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RE: tolerance among us - 6/11/2006 11:00:05 AM   
hizgeorgiapeach


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ORIGINAL: feastie

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 (to much.)
  my persuit ...spelling, grammer, and Punctuation.  quick responce (much edited for length LOL)


Sorry, it's like my fingers did it on their own.......


Mine were itching to, I swear.
*edited to fix my own typo*


Thanks you two! LMAO.  This is what I get for not double checking my OWN spelling when I'm in a hurry!  Then again, I never claimed to be Perfect - just much more focused on Trying to keep a tight lid on my editing errors!   And btw - you missed a few of the more obvious typos - definately rather than definitely, eliltist rather than elitist (pure typo there - gotta love it when the fingers move faster than the eyes!) judgemental rather than judgmental.  Geeze ya'll, if you're going to correct the english instructor's spelling, make sure you get All of it, will ya?
 
I try not to say too much too often about other peoples' spelling, grammer, and punctuation mistakes.  Er, I attempt to keep it in rein Publically.  I Don't always suceed in keeping my trap shut about it.  Threads like this one simply BEG me not to keep my trap shut about it - and unfortunately, being human and therefore fallible, I don't always catch all my own errors any more than anyone else.  (The only way I caught the errors present that Level didn't mention was by pasting my original responce into the word processor and doing the spellcheck I should have done in the first place!)
 
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ghods
OK, so was this gods or jihads?

 
Neither, actually.  Years ago I got disgusted with constantly listening to various religious sorts whine and moan at me for "taking the lord's name in vain."  I intentionally started misspelling the plural in a (rather futile) attempt to shut them up about it.  I'm pagan.  I'm proud of that fact.  I don't agree with the English language convention of refering to the Judeo-Christian deity by capitalization and all personifications of deity in a grammatically "normal" manner in context to placement within a sentence.  What started as a bit of passive aggressive social rebellion has become ingrained habit over time.
 
*sends herself to the corner to write on the blackboard "The English tutor will not skimp on following her own oft given advice to have things edited properly before presentation" 100 times - and resolves to hire an outside editor for her writing, rather than trying to do it herself*
 
(If I make the same mistakes again, are you dom/sadist types gonna volunteer to Properly chastise me?  *insert evil, wicked, nasty grin here* )

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RE: tolerance among us - 6/11/2006 11:07:31 AM   
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Status: offline 		 Rhi, I'm glad you took it the way it was meant, good-natured. I make plenty of typos myself, but am anal enough to catch most of them.... I think LOL.
 
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RE: tolerance among us - 6/11/2006 11:16:43 AM   
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 Rhi, I'm glad you took it the way it was meant, good-natured. I make plenty of typos myself, but am anal enough to catch most of them.... I think LOL.
 
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   Egads - there have been days that it took me 2 hours to type 3 paragraphs, simply from a rather anal perfectionist streak that demands I at least Try to catch all the gross typos.  I'm a touch typist - I don't watch my hands while I'm writing; I watch the screen.  Get your fingers set in the wrong spot after pausing to take a drink (ccooooooofffffeeeeeee) and all that comes up is pure gibberish!
 
(Oh, and whoever it was that mentioned a spellcheck being available here in the forums as we're posting - it has to be specifically downloaded.  Why download yet another, when I've already got 3 attached to various word processor programs that included them in the first place?  )

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RE: tolerance among us - 6/11/2006 11:17:56 AM   
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I think you may have read more into that comment then I did.


Possibly. 

The first sentence came across to me as a sarcastic way to indirectly say that people in BDSM are not accepting of others in BDSM and that there is something wrong with that.  I don't see anything wrong with not accepting other people or with others not accepting me.  I only seek acceptance from those who are significant to me.

The second sentence was a gross overgeneralization that people who don't participate in BDSM just make up ways to criticize.  It doesn't appear to me that the poster was being very accepting of the thoughts and opinions of people who do not participate in BDSM.  Frankly I think few non BDSM people spend little of their time thinking about people who participate in BDSM.

I just found something inconsistent between the two sentences.  If you want blanket acceptance, then I think you should give blanket acceptance.  Otherwise, don't expect everyone to accept you.

It is possible that my interpretation is wrong, but it is possible that it is not.

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RE: tolerance among us - 6/11/2006 12:59:39 PM   
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 Rhi, I'm glad you took it the way it was meant, good-natured. I make plenty of typos myself, but am anal enough to catch most of them.... I think LOL.
 
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I'm glad you took it in fun, Rhi.  If we can't laugh out ourselves...

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RE: tolerance among us - 6/11/2006 1:03:29 PM   
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***Edited for typo's, spelling errors and grammatical flaws.

< Message edited by slavejali -- 6/11/2006 1:14:14 PM >

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RE: tolerance among us - 6/11/2006 1:15:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		hey don't make c.laims on behalf of every one else on what every one else knows lol.

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RE: tolerance among us - 6/11/2006 1:18:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		i suppose the whole post started because i read someone criticizing anothers post...and i thought it was just wrong. I guess i went about saying it the wrong way too.  i am not saying that a post is bad because of spelling and i am not saying it shouldn't be spelled correctly...i am just saying taking the time to make another post putting down the  set up or the spelling in the post is wrong. This isn't a class to be graded on...it's a sight where ideas and thoughts are meant to be discussed and shared . None of us are perfect maybe we should just read between the errors sometimes rather than belittling the writer

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RE: tolerance among us - 6/11/2006 1:26:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		Dont sweat the small stuff eroticangel. And its nice you started this topic, its good to stand up and be counted sometimes when you see something unfair happening. Whether people agree or dont agree with you doesnt matter, just that you put your thoughts out there to be heard is very cool.

