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.

Has anyone else noticed names have been deleted as it gathers?? My name, and those around me at the time of registering have been removed. Unless I really do need those bi-focals....

Soapbox - is that a flounce?

I think I'll stick to scrabble

That's because people are copying the list at the same time Pan - so the new name on the first to be re-posted doesn't appear on the second iyswim.

Ditto - almost word for word - NadineB

Soapy, I didn't join either camp.

Said before I agree with Custard.

Are you playing scrabble now....?

I may not agree with what others may say, but I will defend to the death their right to say it.

I do however wish that we could direct the more excitable MNers to another part of the site and just leave them to it. It is revolting sometimes to see sensible debate dissolve into playground mudslinging.
And revolting also to have lazy journo's simply pluck off this site random quotes that they then use to support whatever shocking angle they need to represent in order to get the flurry of mail responses that in turn justify their sorry little existences on scummy sensationalist newspapers.

Olive farkin Oil x 23645 million

(ooooh I seem to be at the start of the thread now, how did that happen?)

power of moi?

Oh Squiffy, I agree wholeheartedly.

Except that possibly I wouldn't defend any of the pruriently speculative to the death. Not to the death. Maybe to the point of a broken fingernail. Thus far and no further.

Who said that anyway? Was it Voltaire?

So should one report Mercy's post or let it stand I wonder...

i've reported it.

lol at 'excitable' MNers

Ruty, I think Mercy's post was tongue-in-cheek.

Ruty, I wasn't having a go at either LL or Sophable - it was a joke and it was in context in this and other threads last night.

Although I admit it looks bad now, especially as I left the grin off. Sorry.

yes i did wonder, but with the over zealous deleting going on i thought i might as well.

Fair enough

Message withdrawn

Ditto NadineB

Signed

Getting on here before it gets full.

NQC.

Did anyone ever explain why some people have posted on the threads (as I have! And as is quite fine to do.. because most of us are NOT in that minority which this whole thing has kicked off about!).... but still signed here, apparently to "defend and explain" their "silence" on the subject? That makes a mockery of it as far as I can see. And is surely hypocrisy, as suggested earlier. How can it be not?

Not that anyone should feel quilty calmly and non-offensively taking part in an adult discussion (about ANY subject) as far as I can see.

In no doubts as to why Aitch started this thread.. but it's become a circus now.. one more thread to add to the hysterical hype.

After a break of a couple of months, was a bit by what was always in active convos, and did find it more than a bit off putting

Signed Overrun