General Chat

Sorry Ann. You're right, I got the Ann's mixed up.

No-one is forced to join in a thread. If you don't like a reply, you can always say ' that's your opinion, mine is different and I don't intend to discuss it anymore'.
No- one will chase you down the street demanding an argument. Just don't go on that thread again.
If a person insists on going back to comment, (bearing in mind we're talking about adults), they should expect people to disagree, and debate. Some people are more acerbic than others - that's life.

JoyLouise, you are getting me mixed up with AnnCardiff. It was not my thread, and this thread is not actually the same as the other thread and yes I am aware I have posted on it.

Ann,

Are you aware that someone has started a similar Thread to this one and called it 'Has Ann's Thread Been Removed?'

I have a feeling that your Thread was removed because people became irate and judgmental about others. I have learned that one should always give a person an 'out' and I attempted to do that. Others didn't.

Do you think you'll learn the reason for the disappearance of your Thread?

Well said :-( :-(

My thoughts exactly when I saw it had been RRd

This one of the few occasions when GR DOES need to let us know why they have deleted such a thread.

a shambles indeed :-(

Lazy, sloppy moderating.

HEAR HEAR! ANN :-) :-)

ever ask themselves why people are leaving this site?

It is not because they can't find what they are looking for in their research. It is purely because of the obscure reporting system whereby one person can interfere with the enjoyment and information gained by debates. You have just deleted a very long well thought out and informative thread on a situation which is read about in the newspapers and reported on TV. There was nothing wrong said on the thread and certainly nothing that we could see wrong with the opening post. If you delete the opening post these people who RR posts know that it will delete the whole thread. It is so unnecessary and a complete waste of our time. What a shambles this is.