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Here's my take on LoT:

1) Internal Control: Admins, Moderators, founding members, yeah we're pretty much a benevolent dictatorship here.

2) External Control: Eh, I don't think we care much about this - except when it comes to filling a carousel at Disneyland, or sinking a boat.

3) Wisdom/Knowledge Claimed by leader(s): I think we're pretty smart, but we still screw up from time to time - why there was this one April Fool's Day...

4) Wisdom/Knowledge Credited to leader(s) by members: See above, I think the members are pretty smart too and can tell when we're blowing smoke.

5) Dogma: Hahahahahaha - Anarchy Now!

6) Recruiting: While we do try to bring in certain folks now and then that strike our fancy, I think we mostly snobby and exclusive in this regard. There are plenty folk we'd just rather not have.

7) Front Groups: Our secret societies shall remain secret, otherwise it wouldn't be much fun having them.

8) Wealth: We've got enough cash to keep things running for a 2 years I think - that's probably enough to buy us all a round of drinks if we decided to take the money and run.

9) Sexual Manipulation of members by leader(s) of non-tantric groups: While having our sex manipulated might be desired by some of us, I think there are sites better suited for that kind of activity

10) Sexual Favoritism: Sorry, I'm heterosexual and tend to prefer women, perhaps other members of our inner circle balance things out, but I'm afraid you're all stuck with my bias in that regard.

11) Censorship: I'd rather not do it, but to keep things accessible to certain workplaces we do filter naughty words and our ground rules would rather you not discuss illegal activities or child pornography

12) Isolation: Eh, we don't care

13) Dropout Control: We have checked in with people that haven't posted in awhile, but for the most part we're fine if you think we suck.

14) Violence: We have no desire to produce or obtain weapons of mass destruction

15) Paranoia: I do think we take some pleasure in feeding the paranoia of others

16) Grimness: I suppose if all your posts we critiques of the boards, we'd eventually have the "perhaps this isn't the place for you" conversation. But then we'd probably be making lots of jokes about you behind your back - so matter of perspective there.

17) Surrender of Will: I don't think any of us want to be responsible for anyone else - sorry, make your own decisions and deal.

18) Hypocrisy: Well, we're probably inconsistent in some of the things we do and decisions we make, so I guess you could call us hypocrites on occasion. But hey, that's what you get when you abandon dogma.