RedMagic1 -> RE: Too Far? (1/14/2010 11:29:47 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Mercnbeth Am I the only skeptic who had a hard time reconciling Linda's post to Spinner's profile? No. Like you, though, I saw no benefit to acting savvy and hard-boiled, and plenty of suffering I could potentially cause by doing so. There are far more important things in life than never being "fooled" or "wrong." -- the rest to posters in general, not directed to Merc -- I hope some of the posters on these boards are not misinterpreting Eleven's newfound forebearance for powerlessness. We have an awfully large sandbox to play in now. There is plenty of room for everyone to be FULLY INSIDE it. If some poster constantly gets off on walking only on the very edge of the sandbox, saying, "Look at me, I can get away with anything" -- or if another poster has literally nothing to contribute to the site except for a tasteless "joke" on memorial threads to Holocaust heroes -- then I will shed no tears when the Mods punch that poster's one-way ticket to hell. I have a Fetlife profile for exactly one reason. I was dating a non-white woman, and she wanted to participate in a BDSM forum. She tried it out here, because I was here, and she felt uncomfortable and out of place, in part because of her race. So she went to Fet and started a profile and a group, and asked me to join her so she'd have a friendly face there. I said yes, of course. She has never posted here again. I consider that the "wrong" reason to leave a site like this, but I certainly don't blame her, especially considering the insensitivity I've seen on this and other threads. If your constant pushing of the bleeding edge of TOS is costing the site money, do you really think the powers that be are going to feel warm and snuggly about you? Remember that the site is run by volunteers. If you act like a motherfucking idiot, you cause lots of extra work for those volunteers -- and I really doubt they signed up to defend your personal assholosity. Alpha's long post made it clear she hopes everyone is capable of acting like mature adults. Try not to prove her wrong.
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