zenofeller -> RE: Does there exist (8/12/2006 1:34:02 PM)
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ORIGINAL: EvilGeoff There are already dozens of "How-To" books for kinksters on the market, Zen, including safety and first aid how-to's. If they (the "ones-without-information" since you don't like the term "sense") aren't already reading what information is already available to them out there, what in the world makes you think they are going to read the "Great Big Huge Blue Book of Every Kinky Situation, Every Possible Kinky Injury, How To Avoid Those Injuries, And How To Treat Them" ? ? ? no contest, there are plenty of pamphlets. would you buy 50 booklets at 10 bucks each, throw out half and doubt half of the rest, or buy a good one for 100 and be done with the matter entirely ? quote:
Truly, the world does not need another 600 page desk reference that is going to sit on the shelf and gather dust, even if it is a kink specific reference. What the world needs are more people intelligent enough to gather the information that is already available to them and the determination to ferret it out. Yes, the Great Big Kinky Blue Book would be useful to those of us already inclined to use such information. But it will do nothing, absolutely nothing at all, for those who can't be bothered to educate themselves. no contest. but what it will allow, is the neutral judge faced with a bdsm case to look at this bdsm thingy in a way he is used to, ie, take up the reference, and be impressed with the solidity of it, instead of looking at a bucket of noisy pamphlets and web articles and wave his hand. along these lines i see how such a big book can do alot for social acceptance. it proves we're serious, we're sane, and we're actually able to contribute to this world, in a way others can use. quote:
We have entirely to many lazy people who are used to getting entirely too much information (or mis-information) just given to them freely. LOOK for information? Oh My Gawd, what a concept! Use Google? What's that? There's a SEARCH function here at Collarme? How do I do that? Read a book? A BOOK? As in go to Books-a-Million or Barnes & Noble, or Amazon.com or Greenery Press, or Mystic Rose Books, or Daedalus Publishing and order a real, print on paper BOOK? That I have to turn pages and maybe spend hours or days reading??? Can't I please, pretty please get it distilled into 3 paragraphs so I can become CyberStudlyDom or ubersubbyslave right NOW?... google is no source of critical information. pop culture is not culture. wikipedia is a reference, but no serious reference. it s an online encyclopedia, but not an ecyclopedia. so, while it may do nothing for your average add afflicted adult, there's nothing that's gonna be much use to that guy anyway. quote:
Please feel free to compile and create the Next Big Kinky Cultural Break-through. Or find someone with the time and energy who wants to create it. I'm sure there's a market for it. But please don't kid yourself into believing that it's breaking any new ground, pushing forward any frontiers, anymore than the Encylopedia Brittanica does. It'll just be another handy-dandy reference guide for those of us who already use handy-dandy reference guides. the first encyclopedia was ground breaking and it did push fronteers. just the notion that everything we know is collected, cared for and never going to be lost again means alot. there's a humble side of adding culture, hidden in the libraries, keeping books sorted, hunchback and boring. but essential.
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