LaTigresse
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Using fast reply.......... When I first began to try and figure out what the whole gor thing was all about, with no thank to anyone that called themself gorean, I thought it sounded rather interesting. Unfortunately the more interaction I had with said goreans that took a quick slide downhill on a steep icy slope. I am not nor have I ever been interested in theatrical role play so right off the bat the weird speech patterns made me wanna toss my cookies. The second thing that annoyed me was the condesending tones I got from both male and female. The men tried this whole attitude like they thought they were talking to a half witted child and the women reminded me of the Marion Avenue Baptist Church women. "I am living the right way and poor you, well.........big sigh.....we will pray for you to see the light...." with a fake smile. Now, I am not going to condem any woman that wants to be submissive to a man. If that is what she wants and is her life path then more power to her. Obviously I cannot condem any man that wants the flip side of that coin either. Granted, neither one floats my boat but hey, who am I to criticize. What chaps my ass is the generalities that seem to exist in the gorean mindsets I have been exposed to and overflow into communication with those that don't follow it. Quite frankly I don't like being condescended to simply because I don't have a penis or care to live according to some badly written set of fictional books. Unfortunately that is an attitude I have gotten almost exclusively from people that consider themselves gorean. Also I will say that there was one gentlemen that used to post on these boards, that did to a degree identify with the gorean ideas, that did not come across in this way and I had great respect for him. Basically, while I find the concepts of gor and the attitudes of many that follow it rather rediculous, it just plain doesn't matter to me. It is one of those things that will probably never have any affect on my real life. Unless they start having gatherings like the Star Trek people do, in a town near here......the traffic gets a wee bit problematic for a day or two.
< Message edited by LaTigresse -- 1/2/2007 9:24:12 AM >
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My twisted, self deprecating, sense of humour, finds alot to laugh about, in your lack of one! Just because you are well educated, articulate, and can use big, fancy words, properly........does not mean you are right!
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