To object to inane 'banter' on serious threads?

flower, don't forget to read the s.

Teasetastic!

Oh Dear!

Naughty!? Moi!? As if!!

I think you are right Lilygran

Sometimes posters DON'T READ THE THREAD or the OP and just pick up on something in the latest posts so I don't think they are being deliberately flippant about the original discussion. Or maybe they are.

Evil IS naughty!

Bags That's very naughty

'The Triumvirate of Evil' strikes again!

They go by many names!

I am off to take Gatsby for her short walk, but no doubt we will return to our moutons!

And then you may get complaints from posters who feel (possibly justifiably!) that they are being ignored! In short, you can't win; just let it flow round you

Bags, that is a very sensible attitude and I will adopt it in future.
So everyone can prattle away and I will ignore it but it does tend to make it difficult to follow a thread.

Oh-oh! The Triumvirate of Evil strikes again!

I have mixed feelings about such interruptions, greatnan. Some of the "inane banter" comments are simply baffling. Those ones I try to just skip over, but sometimes I trip over them instead, and that is a bit annoying, yes. So I don't think you are being unreasonable. I'm not sure anything can be done about it though other than trying to develop a coping mechanism (ignoring) since so many posters don't seem to like the suggestion that inanity can be irritating to posters who want a deep discussion.

Sometimes the inanity is genuinely funny!

Sometimes it seems very stupid from my point of view.

And sometimes I think it is thrown in as a wooden spoon device.

What I try to do is just think "Eh?" and move on, but sometimes I have to bite my tongue.

Well, jingle, it seems you are allowed to dictate who can post, and what and when a post should be, but you object to my suggestion that some sensitivity should be displayed when dealing with serious or tragic subjects. I see you still have your sense of irony!
I don't think Frank minds if we have a bit of fun at his expense, or he wouldn't keep posting.

I am surprised to learn that so many people consider "inane banter" humorous.

"Apart from that, Mrs. Lincoln, what did you think of the play?"

Some people's immediate response to certain events/statements/arguments is to say something lighthearted. The evening I heard of Kennedy's assassination someone came up to me and asked me what I thought. I said "Apart from that Mrs. Kennedy, how did you like Dallas?" He was shocked; I was unrepentant. It was my way of dealing with it, and I dare say I was as appalled by the actual event as he was.

As far as I can recall, I have never interjected in the way Greatnan objects to on a Gransnet thread, but I would defend anyone else's right to do so.

As they sang as they worked on the body bags in the Hopital Salpetriere (I'm not going to risk inserting accents on the Gransnet system) in Paris: "Zip up de Dodi, zip up de Di!"

Couldn't agree more Greatnan I have often thought the same

[vonfused]

Ha ha! A bit of tetchiness and general acquiescence that no-one should dictate who can say what (although that wasn't what the OP was saying), completely undermined by 'ok, let's stop it now cos I've had enough!' You've got to giggle

Light humour?

It's ok petallus. j08 says this isn't a serious thread therefore we are allowed to let in some light humour but, having done that she also says we must now stop the thread because she has had her say. Or am I getting even more confused?? I had therefore better shut up [relief all round methinks].

Well, I saw the general point as being that we shouldn't make trivial comments on serious threads because the OP would be hoping for proper consideration and support and I agree with that.

I think 99% of the time we don't 'witter' in any way which would be hurtful to someone posting in distress.

On the other hand, if the topic is something more boring, like how to work out one's tax bill, I think a bit of levity is okay.

I suppose that has confused the issue even more!

I don"t think the OP made point which was valid .

Perhaps it's time to knock it on the head then?

I've already said what I think of the original post.