However the situation is resolved, I really hope that lasting damage to community relations doesn't result from some of the language being used here. That would be a real shame.

If the residents' group decide to back down, fair enough. But I hope they do so because it has been found categorically that the objections to the nursery are groundless, not because they feel unduly pressured and in fear of being treated like total outcasts for continuing.

Added in the interests of balance only, not because I'm interested in taking sides.