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ORIGINAL: TallDarkAndWitty

Double Godwin!!! This has to kill it now, doesn't it?

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ORIGINAL: Fidelity

I was wondering about that too,Akasha..he's caught flack over his lacksadiasical attutude towards D/s as well.

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(And no,you cannot just do "anything you feel like" with people,and not suffer consequences for it)

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ORIGINAL: TallDarkAndWitty
Quite honestly, it serves as a kind of litmus test. When I think about the people who most strongly object to it, I find they are the people with whom I have the least in common.

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ORIGINAL: sfgrrl

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ORIGINAL: TallDarkAndWitty

Double Godwin!!! This has to kill it now, doesn't it?

Nope.

1. This isn't usenet.
2. The first time—you were correct that you can't intentionally invoke Godwin.
3. The second time—no comparison was made, so Godwin wouldn't be in effect even if this was usenet.

~stef

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ORIGINAL: TallDarkAndWitty

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ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster
I'm a little confused. Isn't this verification site YOUR site? If it's not your job to explain what it is, whose job is that?

Just consider it art... It provokes and inspires...it certainly isn't the artist's job to explain it.

Taggard

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ORIGINAL: sanita

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ORIGINAL: TallDarkAndWitty

4) People that photoshop the same picture to look like two pictures

seriously! and when you can see the pixilation from resizing any one part of the pic!

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ORIGINAL: SherriA

Ahhh...so little we have in common then, since I loudly and proudly stated why I thought it was a bad idea right from your initial quest for opinions on it.

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I still enjoyed dinner, regardless. :)

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ORIGINAL: TallDarkAndWitty

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ORIGINAL: SherriA

Ahhh...so little we have in common then, since I loudly and proudly stated why I thought it was a bad idea right from your initial quest for opinions on it.

Well, getting right down to it, we probably don't have that much in common. Our BDSM kinks are so very different. I practice a very M/s|D/s style, while you are much more into the physical sensation (right?).

But beyond that, your response wasn't the kind of response I was talking about. You stated your objections, quite clearly and succinctly, when I asked for them. You didn't create new threads, like AAkasha did, or bring up my site when I posted on a topic remotely related. She, and a few others, form an unnatural obsession with the site...or is it with me?...and that is what I am talking about.

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I still enjoyed dinner, regardless. :)

And so did I! It would be sooo boring to only hang out with people who were like me.

Taggard

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ORIGINAL: AAkasha

If it is just art, what kind of accountability do you feel you have to the people that have paid money to the site for a service?

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If you are not paying any attention to the site because you are too busy to take care of it, why are you still taking money from people on it?

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If you -- the person that runs the site -- considers it just art and it is not your job to be at all accountable for it, or defend it, then how can they trust you -- the person that is supposed to be helping prove the legitimacy of others?

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If your site is one more step to help people develop some sort of 'reputation' in the scene (ie, not be just a HNG), how important is your own reputation? Is it important enough to answer the accusations/concerns/questions people have?

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ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster
We should leave him alone with his game.

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ORIGINAL: TallDarkAndWitty

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ORIGINAL: AAkasha

If it is just art, what kind of accountability do you feel you have to the people that have paid money to the site for a service?

And those people would be? Or are you talking about a subject in which you are ill-informed?

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If you are not paying any attention to the site because you are too busy to take care of it, why are you still taking money from people on it?

And what evidence do you have that suggests I am doing any such thing?

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If you -- the person that runs the site -- considers it just art and it is not your job to be at all accountable for it, or defend it, then how can they trust you -- the person that is supposed to be helping prove the legitimacy of others?

I would suggest they don't.

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If your site is one more step to help people develop some sort of 'reputation' in the scene (ie, not be just a HNG), how important is your own reputation? Is it important enough to answer the accusations/concerns/questions people have?

Apparently not.

Taggard

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ORIGINAL: AAkasha

Sounds like he has some "control" issues -- maybe it's a dom thing. But when it looks like he'd rather say "oh I am in control of this negative attention, in fact, I wanted to cause it" then "maybe I am wrong, maybe I did something inappropriate, maybe I didn't see things in another light..."

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Primarily, I am here to learn. I find that there are three ways to learn on a message board. The first, and most obvious, is to read what others have written. This method is hit or miss, as many write things that simply aren't worth reading.

The second is to explain my own position. This is often a very helpful way for me to organize my thoughts and flesh out some of my less pondered opinions. This way works well for me, but after 9 years of online debate, there aren't a lot of questions left for me that I have interest in seriously pondering. Every once in a while one comes up, so I still engage in this kind of activity. It also keeps my thoughts and opinions sharp and ready for the next way to learn on these fora.

The last way in which I learn is by defending my positions against the sharp, and sometimes savage minds of the denizens of this board. I deliberately provoke an attack on something I believe so that the fabric of my belief is tested and stretched and often torn asunder. I then have to really examine why my belief did not hold up to attack and stitch it back together in a stronger and more complete thought.

The other reasons I am on these message boards is to promote myself and to flirt with the pretty ladies. *winks and air kisses to all the pretty ladies*

The last thing I come here for is the flame wars. I enjoy them...I can't help it.

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ORIGINAL: AAkasha
However, it seems the right thing for you to do would be to change the wording on your site a little to reflect what someone can really expect from it. Which is apparently nothing.

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ORIGINAL: TallDarkAndWitty

Well, getting right down to it, we probably don't have that much in common. Our BDSM kinks are so very different. I practice a very M/s|D/s style, while you are much more into the physical sensation (right?).

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ORIGINAL: SherriA
I suppose I don't consider my personal kinks to be particularly indicative of who I am as a whole. My kinks are pretty different from a LOT of people that I consider having a lot in common with me. Of course, that could be because I have LIFE, not a lifestyle as I'm fond of pointing out; I'm much more than a collection of kinks. Multifaceted individual, and all that, ya know?

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ORIGINAL: AAkasha
Let's just get some answers -- if that's ok with you.

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ORIGINAL: TallDarkAndWitty

Oh yes yes yes...and you know that my forum persona has little to do with how I am in three dimensions.

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How have you been, anyway??? I never see you post anymore...