stella40
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Joined: 1/11/2006
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First I'd like to say I'm sorry for you MisPandora and everyone else who has to put up with this.
I sometimes wonder whether some people sometimes overlook the fact that many people come to these boards for their own enjoyment, to learn something, or even to feel part of an online community such as is found here at CM. They may not be posting anything, though many people I guess do browse and consider posting something, and I guess the anticipation of receiving such cmail in their Inbox is what puts them off or even makes them censor and edit what they write.
Some threads on certain topics can arouse strong emotions and we all I guess can get caught up in the heat of the moment, and there are some who don't count to ten and stop and think.
I'm one of the fortunate ones here, I do get cmails as a result of my postings, and they are by and large either positive (from Doms and Dommes this is the rule without any exceptions) or from people seeking or offering further information.
However I do post on other sites which are linked to my e-mail and I get both positive and negative feedback. Some of it is downright abusive and offensive which although it can all be deleted is nonetheless distressing. We are all human, we all have feelings, we all have emotions, and we can all be hurt.
It's important to remember that a great many people visit these boards for their own personal enjoyment, and a great many people also post for similar reasons and there are bound to be differences of opinions. But is it really worth getting so uptight as to get into personal conflicts over? And to get into such a conflict with someone you have probably never even spoken to, let alone met?
The chances are that when you go away and come back the next day the topic will be off the first page of the board and there'll be a dozen new topics anyway (though a few of them might be rehashed from a week or two before).
I recently got a lot of flak (on another website) for speaking up for the black community who were being charged with homophobia. I'm still getting e-mails about that topic even though I posted it almost 2 weeks ago.
As someone therefore who is often told to 'get a life' I find that the very same people who go in for this sort of communication are precisely the ones who should get a life.
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