Why do you come to Gransnet?

If you could stop the verbals for a moment and think - the people who did NOT see the deleted post in question don't know what it demonstrated - answer is, it demonstrated that when you don't know what the post said, you miss a step in the conversation and have to ask "Well done for saying what?"

Of course,if you DID see it, it is still possible to have to ask that too . . .

Oh dear, I don't think that Norah said anything in her posts to deserve that shouty tirade!

Norah, if you had an ignore button you could ignore posters who did and any other posts they make that but others could still see the posts.
If GN deletes a post because it is against guidelines then no-one can see it.

If you have an ignore button and ignore all posts from a poster you could lose track of what is going on in a thread.

Now - if we had a 5 minute chance to edit our posts I could have corrected my mistake where I changed it and didn't read through before posting!

I haven't been on this thread for a while and reading it, is a case of "Oh, my, what happened?!"

If I was HQ I'd delete "archive" this thread and act arbitrarily.

Jalima1108 I understood, and I think the point to hiding won't work because the very people who hide others then lose the conversation. I tried and failed to say why to me it is not a good idea. But to each their own opinion.

At some time on another post I was pilloried because I do not tell my DDs what to do regarding their husbands and mils. I thought the very notion I was in charge of my sils was stupid, but that happens in posts. Again, all posts are just opinions.

If I am busy for a couple of days I can already loose the thread - how many people do you think are on here constantly? There are a couple of people I rarely respond to; I just glance over their posts and generally don't bother to read them. Why do you want control of what I see? I don't want control of what you see. You cannot force me to read them currently or take them into account as part of the discussion. An available 'hide' button - I don't believe they are used that often - could make for a generally less contentious time - or is it the contentiousness that you actually want?

Now - if we had a 5 minute chance to edit our posts I could have corrected my mistake where I changed it and didn't read through before posting!

I don't want an edit button so I don't think those who want one should have one.

Equally I don't like cheese so I think it should be cleared from the shelves and no one allowed to have it. After all I shall never want it.

I do wonder just how dictatorial you can get over this. No one who didn't want to use a 'hide' button would be affected by it. It would be a nine day wonder used occasionally to make peoples lives a little more comfortable.

It would be used to make some very uncomfortable, not nice , in fact most rude and ill mannered in my opinion

No-one seems to be being dictatorial.

I said if we had a 5 minutes chance to edit our posts and it was just a remark because I made a mistake.
I should have previewed or checked first but I am not being dictatorial about it.

I can take it or leave it
I can take it or leave it regarding an 'ignore' button, but on reflection, it may not be a bad idea.

I was explaining it to Norah in fact, and you could have ignored my post of Tue 01-Aug-17 16:45:54 Gracesgran.

Jalima I don't actually care if we have an edit button or not. I was showing you what some are saying, i.e., I don't want it so you can't have it. The people who don't want it wouldn't need to use it but want to prevent those who do want it from having it. (like the cheese thing)

I think it might be nice to try it if GN could do it. If it doesn't work out they could switch it off. If things became more peaceful I bet a) some people would still not actually join in the politics threads - a debate/discussion isn't really what they want. Some people would and generally I think the more the better.

Posts are just opinions.

Brick walls, GracesGran.

Opinions not based on fact are simply prejudice Norah.

I know Jen [sigh]

Opinion - noun ^a view or judgement formed about something , not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.
^
Opinion - synonym belief, judgement, thought, perspective, angle, stance, outlook.
Reference Oxford English dictionary.
Therefore, not prejudiced.

Prejudice

Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.

There you are, Darnsarf. Shame you didn't look that up as well.

Shall we play as swapping quotations Darnsarf.

An opinion is a judgment based on facts, an honest attempt to draw a reasonable conclusion from factual evidence.

Snap!

Maybe Norah's opinion was based on experience.

Also Darnsarf;

* A fact is verifiable.
* Unlike an opinion, a belief is a conviction based on cultural or personal faith, morality, or values.
*Another kind of assertion that has no place in serious argumentation is prejudice, a half-baked opinion based on insufficient or unexamined evidence.

But that's your opinion!

Opinions can be based on proven factual information.
Opinions can be based on limited experience /knowledge.
One experience does not endorse a general 'fact'. e.g. I crossed the road against the traffic lights and lived therefore it is safe to cross roads against traffic lights.

Belief (faith) is not based on fact..the clue is in the word faith!

We can have different opinions and all be really nice individuals!
We can agree to differ on our opinions or debate the opinions. We never need to be unkind to people whose opinions we disagree with UNLESS they create a serious threat of physical and emotional harm

Who has a different opinion?

Best post so far Penstemmon!

Not me Penstemmon
That should be the final summing up of all that has gone before and the final post on the matter)
(apart from mine agreeing with you, of course!)

Not me