Boiled eggs 😱

punkdoc · 31 January

Sorry, @Dovefromabove, but on the thread concerned the issue was that I pointed out that people who think we are being done a favour by having the forum, are missing the obvious point that if it wasn’t financially viable it would not exist.
The thread has not been removed, or closed, they have just tried to make it disappear.

Waterbut · 31 January

I do not see what the point is of showing a picture of boiled eggs in a gardening forum is? Can anyone explain please.

Obelixx · 31 January

@Waterbut the eggs are clearly a reference to another thread.

I keep chickens in my veg plot where they eat weedlings and pests tho I do have to keep crops netted against their forays. They lay lovely eggs tho I rarely boil them.

Mrs-B3-Southampton,-Hants · 1 February

Agree soldiers are lovely with a soft yolk.
Recipe: 1 slice of bread, toast to your liking. Spread with Butter (not marge). Slice into 4 'soldiers' lengthwise. Dip into yolk and eat, with a smile.

B3 · 1 February

You forgot the salt @Mrs-B3-Southampton,-Hants

steveTu · 1 February

Dovefromabove said:

What regular GW forum posters feel to be perfectly ok and just a reasonable discussion can, to others, feel like racism … either overt or ‘coded’ … particularly when international tensions are heightened as they are at the moment.

And all it needs is the allegation … GW staff cannot be expected to have the specialist legal expertise to say whether or not something will be decreed to be racist if someone were to take the website to court … I imagine that the best they can do is to remove whatever
pist has triggered the allegation.

As far as I can see it the alternative would be to limit posts to gardening only.

But surely we all feel different don't we? We all perceive things differently. Mary Whitehouse tried to impose how she saw the world. Can't you go toooo far when trying to control ALL perceptions of 'offence'?

Was the Brexit thread removed? If so was that racist? I think I saw a thread somewhere here that took the mick out of Americans and their perceived lack of geographical nous - was that racist?

Dovefromabove · 1 February

That’s the whole point @steveTu … we might all perceive things differently … so when it’s a matter of law the the business that owns this forum has to obey advice from their bosses, lawyers or whoever has the knowledge and authority.

Folk on here can whinge and gripe as much as they like … it’s not going to do any good … write to your MPs if you must … but to keep trying to get GW to tread a different path is, I believe, futile. I expect them to remove posts/threads if someone makes an allegation of racism against them … and also to do whatever they can to discourage griping whinging threads about that policy.

There are folk who think they drive so well and their car is so marvellous that the speed laws don’t apply to them. They may well be amazing drivers and their car can brake in a nanosecond … but if the police find you driving at 120 mph down an otherwise empty A11 at 2am they’ll still do you.

ITS THE LAW and it applies to everyone.

steveTu · 1 February

I'm not trying to get GW to tread any path - I am just trying to understand what rules are being applied.

I posted on Brexit - as there was an interesting (to me) BBC R4 prog on that - but I think the whole thread was then deleted - presumably as it was 'political'.

So now I'll post again on something that is vaguely political given that legislation has been passed - they were talking about XL Bully dogs on R4. The insanity (to me) was someone was saying that ALL dogs can be badly trained and attack people - absolutely - but NOT all dogs are as powerful as an XL. I would fancy my changes with a pug. How many dogs have killed a person and what breeds are they?

Can I talk about housing? Tax? Pensions? Driving restrictions? Passports? What doesn't have some political connection? Brexit affects my son, who has been offered a post in Paris and now needs a visa to work - can I talk about that? What about the stream at the end of my garden that is polluted? What about peat free compost? What about Trump being a conn artist? A liar? Where is the line Dove?

Dovefromabove · 1 February

For goodness sake … most folk have enough common sense to know how to behave … you can be in a village pub and get into one of those conversations putting the world to rights … you might say something that’s a bit near the knuckle or upsets someone and they complain to the landlord/lady who says to you ‘Oi, that’s enough … change the subject or leave’ .

As I understand it, that’s the equivalent of what @Catherine Mansley ‘s announcement was saying.

It was telling us that some posts of a political nature may be removed … particularly likely if someone objects to them. It doesn’t take a genius to work out why, particularly given the current state of the world.

Of course, in a village pub, if some folk carry on whinging about how unfair the landlord/lady is and how they’re spoiling the pub and it’s no fun any more and trying to get others to agree with them, you know what’ll happen to them … if they keep spoiling it for others and taking up the staffs’ time so they can’t get on with running the pub, they’ll end up getting barred. No one’s fault but their own … but of course they’ll blame someone else …,

steveTu · 1 February

Ok - I thought I was behaving. Why was Brexit a subject for the censor? It is mentioned all over this forum.

I'm NOT saying GW is spoiling the forum - I just don't understand what I can say and what I can't. The point I was trying to get across before dove is that any post can be offensive. the victorian complained about how some normal gardening replies can be taken the wrong way. I have seen umpteen posts since I've been here about the cliquishness and aggressive replies. Their perception but a perception in your book that then deserves censorship? It isn't just politics or religion that raises the temperature is it?

Boiled eggs 😱

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