I have been incommunicado for a couple of days, so arrive at this thread on page 6. I have tried to read through some of the back pages, but not all. so apologies f I am repeating something someone else has said.
When GNHQ make decisions about banning etc. I do think they should take into account, not just the post that has caused offence (unless it is quite law breakingly dreadful, for example really vile racism) and look at that posters long term contribution to GN.
An obvious example of this is GSM. She has given so much help and information to so many people over the years which has been really helpful, and I do think if thinking about a ban, all that we would lose by her absence should be taken into account.
As for quotes in the press, well, none of us invite the press to quote us and it is not that it is unique for the press to bear down on a group of people, whether teenagers, students, young mums or us and quote excerpts from letters, posts, or verbal interviews and then edit them in a partial manner that makes that group look nasty and prejudiced.
It is something politicians are always complaining about. Why GN HQ should start having the vapours and taking to their chaises longues with smelling salts, just because now and again someone says something nasty about them or too them, defeats me. They should learn to be as robust as most of GN members, who over long lifetimes have learned to take the rough with the smooth.
