Ok so it isn't about the Ginababe incident, it's about the defamatory comments. That I understand - to a point. I think MNHQ made it very clear what we could and couldn't post, and explained that it wouldn't go further if we controlled ourselves.
However Ann Cloghs messages are confusing me. Her post a few weeks ago did not seem to be about the nasty personal attacks, it seemed to suggest GF didn't like swearing. Now she is saying that GF doesn't mind discussion, but MNHQ didn't make things clear enough that they would not sue IF the nasty comments stopped AND if a settlement was paid.
The original post 'Further, as a result of Mumsnet's failure to make clear to its members that Gina Ford has no intention to take legal steps to restrain
reasonable debate, and its refusal to agree reasonable terms of settlement to resolve these serious libels of her, she was forced to conclude that she had no alternative but to issue court proceedings, which she intends to do.'
So if I am reading this right, MN did make it clear we must stop making comments, but because they didn't pay a 'settlement' GF is now going to court.
Personally I understood the original complaint about the personal comments, what I didn't understand was Ann Cloughs post. All I can think is that she must have directed us to the wrong thread tbh and she meant to direct us to another personal GF thread.
Anyway I am sorry that MN is going through this, but it is rather funny when you think about it. Someone somewhere MUST have a Private Eye contact