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You have some really interesting insights, Curt.
Thank you.
I might add that some of the ruder discussions we have seen on this forum might come solely from boredom. Some people, lacking anything better to do, might see this kind of forum as a safe place to stir the pot, sowing the seeds of dissension for their own twisted form of amusement. Does anyone else think this might be true?
Yes, and it happens in every unmoderated disussion group, on-line and othwerwise.

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You have some really interesting insights, Curt.
Thank you.
I might add that some of the ruder discussions we have seen on this forum might come solely from boredom. Some people, lacking anything better to do, might see this kind of forum as a safe place to stir the pot, sowing the seeds of dissension for their own twisted form of amusement. Does anyone else think this might be true?
Yes, and it happens in every unmoderated disussion group, on-line and othwerwise.

Sad, but likely true.

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You have some really interesting insights, Curt.
Thank you.
I might add that some of the ruder discussions we have seen on this forum might come solely from boredom. Some people, lacking anything better to do, might see this kind of forum as a safe place to stir the pot, sowing the seeds of dissension for their own twisted form of amusement. Does anyone else think this might be true?
Yes, and it happens in every unmoderated disussion group, on-line and othwerwise.
Sad, but likely true.

The idle mind is the devil's workshop.

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The idle mind is the devil's workshop.
so true, in college my friends would get nervous if i was quiet for too long. they learned to be on their toes.

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Pushing the boundaries as a child/youth is part of the experience of maturing. The major difference that I see between my youth in the 40s/50s and today's culture is that there are no longer any boundaries to push against. Whereas in my childhood an infraction beyond the established limits resulted in a swat in the ass, today there seems to be nothing that a kid can do that merits a loud, NO!" and a physical reminder. Much of the reason for it is that we have become a culture where discipline is verboten, lest we damage the fragile psyches of the little darlings. Pop a punk kid in the butt these days and the DSS will have you in court for abuse. Facing that penalty for trying to maintain a proper parent-child relationship, parents just give in and set no limits whatever. And what happens then? Kids need the security of knowing that their parents love them enough to establish a set of rules that they can safely test without breaching their trust. Without those limits, they first try to get their parents to show that they love them enough to say, "ENOUGH!" And if they can't evoke that response, they are justified in assuming that they are the bosses of the home. At that point, they're all but lost. The worst damned nonsense of the last several decades has been, "Be a friend to your child." What egregious bullscheiss! How about being a father or a mother to your child? They don't need more friends. They need role models of how loving men and women live together in harmony. They need guidance and discipline. They need to learn self-control. They need to realize that the universe doesn't revolve around them, and that what they want is not the standard for what they will get. They need to learn that their arse cheeks are not where the world will plant its collective lips. The most disturbing call that I heard today on my police scanner was the one that dispatched a cruiser to deal with "an out-of-control 11-year-old". My cats thought I was nuts when I bellowed at the radio, "Smack the little shit's ass, you (bleep)ing morons!" Of course, if they actually did that, they'd be in court on assault, if not child abuse, charges. That's how far we've degenerated. One of my fondest wishes is to use Dr. Who's TARDIS to go back in time and castrate Benjamin Spock's father.

It's just my opinion, but I don't think we can really blame Dr. Spock. He wrote a book of guidelines. It's not his fault that his readers thought his words should have been carved in stone.

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Because in their normal lives they feel that they have little power and here they can push back on in this case push boundaries. For example how many of us have been presented with a body part of sexual question in some case before the person contacting even says hello? I have realized that is maybe best not to talk to men first thing in the morning on here lol. I think I responsible and acceptable ideas of what nudism is goes right out the window until a certain thing is address. I am sorry, but I don'tto me the recipent of such greetings every morning unless I know well.

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Im not sure why some people do the thing they do on this site but it makes itreally hard for the people here who are actually true nudists. Perhaps, they dont understand the values and reasons for being a nudist. Maybe in there world, being a nudists is gawking and showing of there goods. Either way, i feel they should be able to sort themselves from true nudists and move on to a different site. It seems to me that they would want to go to a different site where people enjoy the things that they are doing here. Im not sure. I dont like it. And it makes it hard on a young nudist.

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I would think it is because those people don't have boundries , they may not have ever thought to set any for themselves or think nothing about what they do or say may be offensive to others.

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...do so many people try to push the boundaries of good taste within this forum?

Part of the problem with the notion of good taste is that it is wholly subjective and dependent upon the culture from which the individual springs. The internet is global and diverse but we as individuals on the net tend towards the parochial.



Love n stuff
Rudie x

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Linda, I'm missing your posts!

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