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RE: Winter Harvest: Gorean FAQ Nominations - 11/11/2007 12:12:42 PM

Aswad

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Very good points, downkitty.

Those things should certainly be in a sticky post somewhere; the FAQ seems as good a place as any.

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RE: Winter Harvest: Gorean FAQ Nominations - 11/11/2007 12:40:18 PM

Unbuilder

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greetings angel

I think I understand your objections, however, if a FAQ thread is solely for the purpose of directing newcomers to a list of questions that have already been asked... frequently... and not as a sorta, "overview, of the thumbnail sketch, of the synopsis, of the cliffs notes of the discussions that have taken place here..." it might not be a bad idea. Potentially, it could give newcomers a sense of perspective, and an indication of why, those that frequent heredon't really want to attempt to explain everything in one paragraph or less. I am assuming of course, that the thread doesn't attempt to provide a shortcut to all of the various answers that have been given to those FAQ's. I mean... there are currently 76 pages of topics, many of those topics are discussed on multiple pages. Hell, at the time of this writing, the slaves thread alone has 142 pages of discussion... I would guess that a list of frequently asked questions without any attempt at answers... could prolly run... 4 or 5 pages. For the majority of those that want to just drop in and boggle Gorean minds with an astounding question, hoping that the answer can be encapsulated into a single paragraph, I'd guess that an existing list of FAQ's would be enough to make them throw up their hands and run away in horror. Especially, if the FAQ's could be linked to the places in the archives where the discussions took place. That way, the person asking the question would be directed to... the 274 previous answers to their "mind boggling" question.

To try and provide answers to those questions tho... would in my opinion, be over reaching... I have my doubts that the most popular answer, has much to do with what the true answer might be.

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RE: Winter Harvest: Gorean FAQ Nominations - 11/11/2007 12:54:19 PM

Aswad

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Tal Unbuilder,

Your thoughts would seem to parallel mine on this topic.
I've elaborated on them in the thread I linked to.

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RE: Winter Harvest: Gorean FAQ Nominations - 11/11/2007 4:05:26 PM

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Tal to the Free and property,
Greetings to all,

As several before have shown this a large undertaking and if someone is willing to do the research and take the time to summerize the material in a nuetral manner I have no problem with it. However after viewing the visitors to the Gorean board in recent months I wonder if the effort will be valued as we would wish. I doubt that any of these "visitors" even bothered to read the TOS. The ratio of trolls and troublemakers to those sincerely interest in Gor is heavily weighted towards trolls and troublemakers in my opinion.

If this should go forward in some manner or form I'd add these questions:
    *How do I become a Gorean Master?
    *What's the difference between Gorean Masters and BDSM Doms/Masters?
    *How does one find a kajira?
    *How should one approach a Gorean Master/Mistress(since they're unaware of the FW?FC concept)?

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RE: Winter Harvest: Gorean FAQ Nominations - 11/11/2007 5:45:35 PM

OrionTheWolf

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Greetings to Free and property,

I do not believe the FAQ will be able to be all encompassing. I also believe that it should hit the top 5 most FAQ's.

This should cover:

1) What is Gor?

a) Gor Customs b) Gor Morality c) Gor Lifestyle d) Free Men and Free Women e) Free Companions and kajirae

Broken down as above it would give a good overview, and still allow room to not be extremely definitive.

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RE: Winter Harvest: Gorean FAQ Nominations - 11/12/2007 9:28:37 AM

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Greetings Master Aswad,

1)What is Gorean?
2)How do you live a Gorean life offline?
3)Do kajira really have no limits/safewords/rights? How do I become one?
4)Where can I get the books?
5)Is honor the main principle of being Gorean?

those would be my top 5 questions asked. I think you have a great idea and if you need any help , Master said I could.

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RE: Winter Harvest: Gorean FAQ Nominations - 11/12/2007 10:07:20 AM

Rule

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I second to limit the FAQ to only five questions. (In fact I nominated to do so in the other thread.)

I advise to not incorporate the questions in the FAQ. Simply provide the answer only. Nothing is more boring and suffocating and yawn evoking than
Question:
Answer:
Question:
Answer:
Question:
Answer:
Question:
Answer:

Also I would add some indication for whom Gor is not:
If one has a dom side
If one does not know that kajirae are sold at wallmart, aisle K
and such. Or is that perhaps a bad idea? (I am insensitive, so I do not know.)

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