MSE News: ’Women's state pension petition secures second Parliamentary debate

jem16

Scotswimmen wrote: »

Seems I'm not allowed to include links here because new user (to avoid spam) so those who were disputing Parliament suggested this site, can look up Parliament website then Commons Select Committee then Debate: Transitional State Pension Arrangements for 1950s women:Get involved/Online discussion

http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/petitions-committee/news-parliament-2015/e-petition-debate-on-transitional-state-pension-arrangements-for-1950s-women/

This is the link you refer to.

You appear to have misunderstood it though. It's not inviting you to come here. It's simply informing you that there were online discussions here which of course is correct. The UKParliament rep regularly posts here and had read previous discussions on the subject so gave us the chance to comment.

My MP has just replied to my email-I am letting him know how I have been treated here

I doubt any MP would be answering your email at 10pm on a Friday night but if you say so.

& will not be engaging further with this website.

You seem to just want to put over your opinions and not want us to reply with our own opinions. That is really very sad.

jem16

Scotswimmen wrote: »

He's an SNP MP

As one would expect going by your username. Tell me why were you describing the English schooling system if you're Scottish?

jem16

Scotswimmen wrote: »

where I have been treated with hostility & contempt for expressing my views.

You have been questioned on your views, many of which were actually wrong.

However that is the nature of forums. People have different opinions and will debate them with you. You need to be prepared to back up your opinions with fact rather than emotion.

Now personally I would be glad to hear the answers to some of my questions about the WASPI campaign and how you view it.

saver861

colsten wrote: »

Well thank you, Scotswimmen, for deleting most of your posts. Randomly deleting posts is a well-known trait of the WASPI campaign, so I am not surprised to see you do that. Fortunately, for those who are big enough to stand for what they posted, not everything people post gets deleted when a WASPI throws a strop.

I'm not clear what posts have been deleted by Scotswimmen?

Can you elaborate?

Scotswimmen wrote: »

I am appalled that Parliament has suggested we are to express our views here, where I have been treated with hostility & contempt for expressing my views.

Open forums are of such nature. Unfortunately some are unable to construct suitable opinions, debate or argument without diminishing the overall purpose.

The danger on such forums is that expressing an opposing view to the many is less acceptable. There is a herd mentality in such forums that people are unwilling to express opinions that might be contrary to the main. Many will then not do so at all.

I think its also an area where the 'thanks' system is detrimental to the quality of the group and forum. Too often a post is made and the number of 'thanks' creates the illusion that they are speaking for the many.

I would encourage you to keep contributing your views. However, I would also encourage to be mindful of the nature of forums and the nature of written text. The meanings are not always conveyed correctly.

If you genuinely feel there has been misrepresentation of your posts and it persists after any explanations then by all means report your concerns.

mgdavid

Scotswimmen wrote: »

MissBiggles-I did NOT say 'I am a Feminist-your attitude shames all women'. I've taken a photograph of this (thanks for the evidence) & reporting this to Money Saving Expert site-this distortion of the truth is exactly what I am talking about!! I had sent my MP a copy of my post so I will notify him that the site the Parliament suggested we use has been hijacked & views misrepresented. I will not be debating this any further here.

ah, just another newbie who jumps in firing from the hip without taking time to find out how the forum works.... I'm sure her MP will be delighted to hear her [STRIKE]rant[/STRIKE] feedback.

Then the bit in bold - that's a relief!

POPPYOSCAR

saver861 wrote: »

I'm not clear what posts have been deleted by Scotswimmen?

Can you elaborate?




Open forums are of such nature. Unfortunately some are unable to construct suitable opinions, debate or argument without diminishing the overall purpose.

The danger on such forums is that expressing an opposing view to the many is less acceptable. There is a herd mentality in such forums that people are unwilling to express opinions that might be contrary to the main. Many will then not do so at all.

I think its also an area where the 'thanks' system is detrimental to the quality of the group and forum. Too often a post is made and the number of 'thanks' creates the illusion that they are speaking for the many.

I would encourage you to keep contributing your views. However, I would also encourage to be mindful of the nature of forums and the nature of written text. The meanings are not always conveyed correctly.

If you genuinely feel there has been misrepresentation of your posts and it persists after any explanations then by all means report your concerns.

Yes, I agree.


It has to also be remembered that it is possible to set up many accounts in different names and therefore possible to thank your own posts!

mgdavid

POPPYOSCAR wrote: »

Yes, but confusing though.

no it's not, it's common standard custom and practise.

mgdavid

Scotswimmen wrote: »

...... I am appalled that Parliament has suggested we are to express our views here, ..........

they didn't - you are either misunderstanding or misinterpreting the parliamentary note, (see post #77) or are mendaciously making it up.
Given a choice between chaos and conspiracy, I will assume it is the former.

POPPYOSCAR

mgdavid wrote: »

no it's not, it's common standard custom and practise.

Just because you do not find it confusing and understand the custom does not mean that everybody else does, especially someone new to the forum.

saver861

mgdavid wrote: »

no it's not, it's common standard custom and practise.

You need to divorce your opinions from that of the opinions of the user and their stated experience. Not everything is a conspiracy!!

There are many different practices on various forums and someone new to a forum will undoubtedly take time to become familiar.