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ORIGINAL: AquaticSub

~Fast Reply~

You know... something just occured to me...

There are lots of ways of furthering any particular cause. And your way, OP, is not the only way. CM provides a place for people to get together and talk. It lets people who are completely out share their stories with people who aren't ready yet and it gives hope and resources for those who would like to be completely out. In doing this, CM helps people live more open lives, which allows for more "vanilla" people to realize that their children, parents, best friends, teachers, employees, bosses, etc are kinky, happy and are still the wonderful people that they always were.

CM is definately helping in a quiet but effective way. If you want something with more fireworks, invest the money, time and energy and learn how to make your own site. Organize real time events and make an effort to reach out to the community. Write a book. But don't pass the buck.

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ORIGINAL: CalifChick

Wolf, I'm not understanding your position on this.  Help me see how it makes sense.  Let's say I have a party, and there is no admission fee.  You come to my party and you want to stick needles in somebody.  I say "no, I won't let you do that at my party."  You start screaming about your rights to stick needles in somebody.  Have you forgotten the fact that this is my party? Go somewhere else if you don't like my party, just do us all a favor and don't continue to suffer under the delusion that yelling at me about your rights and what my party is supposed to be is going to get you anywhere.

So Joe Schmoe starts a site and he calls it a BDSM site.  He has decided that he will not allow gags or extreme bondage. That is his right, he doesn't even have to tell you WHY he does not allow it, although thru the grapevine here people have extended you the courtesy of trying to explain those reasons.  And now you're trying to argue with those reasons, when in fact, Joe Schmoe doesn't have to have a reason at all.  Heck, he could say "no pictures of people wearing blue shoes" and that would be his right too.

Cali

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ORIGINAL: Wolfandkitten

If it was a tupperware party I would see your point.

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But this is a website supposedly dedicated to a lifestyle..right or wrong?
A lifestyle that includes Bondage, D/s, Sadism, and Masochism......correct?
Yet  this site allows itself to be deterred form allowing EVERY ASPECT of the lifestyle to be written or shown.
I didnt know this was COLLARME-lite .... my apologies to anyone I may have offended... but these are my beliefs and like I said we let it continue and some schmuck in an office somwhere is going to say that collar looks offensive it shouldnt be shown in public .....and then what ?

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ORIGINAL: Wolfandkitten

If it was a tupperware party I would see your point.

But this is a website supposedly dedicated to a lifestyle..right or wrong?  Of Course

A lifestyle that includes Bondage, D/s, Sadism, and Masochism......correct? Pretty much

Yet  this site allows itself to be deterred form allowing EVERY ASPECT of the lifestyle to be written or shown.  Have you ever tried to change a law? This is shit we've been working on for years. There's no "Allowing itself to be deterred" There are sides to BDSM that are illegal to post pictures of unless you have copious amounts of paperwork to back it. Other forms are just illegal, period, and thats the hard truth.

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ORIGINAL: lronitulstahp

ok...i gave you links to your senators and members of Congress, to no avail...perhaps this will better explain why these things happen, and perhaps give you some insight on how to make that difference you seem so determined to make.....  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dVo3nbLYC0
~helpful slut

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ORIGINAL: Wolfandkitten

If it was a tupperware party I would see your point.
But this is a website supposedly dedicated to a lifestyle..right or wrong?
A lifestyle that includes Bondage, D/s, Sadism, and Masochism......correct?
Yet  this site allows itself to be deterred form allowing EVERY ASPECT of the lifestyle to be written or shown.
I didnt know this was COLLARME-lite .... my apologies to anyone I may have offended... but these are my beliefs and like I said we let it continue and some schmuck in an office somwhere is going to say that collar looks offensive it shouldnt be shown in public .....and then what ?

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I mean, srsly, I posted an entire excerpt from a BDSM pay site that was shut down because of stuff like this, but the op chose to ignore it. >.<

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ORIGINAL: Wolfandkitten
But this is a website supposedly dedicated to a lifestyle..right or wrong? A lifestyle that includes Bondage, D/s, Sadism, and Masochism......correct?  Yet  this site allows itself to be deterred form allowing EVERY ASPECT of the lifestyle to be written or shown.

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ORIGINAL: lronitulstahp

ok...i gave you links to your senators and members of Congress, to no avail...perhaps this will better explain why these things happen, and perhaps give you some insight on how to make that difference you seem so determined to make.....  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dVo3nbLYC0
~helpful slut

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ORIGINAL: Wolfandkitten

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ORIGINAL: lronitulstahp

ok...i gave you links to your senators and members of Congress, to no avail...perhaps this will better explain why these things happen, and perhaps give you some insight on how to make that difference you seem so determined to make.....  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dVo3nbLYC0
~helpful slut

That link just proved to me where your mentality lies.

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ORIGINAL: Wolfandkitten

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ORIGINAL: kc692

Then change the government.  Go for it. Until then, don't blame the owners if they don't want to get into possible legalities all because of your picture. It's easy to SAY change the rules....let us know when you have them changed, because that will be when (maybe) you have a right to bitch.  Make sure you ask for a refund while you are waiting!

And people like you who choose to act like good little sheep are the reason nothing will ever get done about it

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ORIGINAL: Wolfandkitten

I didnt know this was COLLARME-lite .... my apologies to anyone I may have offended... but these are my beliefs and like I said we let it continue and some schmuck in an office somwhere is going to say that collar looks offensive it shouldnt be shown in public .....and then what ?