Totally agree Dame

Dont play games with me PP, you know perfectly well the attack happened in Paisley, Scotland. As i have said join us for a laugh, or dont bother, you are becoming tiring now and repetitive i feel sorry for you to be honest it must be a great laugh in your house....

So when 9/11 happened should the British media only have mentioned the Britons who died in the tragedy? Or even reported it at all given that it happened in another country?

well why is it wrong to say the guy was Indian? if a British person dies swimming off Teneriffe.... the paper doesn't say " A foreign man drowned in Playa de las Americas'  It would say a British man... what was reported in the article was a accurate background of the poor man involved.

You've just echoed my point Dame - I don't see any difference at all.

Why would anyone feel the need to lighten the thread? A thread about a murder? What's light about that?

Part of what's wrong with this and many other forums is when people feel the "need" to lighten a thread for the sake of forum harmony. There are some things which should be taken seriously and jokes have no place there. It might not be pretty or enjoyable but there are hundreds of other threads here where people can be light hearted.

No its not but PP comes in again and tries to destroy it......

me too Stocking, it's quite confusing 

PP didn't destroy this thread. Everyone who bit did that.

Well maybe she should think about her posting style then 

It was a good thread till she came in.. then it all went wrong, I am not sure what she wants to achieve but she has done it.,

As I say.... Groundhog Day.

Nobody is obliged to answer her or argue with her. Have a bit of self control

I rest my case, not biting anymore

In your opinion maybe, but what was a sympathetic post turned into something else.

Oh we are, believe me. It's not worth us getting bopped for  

Cagney, I know you 'get' PP, but please understand that most of us do not.. She seems to be a spoiler.

Yes in my opinion. You can all moan till the cows come home but read back to every post she's made and it's the same people who jump in and bite.....and it's the same people who 2 pages later moan that she spoils things. She doesn't spoil things. She brings life to this place. I disagree with lots of opinions on here and I've been quite vocal about it but I've never had the barrage of abuse this girl has gotten. The only people who are boring now are the ones who bite then moan

Hi Cologne

So going on that, we can all just let PP say what she likes, don't challenge, don't take offence.. Just let her post regardless.

Okay - suits me.

Hi skylark

It's nothing to do with me "getting" PP. It could be any of the other posters who over the years have gone against the rest of the forum. Someone who doesn't just "post to please". Doesn't matter whether you agree or not. Don't post and encourage her to post more then moan when she keeps posting. Where is the logic in that?

His race was not mentioned, his nationality was....

Cagney, I know that she's been around.

I'm on a different browser so can't quote....but...

yes...let her say what she likes. I "let" my kids do and say things but on a forum I have no authority. I have to put up or shut up with other peoples opinions. I can challenge them but I have no right to personally abuse someone simply because they don't agree with me....or the rest of the forum. Why shouldn't she say what she likes? The only ones who can make her stop if they disagree are the mods.

I have said before and i will say again, i have no problem with PP, but just wish she/he would lighten up, and have some fun now and again  I lost the head one evening , but i do feel, seriously, that she/he should lighten up a bit, we all have keek in our life

Exactly and it's the majority's opinion that it was reported accurately, and I never jump on P_p  I have disagreed with her once. In this case I think the thread should not have been turned into a race issue. It's a forum and if someone posts we should be allowed to disagree, which the majority have.

Are we encouraging her though. Are we not just answering her posts with our own opinion?

I've seen threads less serious than this turned into race issues so don't get that??

IMO...again...it's because it's PP. There's a lot of sanctimony flying round when people reply to her. We could all go around saying "if you lived the life I have" etc but it gives us no right to lord it over anyone else. We can guide but the minute it gets personal it's over

I do see what you are saying Cagney, but i have to say PP has very clever wording, and does play around......no we shouldnt bite, but we are allowed a right of reply, but in PP,s case it will never end, she could cause a fight in an empty house, as my ma used to say

Nice post Skylark 

And the thing is Cagney, yes you do have forthright opinions and nothing wrong with that.
BUT I have seen you bow out gracefully if perhaps you have realised that someone is genuinely upset or if you can see their point of view. And for that I respect you and therefore would enjoy a debate with you.
THAT is what debate is about. Cut and thrust of opinion and occasionally conceding a point.
PP never sees anyone else's view but her own. That has nothing to do with age and all to do with personality.

Skylark - my family say the exact same about me. I don't so much argue as..I don't blindly agree with what people tell me. I question things. I challenge things but I would NEVER be so bold as to tell someone their opinion is wrong no matter how much it upset me. Not without a drink anyway I realise there are some people on this earth who will wind me up and rather than spend my life fighting with them I'll let them carry on and not fuel their fire.

Ta hen

Issy 

So do we all agree to differ, as appropriate, then? 
That's nice. 

 

Cagney, i have never said anyone,s opinions are wrong, but when opinions are given to just condradict and to cause arguements its wrong, but PP knows that, attention seeking IMO. Love to you and all, son wants on the internet xxx

I'd like to think so Brisket 

Cagney I really don't think anyone challenged PP, just was confused as to why she disagreed to what was a accurate report about one sad attack on one man that resulted in death  I think the majority were more annoyed that it was turned into a nationality/race issue that wasn't meant to be. 

I am all for a debate, but not when it's turned into something it wasn't meant to be