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[bloggs and son]

Hi Grahame

I was told off earlier by Rochford for posting on that thread and am under threat of going over his knee so I thought I'd best reply here 

You're right I don't know all the background and I haven't been singled out for for abuse and by abuse I mean name calling albeit sick name calling eg having sex with animals etc, etc so I wldn't wish to minimise anyones grief that has suffered in this way and I do appreciate how acute this would have been for you personally with your daughter being ill.  However, I personally wld like to think that if I or anyone associated with me did experience this sort of abuse I wld just feel sorry for the perpetrators as quite frankly it's childish beyond words and not at all funny/amusing and portrays them in a bad light overall.  But at the end of the day...sticks and stones...

I understand Jackie had some taxis/takeaway food sent to her home and that is altogether different and I wld have thought legally is bordering on harassment.

As I see it posting on forums/facebook/twitter etc is relatively new ie last 10 years or so and it's currently self-regulated.  So what one person thinks is acceptable/funny is offensive to another.  If members of the public want to engage in this sort of communication I think they just have to accept that they cld be in for a bit of stick in the same way that those in the public eye are.  I remember a few months back The Telegraph did a piece about Rowan Williams slating David Cameron and George Osborns 'big society' etc and boy did Rowan Williams get some abuse from the readers' comments.  Google anyone in the public eye and you will see they suffer abuse on blogs and forums etc.  To all intents and purposes we, ie members of this forum, put ourselves in the public eye by posting on a forum on www.  There seems to be a correlation between those that have contributed the most on this forum eg yourself and Jackie and the level of abuse meted.   

I personally think these people are best ignored however difficult this might be at times as by not doing so plays into their hands, lowers the tone of the forum and detracts from the main objective.   

I apreciate what you say. But it has all been said before. I just don't like them coming over here and playing us for fools whilst they continue with their abuse over there. Internet abuse is so common nowadays that the police are beginning to take it seriously. The aim of these people is plain. They intend to bring this forum down by lies and abuse. It is not just a case of mudslinging and ignoring these people. Because they are actively involved by any underhanded means at their disposal to bring this forum into disrepute and therefore they must be actively opposed as far as I can see.

[nugnug]

well they have been at it a long time now and havent brought us down and i dont think they ever will

[ngb1066]

well they have been at it a long time now and havent brought us down and i dont think they ever will

I agree.

[nugnug]

you never know the might just give up and get a life.

[susan]

Hi nugnug  hope you are right

[sandra L]

Unbelievable.

I have confirmed with the moderators and admin that I am who I say I am. I have not posted on forums other than WAP for a very long time, simply because of exactly this type of thing.

[guest154]

Let me guess, Kevin Craigie? Ann Eaton? Some other woman? Karen? Bridget? Me? 

[Chelsea]

If Stephanie Hall bumped into a red telephone box she would be accusing it of being Kevin Craigie, John Lamberton, Karen Torley, Stephanie Bon, Wullie Beck or Sandra. Then she would be accusing the phone box of stalking her !!!