Goodbyee ....

[eighthobstruction]

Is this now demonstrating the 'going off into unintended areas' mentioned some time back?
I have found it interesting reading the comments arising from the OP. When people of different views, some very strongly held, congregate to discuss diverse topics, there will arise points of friction and disagreement, and decisions about managing those(where deemed desirable/necessary) will inevitably in themselves cause disagreement, not least as to whether intervention was needed at all. A microcosm of our lives?
There have been occasions when I've had to just avoid following a discussion as I've found the language or views not to my liking, and that can be frustrating if the subject is of interest, but it's only a part of the whole, there are other threads, and sometimes the dropping out only needs to be temporary.
At least on the forum I have some control over what, and whose, views I access. Over the garden fence interactions with my neighbours have been a real challenge on occasion in the past 3 months, and I can't just click away to a different screen... As someone living alone I need the human interaction, but by golly do I have to bite my tongue sometimes! Using the forum doesn't require me to control spoken comments or facial expressions if I disagree and I can decide whether to respond or not, without risking misunderstanding. The written word is always going to have that element of chance about it that the nuances of spoken interaction are missing, and that words on the screen can seem rather harsh without the tone of voice to make clear the intention.

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[eighthobstruction]

Ah, so THAT explains it!

....talk to trhe hand....the ears aren't listening.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNHpjC3XdLI

[LMcD]

But seriously, I would have thought that in view of the catastrophic record of the present government in almost every regard but especially in its lethal response to the Covid pandemic, anyone who voted Tory in the last election ought to be hanging their head in shame. I imagine this post will be removed but I hope a few people see it first.

But seriously, I couldn't agree more, and see nothing objectionable in what you say or the way you say it. As far as the Covid crisis goes, I actually hope that Boris Johnson remains in good health, since - as far as I can see - only one of his Cabinet colleagues is more competent than he is, and he should remain in post at No. 11. Attribution of blame and rolling of heads can wait until we've got the virus under control - assuming, of course, that we ever do.
As regard the removal of posts - if certain people don't want to read messages posted by certain other people, that doesn't mean that the former want the latter to stop posting, or leave the Forum. When I was on the brink of leaving, I was unaware that there was a simple way of ignoring certain messages - a practice that seems to have a number of adherents. A kind friend pointed it out to me, for which I am grateful.

[Edgy 2]

.......Oh Jayne, please don't.........

This is a disaster,please reconsider Jayne

I've never used the ignore function but now I'm wondering if I'm on anyone's list,I gots to know

[Serial_Apologist]

... ah well, I hope the pudding (if not her execution) was her just desert.

Reminds me of the story of the condemned prisoner who, on his last night, chooses mushrooms as his privileged final request. Asked why he chose mushrooms, he replies, "Well, I've never eaten them before, because I never dared to".

[LMcD]

This is a disaster,please reconsider Jayne

I've never used the ignore function but now I'm wondering if I'm on anyone's list,I gots to know

Well, you're not on mine!

[Edgy 2]

Oh, all right!

I'm glad you stayed LMcD

[cloughie]

But seriously, I couldn't agree more, and see nothing objectionable in what you say or the way you say it. As far as the Covid crisis goes, I actually hope that Boris Johnson remains in good health, since - as far as I can see - only one of his Cabinet colleagues is more competent than he is, and he should remain in post at No. 11. Attribution of blame and rolling of heads can wait until we've got the virus under control - assuming, of course, that we ever do.
As regard the removal of posts - if certain people don't want to read messages posted by certain other people, that doesn't mean that the former want the latter to stop posting, or leave the Forum. When I was on the brink of leaving, I was unaware that there was a simple way of ignoring certain messages - a practice that seems to have a number of adherents. A kind friend pointed it out to me, for which I am grateful.

I think the occupant of No11 should keep his powder dry for his future post as Leader of the Opposition!

[LMcD]

I'm glad you stayed LMcD

That's very kind of you. I can't promise not to occasionally introduce a touch of levity into the proceedings where it might be thought appropriate.

[Cockney Sparrow]

This is a disaster,please reconsider Jayne

I've never used the ignore function but now I'm wondering if I'm on anyone's list,I gots to know

If you're the kind of person who is sensitive enough to want to know, its pretty likely you are not on people's ignore list.

And of course, you are not on mine.

[LMcD]

I think the occupant of No11 should keep his powder dry for his future post as Leader of the Opposition!

Have you suggested this to him?

[oddoneout]

That's very kind of you. I can't promise not to occasionally introduce a touch of levity into the proceedings where it might be thought appropriate.

Hmm,does this take us back to the beginning of this thread and the issue of peoples' views, opinions and reactions?

[LMcD]

Hmm,does this take us back to the beginning of this thread and the issue of peoples' views, opinions and reactions?

For the first time, I realize what is meant by something (one of many things) that I didn't understand at uni, namely the concept of Nietzsche's Eternal Recurrence. Why couldn't he just have said (in German of course) 'What goes around comes around'?
I very much doubt if my relentless flippancy is a threat to reasoned discourse!

[eighthobstruction]

This is a disaster,please reconsider Jayne

I've never used the ignore function but now I'm wondering if I'm on anyone's list,I gots to know

....we like you so much , we are all on the way for a party in Stockport....1700hrs suit you....

[Edgy 2]

....we like you so much , we are all on the way for a party in Stockport....1700hrs suit you....