Disappeared

I presume that only the people who continually read all the posts would have an idea as to the last straw . Those of us who dip in and out will know that occasionally her posts were sometimes verging on the step too far, but they livened things up. Having said that for any sensitive souls that were on the receiving end of the vitriol ,they may be quite grateful for the GNHQ intervention.

Certainly never racist or inciting hatred as far as I could tell although I wasn't on here as long as she had been.

I have no idea why a poster should be permanently banned unless they broke the rules persistently or were nasty behind the scenes to any of GNHQ staff.
Others have broken the rules on posting far more frequently so it's a puzzle.

The reason it is of interest and mentioned occasionally is because we have no idea why she was banned permanently, people do miss her acerbic style but she was also very kind.
Any number of posters could be banned if we don't know what rules were broken and we do the same.

Indeed jingl was never racist or incited hate Pen. She was simply abrupt, irreverent, funny, refreshing and bloody rude sometimes but often hit the nail on the head exactly and made me LOL.

There's too many who clutched at their pearls and twin sets when her language was a tad forthright but I doubt those who 'tut-tutted' at her swearing were responsible for getting her banned.

Yes, GN us indeed the poorer for her leaving Ceesnan but you'll never get those who hold a grudge to agree.

I think describing the Jingles incident as One of the greatest miscarriages of justice of all times is an exaggeration, I do think that GNHQ rather painted themselves into a corner with the way they handled things. Jings surely pushed the boundaries, but she certainly wasn't alone in thinking that those boundaries were far too restrictive for a bunch of (supposedly) mature people. There are members on this forum who seemed to have an attack of the vapours whenever she expressed an opinion, or who would automatically disagree with her. Whatever you thought of her, she made a lasting impression, and I, for one, think GN is the poorer for her absence.

Snort!

Temper temper- touched a nerve did I?

So why don't you bugger off back to the political threads then?

Oh dear - we are getting cross about the robust debate on the political threads aren't we? The problem as I see it is that the righties, on the whole, just can't argue their corner as well as, on the whole, the lefties can and seem to think that the ability to present your case well in an evidence based way ( you know facts, logic, knowledge ) should be seen as breaching the guideline.

It would be nice to think that HQ is run by adults and if there was a hissy fit they'd get over it.

We are treated like a load of geriatrics who mustn't upset the apple cart unless you're on a political thread in which case they occasionally poke their heads around the door, tell everyone to play nicely then run like hell.

Whenever this subject comes up I am truly truly astonished at how the jingles fan club think her banning was one of the greatest miscarriages of justice of all times.

No, I did not know her she was a name on a forum!! Sometimes her comments made me laugh and sometimes I blanched.
I have NOT accused her of being racist etc just surmised that it must have been that level of seriousness to be removed for life. I have no idea why she was no longer allowed to post.

The last time this subject came up someone said that she was banned because she got into an argument with the GNHQ people.

Ofgs jingl was never racist or incited hate. Did you not know her at all Penstemmon?

I do not know/ recall the exact post, or series of posts, that ended up with a lifetime ban but I think a decision to ban a GNner completely would not have been taken lightly. It surely must have been outright racism/ incitement to hate or something of that order ! General rudeness to one another would reduce GN to a handful!

Jalima1108 when I had a post deleted I did try to find out why and what the standards were. As far as I could understand it depends entirely on who is working at the time, how confident they are about saying 'no', (mostly they seem to err on the cautious side) and which way the wind is blowing!!!

Grow up - there's plenty of nastiness and in particular snidiness all over GN - if you don't like, you know what to do

QED

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Goodness, there are some sensitive souls about on here...

My eyebrows are just descending from where some of Jingles remarks sent them , funny sometimes but a bit ouchy at others

Naff off, Rigby

Agree also Jalima

Agree Jalima

It has never ceased to amaze me that she was banned yet others who are really vitriolic continue breezing through the threads throwing out insults right left and centre.

It does make me wonder what criteria are applied.

But I rather thought the point was that she is banned - she isn't choosing not to return because of all the nasty wasty horrid meanies on the political threads.FFS - there's what is probably the most important GEs since 1945 coming up, then Brexit - so people get passionate about it - so what. Grow up - there's plenty of nastiness and in particular snidiness all over GN - if you don't like, you know what to do

Yes. She's on twitter. Why would she bother to return to gransnet though knowing that although the political threads are full of vitriol and insulting personal remarks, there's no point in banging your head against a brick wall where hypocrisy is concerned.

Isn't she on Facebook or twitter ? I thought baggy gave updates at one time.