Posted by traveler on December 07, 2000 at 01:12:58:
In Reply to: Something that really bothers me... posted by TJHombre on December 06, 2000 at 22:13:08:
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Let me preface this with my agreement that playing without protection is risky and irresponsible. I do recognize that there are varying levels of risk with different activities (female to male, BBsex, BBBJ, etc.). Regardless, i think it best to play as safe as one can given the activity and it's inherent risks. I would disagree with the notion that this board could be responsible for idiots not playing safely just because they believed what somebody told them about "low risks" or some other idea. There is always the matter of personal resonsibility. Few too people want to take responsibility for their actions, and other people are all too willing to help them assign responsibility to some other source. To make a poor analogy, this board could be like any other inanimate object (a gun, or a car, etc.) How many guns ever killed anybody? The assholes that picked them up and used them to kill people did. Same with cars, it is the drunken ass that killed somebody, not the car. This board isn't going to kill anybody. That said, the point i would like to make speaks to the chilling effect on discussion and the flow of information from engaging in certain tactics to running a board. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth when someone makes a thinly veiled threat to shut the board down simply because they did not agree with some of the "information" that was being passed. I for one am an adult and able to sort through the information and when i see something that i question i can then go investigate it. Due to the bahavior on an old board, that need not be named, some claimed it was shut down. I think that is garbage. Nobody had to read the nonsense if they didn't want to, and meantime information continued to flow. I think it was more a matter of someone was tired of maintaining it and found an excuse to shut it down. Nobody can really question the person's motives. It was their choice and far be it for anybody to question. I am thankful they ran it for as long as they did. I know how much work it is. But, as a result this board came into being. Also as a result, this board has been run with an iron fist. Some people have appreciated that. I have had mixed feelings. There have been times when i have chosen not to say something, or backoff of a discussion because i was being extra careful not to get booted out of here and to adhere to the wishes of managment. Frankly though, i think that has inhibited the flow of information, or at least a lively discussion at times. TJhombre, this is your board (and i thank you for maintaining it) and i would not think of telling or even suggeting how you should run it. It is not my place to. This is ***just my opinion*** about what makes a board as lively as possible which results in the free flow of information. If i am to be asked to leave or booted because i voiced my ***opinion*** and managment might not like it so be it, but there it is.
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