Qui tacet consentire videture... I want it to be understood by MNHQ and by guests to this site that my silence on the subject of the recent speculative threads does NOT condone their existence.

[Aitch]

Aitch.

By H I mean aitch.

Norkmaiden

im contraversial and dont know when to shut up, thats it, nothing else. No sinister underlying motives.

lol LL

Do I have a broad South Wales Valleys accent???

Cos I should (and do)

Much of the bleating and posturing about the disliked threads refers to things like 'fag in the mouth' and 'over the fence'. The posters enjoying their speculations over a noteworthy news item are generally being disparaged in quite class-related terms.

Given that this is an online forum in which everyone uses aliases and nicknames (your bank manager/hot date/rabbi/gynaecologist isn't going to iknow it's you posting, are they?) I find the self-importance on this thread quite hilarious.

OK LL. [narrows eyes]

How would you describe my accent?

lol LL, can you imagine?

FGS, they way some of you are going on about me it sounds as though you think it was me who wrote such horrific details on the thread in question, i did not.
I disagree about the thread bumping out of existence, and that there should be freedom of speech.
The topic relates to a mum accused of harming her own child, i feel this topic is absolutely apt for a web discussion on a website called mumsnet.

where have people posted those things on this thread Mademez? I have honestly not seen them.

And since when was tact a class issue?

Was lucky enough to be away this weekend and seem to have missed something distasteful. Yay!

In principle, and as a good liberal, I believe in freedom of speech. But I object to vile and vicious speculation, and I feel sorry that the McCanns, having to cope with losing their daughter, are now facing an ordeal by innuendo.

Hurlyburly

I think that is is you making the class judgement call tbh MadZ.

I think it's too complex for your software to cope with....

haychee, you had a thread recently on phobias where people talked about having to refer to arachnids as 'loofahs'. How do you think people with anxiety about their dcs, or who are dealing with the loss of a child or a serious illness feel when they see these threads and posts?

This is a site for parenting advice and nothing said about the McCann case has helped me to be a better parent.

Madaez, what is 'common'?

Firstly, i did not write any distasteful descriptions of how or where mm may be or what has happened to her.

Secondly, yes of course i can understand how some could be upset by such details. But is it unavoidable at the moment. Every time i switch on the news or walk into a garage or newspaper shop i am confronted by images and headlines of mmc.

As others have said and i too, if you dont like a particular thread then dont go on there, its actually quite easy i do it all the time.

Fair enough there is nothing that can come out of a mm thread that will help any of us parent any better, but neither can style & beauty or any chat topic.

haychee, you can avoid the news, newspapers, the news websites. But you can't avoid threads on Mnet unless you avoid active convos, and thereby miss out on conversations that might make you feel abit happier or that you can get something from. Also it's easy to click on them by accident as MB did.

I block chat, but actually style does make you a better parent if you get advice that makes you feel good about yourself.

hester

How do you avoid newspapers? The news on tv, yes ok and the internet news site yes, but newspapers are evreywhere in every fuel garage, on the bus, in the drs waiting room - anywhere and everywhere.

Surley if your adept enough to be bale to avoid newspapers then you would be just as able to avoid in the news topics and chat and or just skim titles?

and threads in chat can make you laugh and feel better about life when RL is getting too much. It has for me many times.

How many newspaper headlines contained the kind of bile that was being spouted on here yesterday? Oh, that's right. None.

MB im glad your back, do you see at all where ive been coming from all day even in the slightest?

honestly, no I don't.

I've been posting on and off this thread all night, and no I don't see what possible advatage that sort of 'discussion' of this poor family helps antone.

I agree about chat MB, the main reason I block it is that I am on here too much anyway!

I do avoid newspapers as much as I can, it's not difficult. Totally different on active convos here IME.