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RE: tolerance among us - 6/11/2006 1:31:12 PM   
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i suppose the whole post started because i read someone criticizing anothers post...and i thought it was just wrong. I guess i went about saying it the wrong way too.  i am not saying that a post is bad because of spelling and i am not saying it shouldn't be spelled correctly...i am just saying taking the time to make another post putting down the  set up or the spelling in the post is wrong. This isn't a class to be graded on...it's a sight where ideas and thoughts are meant to be discussed and shared . None of us are perfect maybe we should just read between the errors sometimes rather than belittling the writer

But it is ok to come onto a forum and belittle the person you think is belittling another person for spelling and typos?  hmmmm must be irony weekend...
 
And as for what this SITE (not sight - that was way toooooo irresistible.) is about - it's about typing words about BDSM - nothing more.  We can share, we can be critics, we can place our thougths on the table.  There are few rules that dictate what we can and cannot do - And I suggest you go look at the TOS for those.
 
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RE: tolerance among us - 6/11/2006 2:30:18 PM   
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This isn't a class to be graded on...it's a sight where ideas and thoughts are meant to be discussed and shared . None of us are perfect maybe we should just read between the errors sometimes rather than belittling the writer


Unfortunately, erotic, I get the impression (which might well be mistaken) that you've missed a great deal of the point that many of us are attempting to make in our replies to your original post.
 
Yes, it's a site meant for the exchange of ideas through the written medium. If someone makes no effort at properly using said medium, they fail in their attempts to exchange ideas with others.  I doubt that any of us expect perfection out of our peers here in cyberspace.  (At least I would hope none of us are idealistic enough to expect such.) 
 
An artist who is attempting to convey the way a specific type of flower looks - it's shape, it's texture, it's color - is careful to study that type of flora, to draw only what they see, and to use only those techniques in the painting of the composition which are going to achieve the texture and form they desire to convey.  They're going to take a bit of time, and put some effort into mixing their paint for the exact shades they desire to use.  They're going to be careful about how they lay in the play of light and shadow, so as not to distort the picture they're attempting to present.  In much the same way, someone desiring to convey a specific idea needs to put forth a bit of effort in how they do so.  Spelling counts in such an effort - especially within the context of the English language, where there are words which sound the same yet are spelled differently and hold completely separate meanings, etc. - because the words you choose (and how they're spelled, where they are placed within a sentence, their relationships to other words chosen) define the very meaning perceived by others.  They are the paint that creates the pictures within another person's psyche, to be interpreted.  If you want someone to see green, you don't splash a mix of red and yellow on canvas and simply title it "Green."  No one will be able to figure out where you're getting "green" from that.  You mix blue and yellow in specific proportions, according to the intensity of the shade you intend to achieve, and show them the result.  If you're trying to say something, the same thing applies - it has to be presented in a manner which others are going to recognize without asking you what you were aiming at.

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RE: tolerance among us - 6/11/2006 2:36:56 PM   
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I am tolerant if you want to slit open your consenting partner's arm and use the blood as lubricant for anal sex, if you like fucking men during the week and women on the weekend, if you are a male slave who loves eating shit, or all sorts of other kinks.  I have no tolerance for people who cheat on others, who abuse their trust, who are power tripping assholes, who are making what I believe to be serious relationship errors, or who believe theirs is the "one true way".

As for spelling, guess what?  My spelling is horrible, but I recognize my weakness and have taken steps to take care of it.  I don't attack spelling often, but I have on certain occasions when I felt it appropriate and I will continue to do so.


Quick, call the Pentagon!!!!!! The world is ending!!!!

C.D., I AGREE WITH YOU WHOLE HEARTEDLY ON THIS ONE.

(now everybody excuse while i go disinfect my keyboard)


ROFLMAO isn't this one of the signs of the apocolypse?

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RE: tolerance among us - 6/11/2006 4:00:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		eroticangel,
 
I look for attributes that I can't live without, first and foremost. 
 
It just so happens that reading often and writing well are two basic communication skills that I refuse to live without in a submissive.  
 
One of My greatest enjoyments in BDSM comes from giving writing assignments to a sub.  I expect daily communication from a sub, not necessarily verbal communication.  I especially enjoy receiving original poetry and prose as gifts from a sub. 
 
Poor (not 'imperfect', but poor, atrocious) grammar and poor (not 'imperfect', but poor, atrocious) spelling are an indication to Me that a submissive neither reads often nor writes well.
 
It would not be fair for Me to constantly find a submissive lacking in a talent or skill that I know he doesn't posess from the outset.  If he can't write well and doesn't read often, continuing our dialogue is pointless, and I know it.
 
The only time I critique someone's grammar, spelling or syntax is when they post something asking for feedback on their communications efforts.
 
My opinion is always worth exactly what one pays for it... When one asks for free advice, they should be prepared to receive full value for their request.

TexasMaam

< Message edited by TexasMaam -- 6/11/2006 4:02:48 PM >

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