 | I'd like to request that every SYD member go to a dictionary and look up the definition of the word "forum". My own dictionary defines forum in part as "a public meeting place for open discussion" and "a medium...of...expression of ideas" (Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition). It is a place where people can put their thoughts and ideas out there for others to contemplate and consider and perhaps discuss. A forum is not a bully pulpit for demented individuals to hurl insults and heap abuse on people with whom they disagree.
People of good will can disagree and still remain cordial. I know that seems quaint in this day and age when there are bile spewing commentators on radio, television and the internet. Even religious leaders, who should know better, and members of Congress ("You lie!" shouted during the President's speach) succumb to this vile temptation. But perhaps I'm just and old fashioned guy who feels we should be able to discuss things without vitriol. And a special note to the Site Administrator: If this note reaches your attention and if you agree with me, cannot offenders be removed from the Site or at least be banned from the Discussion Forum? Send me a Private Message and I'll name names. |
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Grow up!!
If you get out at all that is. There are some seriously dull people here. No wonder you behave as though this is all you have in your life and that your life depends on it - it probably does in "your world". Now that is sad. It's all water off a duck's back to me..
........However, common politeness is the 'oil' that lubricates clear expression of ideas and views between all peoples. On this site we try to express ourselves to others just like everywhere else,...it just so happens that the common subject here is sexuality and the human genitals. I don't see why, just because of the unusual subject matter, that common politeness should be discarded as redundant.
Any ideas that are worth expressing are worth expressing to the best of our ability and to do that we need to use all the methods that society has evolved over millenia.
You're right that there ARE "some seriously dull people",...not just here but in every area of human existence,...and, I have to point out, that "a dick forum" that reflects the human preoccupation with the penis IS very much part of "the real world".
Unfortunately, there is a small but steady stream of morons who come here and assume that we are all fools and idiots who can be abused and insulted because of our 'rude' interest in sexual organs. The truth is that many people here are 'free thinkers' who have decided to release their sexuality from the constraints of society, if only anonymously.
......So, with respect, I hope you decide to rethink your post, and realise that you will get much more from this forum if you simply return common politeness to other posters.......
By the way, I wouldn't be too certain about my 'credibility' in the "real World" - Oh you must be so much fun in the "Real World" zzZZZzzzzzzzzZZZzzz
While free speech is a right expressing one's thoughts in a vulgar, lude manner however is not. Many have fallen into that trap and been prosecuted for their misconception. I would go further and add the unwritten right; the right to ignore speech from those we don't agree with.
While I am a practicing user of intelligent, proper English, perhaps because I'm a writer, I simply ignore those who don't have the vocabulary or the will to use it. If they insist of vulgarity, character assaults, or any other form of misuse of the language, they're simply not folks I particularly want to know.
So, let's not confuse free speech with what's going on here. This isn't a matter of free speech, it's a matter of stupidity and nothing more.
Then I'm gonna take my ball and go home!!!!!
That's not at all what spermkiss is saying. He...justifiably...is asking why people feel the need to be rude and abusive to other members. Personally, I see it as a sign of low intellect when an individual can not support his/her viewpoint with logical discussion and feels the need to resort to cheap, vulgar shots...
More to the point:
spermkiss has been an active member here for quite some time. I may not always agree with him, but his comments are always polite, thoughtful and intelligent. For those reasons alone, he is deserving of a bit more respect in the forum. Looking over your "other posts", it would be difficult to say the same for you. I believe that what you write is an attempt at "humor", but it comes off as crass and dim.
You have spoken like a true gentleman, and much divinely.
I wish people were more sound to, ya know ?
......However, I fear you are 'preaching to the converted'...
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