StraferJack

So let me get this straight... Louisa = seabag?

Shark jump alert

If James barber posted today that tomorrow was Thursday, I'm certain someone abound ask him what evidence he has to back that statement up Or that he promised Thursday last week and it was rubbish.

Oh gawd, don't start Louisa down that road. That's another 10 pages to the thread sorted

And treated me like one too ;-) Bloody clique

". I always assumed every neighbourhood in London has a similar forum. " this particular one has always been an outlier I think. Plenty of areas have one, but it's arerly so active or mixed it's why some of us* who have been around from the beginning get so (over) protective of it from time to time * ok, me

as at 15:32 today site visits for today UK 96.17% US 1.00% Australia 0.49% Ireland 0.33% France 0.27% Netherlands 0.27% Other 1.46%

I'm welling up here...

quick show of hands was this thread started by Louisa a) to reel people in/cause outrage b) because she was genuinely outraged c) combo of both? As Dulwichmum found out all those years ago, playing up to a persona can get messy when it bleeds into reality

that book of rules?? Petty and little-Hitlerish! My little book of rules? Honorable and should be followed by everybody!

Did I really say "you and he"?? - I meant "you and him" .. tsk

over the years I have had my share of run ins with our quids - and one thing I've learned is that if he believes he is being accused of racism it aggravates him mightily I remember one thread where he deemed something I wrote to be accusatory along those lines - and when I reread it I saw why. And publicy apologised to him on the forum. Job done. Line drawn leaving you and he aside - as a general rule, if it kicks off publicly on a thread between people, then I think amends have to be public as well. Otherwise yer average reader is going to have a different impression of what went down

given you have been banned MULTIPLE times from the forum in the past, the name calling may not be grown-up but it has basis in truth Why don't you try and show him to be wrong instead of acting like a 12 year old

I think he did move on but pointing out that today you are posting overly-aggressive posts on multiple threads on a lovely spring day is unrelated to the previous incident But again, instead of taking a breath and going "am I?" you barely pause before saying "am I fook!" and plough on regardless just chill a bit is all people are saying

Bottom line is, a man of fairness would have realised why his actions might have led others to misinterpret and would have had the grace to apologise and see where events went from there

yup - can totally buy into that scenario - but then most places I've been to (anywhere in world) that serve a huge variety of beer tend not to fit into the "pub" vibe

be fair PD, several peope backed quids up on that one - you used language which got you in trouble and wouldn't back down when it was pointed out why

but, but.. I haven't said anything on here today!

so those of us who have left - what do we miss? nearly 3 months in for me, so possibly too early to genuinely call certain individuals and regular haunts a given - but the one thing that pops up on the forum from time to time that makes me sliiiightly green, is mention of the Flying Pig. i'm well catered for pub wise where I am now, and in no way complaining, but the FP was fresh enough when I left, with some great staff and THAT range of beers.

people might prefer IACGMOOH tho... for obvious reasons

everyone is forgetting about the real victim here 3 streets away, some poor unfortunate lost their space thanks to Louisa's land-grab

I think what it is, is when you go to a thread you haven't been to for a while, it might take you to page 13 of 25 or whatever - BUT you still get the box at the bottom to type a message. So if you do that without reading the other pages, it can look like a real disconnect Usually harmless but if the last real post was someone saying "I'm all in favour of heathrow expansion" and your comment is "THIS!!! ^", it could be awkward! ;-)

When did "encouraging a debate" for its own sake, on national tv, become a good thing? I know that columnists from all sides are basically rent a gobs, but most of them I just disagree with Others, like Hopkins, rod little and others go further Examples? That business about other families names and deciding she would or wouldn't let her children associate with them Helicopter crashes in Glasgow? There she is talking about Scottish life expectancy She can't hold down a job (which isn't so bad except she tried so hard. And then she condemns others) As soon as something, anything happens she goes for a lowest common denominator response. And the "anti pc brigade" applaud her Slow handclap.

Hopkins does more than target z list celebs. She spreads poison How does she help anything? Whatever the problem is she multiplies it, not solve it. She ain't no hero

But you talked about admiring people for saying what they believe?