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I expect simple behaviours here. Friendship, and love. Any advice should be from the perspective of the person asking, not the person giving! We have had to make new membership moderated to combat the huge number of spammers who register
Aims
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Dominick St James2019-06-15T10:38:15-00:00Re: Aims
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A gateway is the stories]]>timmy2019-06-15T20:26:57-00:00Re: Aims
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"timmy wrote on Sat, 15 June 2019 20:26"
Well, though resonably deep inthe site, the objectives for it are to attraft kids n pain and the adults they become in order that they receove the help they ask for.
A gateway is the stories
--I'm a bit dubious about how effective, fictional story telling is, as a medium for counselling in this genre. And, in fact my view, portrayed in my story/stories here, puts me in direct conflict with the ethos of this story site, as can be read. Otherwise, I have nothing against counselling, especially for gay boys in conflict with themselves and the unfortunate accepted norms of society.
Personally, in fictional writing involving young sexuality, I am unable and unwilling to offer stories as either a counselling medium, a philosophy or an appologia. And I suspect that writers to the contrary, do so to seek a high handed virtue from it, rather than it being effective to its purpose. Please if you wish, therefore remove my story here.]]>Dominick St James2019-06-16T11:09:23-00:00Re: Aims
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"Dominick St James wrote on Sun, 16 June 2019 12:09"
"timmy wrote on Sat, 15 June 2019 20:26"
Well, though resonably deep inthe site, the objectives for it are to attraft kids n pain and the adults they become in order that they receove the help they ask for.
A gateway is the stories
--I'm a bit dubious about how effective, fictional story telling is, as a medium for counselling in this genre. And, in fact my view, portrayed in my story/stories here, puts me in direct conflict with the ethos of this story site, as can be read. Otherwise, I have nothing against counselling, especially for gay boys in conflict with themselves and the unfortunate accepted norms of society.
Personally, in fictional writing involving young sexuality, I am unable and unwilling to offer stories as either a counselling medium, a philosophy or an appologia. And I suspect that writers to the contrary, do so to seek a high handed virtue from it, rather than it being effective to its purpose. Please if you wish, therefore remove my story here.
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I'm reasonably confused now. The stories do not work as any form of counselling, nor have I ever expected them to do so. What I suspect is that you have not yet explored in detail the left hand menu of the site, something that extends way beyoind the stories or the poetry. The stories are the gateway to those site elements in that they attract folk to visit the site for readng pleasure. Some look further into what else is on offer. Of those things, one is this forum. It's been here for years. Deep inside it are posts from people who are hurting, and there are some successes at helping those folk.
At least two suicides have been prevented by direct intervention. At least one couple with sexual difficulties has been together for over a decade because of the sexual advice elements]]>timmy2019-06-16T22:37:40-00:00Re: Aims
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Dominick St James2019-06-17T17:18:20-00:00