Riding crop costumes go bye bye

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Prudence, you are some piece of work... stop taking everything so personally negative.

Gee. Can't imagine why I'd do that. Imagine, taking personal insults negatively! Where do I come up with these ideas?

You're discussing personal traits that I, and some other posters, share and you've cloaked it in this guise of legitimate discussion.

Yes, there are plenty of physical traits that I find unappealing. But you know what? I don't discuss them in public threads because it's not nice and might hurt people's feelings unnecessarily.

And the fact that I haven't told some of you exactly what I think of you is due only to a lack of vocabulary sufficient to convey the rage and contempt I feel.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by LoT's FAQs

Hey man, we’re all about free expression here. But the hipsters of the Lounge of Tomorrow are hep to Ghandi and Martin Luther King – we dig the peace here. So just don’t go picking fights with the cats and kittens who groove around here.

Think about what you are going to post, and if anyone might think them’re fightin’ words, then that’s the time to count to ten, and change your tone before you post.

Personal insults, personal attacks, or broad insults against a group of people that real people are a part of have no place at the Lounge of Tomorrow.

Why is this thread still open?

[tracilicious]

I hope it stays open. This isn't a thread closing type of place.

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Why is this thread still open?

Well:

• So far no posts have been reported
• I'm involved in some of the duscussion, so it probably wouldn't be appropriate for me to close it
• I personally think we're still able to have adult though spirited conversation

But since I'm involved, I'll pass this on to the moderators for consideration.

[BarTopDancer]

Actually I've been wondering why the attacking posts from everyone haven't been moved.

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Actually I've been wondering why the attacking posts from everyone haven't been moved.

See my post above

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

I hope it stays open. This isn't a thread closing type of place.

True. But I also didn't think this was the type of place where friends treated each other like sh!t, either.

[innerSpaceman]

Well, the answer to that one, GC and Prudence, is that NO PERSONAL INSULTS have been made.

Saying that a person who is fat would be more attractive if they were thin is not a personal insult. No one has been named in an insulting manner, and no group has been insulted in a derogatory matter.

If you disagree with that assessment, perhaps an analogy would help: Saying fat people are less attractive than thin people is like saying gay people can't have babies. It's a generalization based on common sense fact, but is NOT a smear on that group. Just becuase there are exceptions to those generalizations does not make them inapplicable, nor does it make them cross the line into personal insults. No one has said that fat people are evil or stupid or insane.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

See my post above

Posting at the same time

[innerSpaceman]

And back on the topic that is being discussed most civily, and to answer Euro's question:

I think there are plenty of "roles" at the Park that don't require a petite-sized woman to play. Tour Guide may even be one of them. That doesn't mean I wouldn't have any physical requirements for the role, but ultra-slim would not be one of them.

But let's make no mistake. Though I don't equate fat with ugly, I - personally - would not be casting too many ugly people at Steve's Disneyland.