetters and obviously that's not a healthy situation. Mumsnet is a place for discussion and for diverse opinion and it's the exchange of ideas and tolerance of differing opinions that makes it the board it is.

We do hope threads like this help to clear the air a bit and remind everyone that, whatever the differences of opinion, the FWR board will only ever be the stimulating, thought-provoking, enriching place we'd all like it to be if people feel that they can express themselves without being jumped on.

Please do continue to let us know your thoughts.

OP posts:
glasgowwean · 01/07/2012 18:56

That makes you a radical Englishwoman but you're more than welcome to come be a liberal Scot. Only if you bring some oil though

Hullygully · 01/07/2012 18:56
Grin
Hullygully · 01/07/2012 18:57

deep fried heroin suppers

glasgowwean · 01/07/2012 18:57

I'll take your shortbread and raise you tablet.

yellowraincoat · 01/07/2012 18:59

Tablet. Why the hell can't you get tablet in Engerland?

It reminds me of jumble sales/coffee and buttery mornings. Wrapped up in greaseproof paper and sold for 10p.

HmmThinkingAboutIt · 01/07/2012 18:59

Shortbread is divine.

Will sunflower oil for deep frying suffice?

Deep fried heroin is a bit past my limits though.

glasgowwean · 01/07/2012 18:59

Made some today. Talk about a legal high.....

glasgowwean · 01/07/2012 19:00

Tablet, not deep fried heroin. Shit !

HmmThinkingAboutIt · 01/07/2012 19:01

Deep fried heroin is legal is Scotland???

yellowraincoat · 01/07/2012 19:01

Teeth-rotting stuff.

I might make some mince and tatties tomorrow night. Oh Scotland. Why did I ever leave you? WHHHHHHHY?

(lack of jobs/shit weather/doom-mongering population)

WHHHHY?

MsCellophane · 01/07/2012 19:03

I know what shortbread is and could happily eat my body weight in it

but, erm... what's tablet?

glasgowwean · 01/07/2012 19:03

The Northern lights of old Aberdeen.....wails for a lost youth in the bracing cold

HesterBurnitall · 01/07/2012 19:04

Well, I'm bowing out. This is beyond me and it feels more than a bit shit to have bothered trying to contribute in a genuine way and then be told it was about someone, despite all the protestations that it wasn't.

glasgowwean · 01/07/2012 19:04

Boiled sugar with some extra bits added to pretend it's not sugar.....yum. Like a cross between crumbly toffee and fudge.

yellowraincoat · 01/07/2012 19:05

Like fudge but hard.

MsCellophane · 01/07/2012 19:07

ooh, sounds interesting

but is it so hard you might lose a tooth or three (before the sugar rots them)

Hullygully · 01/07/2012 19:07

oo I've never heard of tablet, sounds yum.

I don't know if it was "about" someone, hester or they made it about them...One person was the certainly the prime mover behind the whole thing, if that helps? ie it originated with a request they made.

Hullygully · 01/07/2012 19:08

I had some toffee poppets last night

yumyumyum

yellowraincoat · 01/07/2012 19:08

MsC, it's not as hard as that.

It has a unique texture.

Beachcomber · 01/07/2012 19:09

You made some very positive and sincere contributions Hester - just wanted to let you know that they didn't go unnoticed. Thought I'd say that because you were mostly totally ignored and I just wanted to say that you weren't ignored by everybody. Smile

yellowraincoat · 01/07/2012 19:09

Besides, Scottish people have generally lost most of their teeth by the age of 18, so we just gum wildly at stuff.

Hullygully · 01/07/2012 19:10
yellowraincoat · 01/07/2012 19:10

I don't think Hester was being ignored. Sorry if you felt that Hester.

I'd say I'm pretty much done with arguing about feminism for the day.

Hullygully · 01/07/2012 19:10

I had a fantastic time on the Outer Hebrides many years ago.

Whisky and dancing and well, it didn't end terribly well but we can gloss over that.

glasgowwean · 01/07/2012 19:11

Were sheep involved, Hully ?