I have rejoined just to ask this question.

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Why are some members of this site allowed to get away with persistently being vile, pushing an agenda, defending the indefensible, upsetting other members, twisting versions of events and generally being nasty, and they do not get banned?

Not about any one particular poster, but I have noticed that some stronger "personalities" on here seem to be Teflon coated.

Why is this?

Why do the owners of this site want that kind of vile poster and do not seem to care about the number of truly decent kind posters who are being upset and driven off the site?

...do they not honour Eve?

No, they make Eve poo an awful lot

The funny thing is:
I do look a bit like Ronnie Corbett. I even have a yellow, v neck jumper. The cuffs come down to my knees.

"LOVE APPLES!" Thunderd the leader, leaning over the table and glaring at the transgressor. "What sort of oppressive male-centric shit is that? We don't need that sort of opinion in here."

The transgressor begins to cry a bit, "Oh I'm so sorry, I've made a terrible mistake, you're quite right. I'll go and lie down nekkid with Gandhi for a bit as punishment."

Thanks GetOrf. I would be just and true. Like a good arrow.

Well, I think you are all beastly. my friend sells tomatoes and people like you are the reason she is going out of business.

that, and Ghandi.

Let's be honest though tufty, people would not know what the hell you were going on about some most of the time.

Tom met Love Apples, before he died. That had a discussion.
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Chat
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Tom wanted Love Apples to lower the height of all the windows in Tomatoville. This in order for the little people to see in clearly. All the jumping was hurting their knees. Love Apples went red and roared 'NO!!!!!'
That was the end of that discussion. Tom shuffled off to Tomao Town andcdeclared war on the tyrannical leader Love Apples.
A new war began.

So GetOrf not that different to David Cameron really.

It's like the Tomato Aeneid

Aim higher, tufty, aim higher.

"I think some tomatoes are quite nice," whispered a timid soul, "You know, on cheese and toast?"

"sOME TOMATOES ARE QUITE NICE? Oh you love crushing all the other fruit and letting the tomato dominate I..."

The door opens, in comes Justine (played by a greenish Hattie Jacques, bosom intact)< "Now look," she says, "We all have different views on fruit and veg, can't we all try to be a bit more moderate and tolerant? And do remember it's ok to criticise each other's fruit choices, but not the person making them, ok?"

Honestly.

My son was bullied - actually fucking bullied by people from his school. They wrote shit on his FB page containing threats, they followed him around the school shouting stuff at him and they finally launched an unprovoked attack on him in the school corridor which resulted in the attacker breaking his knuckles on my child's head.

Someone diagreeing with you on the internet is not the same thing at all and I find it grossly offensive to suggest it is.

I will aim for the moon. I measure out my life in coffee spoons.

The Tomato Aenid would fly off the shelves all about the land and sea.

pssssssssssssssssssssssss psssssssssssssssssssssss says the snake under the table who is alarmed by little Ronnie's pate bobbing up and down

Aim higher with the tomato?

Hear hear Shirley.

Not bad Hullygully, but you need to watch your POV, are you omniscient or close third?
Tomatoes are inclined to be a little twofaced (due to the whole fruit or veg thing) so plenty of scope for conflict.

I think hairylemons really onto something. What if MN Towers and royal family members (you know who you are) tried posting as newbies for a few days. Might be a bit of an eye opener.

On moderation/moderators. A horse is a camel designed by a committee don't they say? Threads would wither and die if constantly freeze framed while someone tried to decide whether somebody else misinterpreted or really meant whatever. The forum would surely follow suit.

There is a brief musical interlude to lower the tension.

All the women don tomato suits and stand on the table to sing the tomato song.

The snake and Justine waltz sedately about the room.

Shirley I agree with you about bullying. You don't have to log into mumsnet. Your son had to go to school. How is he now?