Prince Harry’s speech

eazybee

Or you are determined to offend.

If I was determined to offend, I might post that another group of posters hated - actually hated - 50% of the population because they had a different constitutional opinion to mine. Or I might say that a poster spends time on GN because they are sad and have no life. Or maybe that other posters were slavering maliciously at the thought of posting on a thread they wanted deleted.

On the other hand, I might realise that there are things you shouldn't be saying about other people in a public forum, and that GNHQ sets the rules.

We can discuss which option is behaving like an adult, if you like.

When I first joined Gransnet. I got into a heated debate (can’t remember what it was about) and it was pointed out to me by another poster that my comment could be taken as a personal attack. I was unfamiliar with GN battlefields and thought I was just standing up for myself.

I apologised, the other poster accepted it and we all moved on.

Reporting should surely be a last resort when there is an obvious threat of bullying? HQ don’t always get it right and often leave reported posts to stand. Sometimes they zap posts which seem harmless.

Surely we can at least attempt to behave like grown ups and rise above the temptation to report posts that annoy/upset us?

Or you are determined to offend.

You don't seem to understand how this works.

We report. GNHQ decide if they want to delete. If I (or anyone) was reporting maliciously, GNHQ would no doubt sanction me.

Anybody who allows deliberately nasty, personal attacks to stand isn't being "fair" to the poster. They are being cowardly and ignoring bullying.

But if you are determined to be offended and to blame me for that, there's not much I can do about that. ?

volver

I report when someone goes beyond the line of acceptability. And I'm proud to do it and "own up" to it. When the post gets deleted 5 minutes later because its so blooming offensive, I feel justified.

Something you find offensive, and beyond the line of your acceptability. Acting as judge and jury as usual? You seem to think you have an automatic right to post but others don't. It really isn't up to you to act as the thread police, especially when you have chastised others for doing just that.

Posts that are reported are not automatically deleted.

People who need people

Are the lu-ckiest people

In the world....

?

People??

tickingbird

Just popped back to see my post was reported and deleted which is pretty automatic when someone reports. This one will be reported/deleted too I imagine.

Raw, nerves, hitting are words that spring to mind!

Yes, it was me.

The things you said about people were disgusting.

I won't be reporting this post of yours though. This one's just pathetic.

Just popped back to see my post was reported and deleted which is pretty automatic when someone reports. This one will be reported/deleted too I imagine.

Raw, nerves, hitting are words that spring to mind!

Megan’s lawyers claim the details can’t be false because it is ‘a textbook example of a subjective statement about how a person feels about her childhood
This I suppose, is Meghan's truth?
The facts are she has half-siblings, which means she is not an only child, never mind the age difference.

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If both parents had stayed together wouldn’t affect being or
feeling an only child, only not having siblings makes one an
only child.

She missed out the crucial words "I felt ....."

Anniebach

Callistemon depends if her half siblings lived at home ? I am
14 years older than my brother he certainly didn’t think he
was on only child.

If she lived with her mother after her parents split up then it might feel like growing up as an only child.

Well I think the thread has calmed down a bit now, although there are a large number of deleted posts. I’ve no idea what they said thankfully because they’d been deleted before I had opportunity to read them.
So as you were……

Callistemon depends if her half siblings lived at home ? I am
14 years older than my brother he certainly didn’t think he
was on only child.

I report when someone goes beyond the line of acceptability. And I'm proud to do it and "own up" to it. When the post gets deleted 5 minutes later because its so blooming offensive, I feel justified.

I do not report either. I recently started a thread lamenting “over reporting”

As her half-sister is 17 years older than her and her half-brother 14 years older, then it would feel like growing up as an only child I would have thought.

And her parents split when she was six too, so yes.

Megan is being sued by her Half-sister for saying in Oprah
interview that she grew up as an only child. Megan’s lawyers
claim the details can’t be false because it is ‘a textbook example
of a subjective statement about how a person feels about her
childhood ‘ .

Stiller

This site is fascinating! No matter the age, people are just…people.

No sadly it's not fascinating, not even unusual.
Where ever keyboard warriors land disharmony breaks out.
I sometimes wonder if entertainment at the expense of others is half the reason some people post.
It's certainly not to exchange ideas or foster goodwill.
But maybe I'm being too telescopic in my analysis today!
In short it seems to me that most people want a lively exchange.
Some just want to be right.

Just to say. If I report people and posts, I tell them.

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This site is fascinating! No matter the age, people are just…people.