Thank you, wewantu. I have never intentionally disparaged anyone. Have I sunk to the level of others and allowed myself to be dragged into an exchange that deteriorated into something ugly? Unfortunately the answer to that is yes. But never in initiation, only in response. Anyone who would argue otherwise should re-read posts where they think I have started such things. if they are honest with themselves and the rest of us, they will have to admit I called out certain behaviors and blasted subject matter, not people (initially).
I have never waivered or waffled on my principles or core set of beliefs. I have long maintained that high standards of character and morals, as human beings, should always be maintained. I do not think that intolerance of certain practices should ever be misconstrued as bigotry. One must stand for something or they will fall for anything. Freedom isn't a license to behave in any ill manner one wishes but rather the responsibility to act as one ought.
Many here seem to want (and be ok with) checking their moral fiber, character and good taste, judgment and behavior at the door. Like simple entry into the site means all bets are off and anything goes; that they can behave and engage in any immoral activity they so wish. That's what develops when they subject themselves to nothing but constant kink and fantasy. Reality gets skewed and they have to go further and more extreme to get off. Garbage in, garbage out. But true lifestylers, swingers and interracial sex afficionados understand that subjigating their principles and indulging in ethically questionable things is not an option for those who wish to remain in concert with their core convictions.
You, and many others like you, have said, emphatically, they did not like the direction the message board was going with all manner of perversions and bents taking root. I have endeavored only to ensure this place does not become a cesspool of repulsion (by most people's standards) and turned into a side-show carnival of all kind of circus freak perversion. Concessions have been made on the part of everyone; members, management and myself. Some things that are allowable I personally disagree with and find distasteful. That being said, they are at least reserved and relegated to a specific area that is clearly marked, thus enabling people who don't want to be subjected to the content inside with the option to avoid it.
Thankfully, however, many of the most disturbing things some would have the Cavern become a haven for, are still considered out of bounds and are not permissable. As long as I am here, and allowed to remain, both a member and moderator in good-standing, such things will never take root. Even those that are allowed, and considered questionable by myself and others, can at at least be monitored and kept in the areas which they belong and not where offensive notions would discourage the majority of sane members here to lose heart and leave.
I myself would rather have genuine, real and respectable core members than a deluge and morass of countless members who, by spreading repulsion like a disease, would have this site become their own personal cesspool and playground for all manner of inappropriate filth.
And by the way, is it just me or does this person's manner of posting remind anyone else of a certain individual we'd been relieved to not hear from in some time? It has his stamp all over it and gee, look........He's responsible for only four posts ever made and all of them are about or directed to me. Not one other post in the countless other categories. Ha! So much for this person coming here for interracial content. He comes to flame, argue, start trouble and grind an axe. All too typical. I'm fairly certain he's not long for the Cavern forum.
