----- Original Message ----- From: Mistral mistral@centurytel.net
"Penberriss Wendy S." wrote:
I like people who THINK about what they're saying...
Unfortunately, you've made it painfully clear that you like people who think exactly what you do.
1) I didn't take Wendy's posts as meaning that, just that she wanted people to think their arguments through and not just post based on gut feeling. Which I agree with.
However...
2)Wendy, please don't be offended if I say that that really *wasn't* all that subtle. You seem to have gotten too worked up to take your own advice about thinking before you post.
Anyone who's read a half-dozen or so of Sally's posts ought to be able to see that she puts a lot of thought into them - not to mention a great deal of goodwill and respect for other fans and their diverging opinions,
At the risk of offending other people, may I please restate that, while I usually find Sally's posts entertaining, I do find the concept of Suffering Beautifully a bit upsetting? While I have no objection to violence, suffering or torture in a storyline, and I agree that these aren't always eroticised, there's something about the thought of pain making someone more beautiful that *does* have disturbing overtones to me. And I also sometimes feel as if nobody really questions the concept at all--like it's just assumed that everyone's OK with this.
But then, other people probably do what I do-- i.e. delete the posts.
Fiona
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