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cossie
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Location: Exiled in North East Engl...
Registered: July 2003
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I make this post with some trepidation, but with absolute conviction. I think it is the first time I have ever instituted a new thread, which may indicate the strength of my feelings!
I am sorry, Tim, but I think that you have seriously over-reacted. I know that it's your board, but you do encourage debate. The mix of characters which the board attracts gives it its unique and supportive character, but strong views on moral issues are pretty well inevitable among such an eclectic bunch.
I think I might reasonably claim to have played a significant part in re-establishing the board as a venue for civilised debate when I challenged the validity of your view on including stories involving sado-masochism. It mattered not who won, or lost, but how we played the game!
You have a huge network of very personal contacts, as is a logical consequence of hosting a site of this kind and quality. The contributors to this messageboard are not privy to those contacts. They merely express their sincerely-held beliefs in the general context of life. There were passions here, but no flames. You have seen real flames, at The Shack and at The Glass Onion. Your board (with due deference to Comsie and Eggy) is on a rather higher plane.
I seem to recollect that I have only once sought to criticise you in the past, and it was for the same reason. You cannot pontificate about the manner in which views expressed on the board relate to your personal acquaintances - they are YOUR acquaintances, not ours.
Taking an objective view, I simply cannot see that anything said on the board justifies your reaction. You host one of the greatest and most useful gay sites on the net. PLEASE don't damage it by applying standards which are at variance with the very principles we all claim to support. 'If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen' may be a crude expression of what I am trying to say, but you can't have valid debate if you unreasonably limit the views which can be expressed.
I'd be happy to exchange posts with Tim on this thread, but I am not otherwise seeking support (although you should feel free to disagree with me if you so wish!) Tim and I have never met, although I hope that we may do so soon, but I owe him a great deal. Nevertheless, I claim the right to disagree with him where appropriate, and I think this disagreement IS appropriate!
L'Ecossais Pensif.
For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
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A plea for tolerance.
By: cossie on Fri, 17 May 2002 02:09 |
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Tim, I still don't understand you
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Cossie, Mihangel, Trevor, others whom it may concern: please read this
By: lenny on Fri, 17 May 2002 20:21 |
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Lennie, Lennie, Lennie ....
By: cossie on Fri, 17 May 2002 21:18 |
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It IS resolved already.
By: lenny on Fri, 17 May 2002 22:20 |
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Please, I think we all seem so agree to a certain extent
By: kevin on Sat, 18 May 2002 00:36 |
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