No Sex Talk at RichardDawk

ShaSha · Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:29 am Post subject: No Sex Talk at RichardDawk

I've been a member of the RD forums for about two years. I've been mostly a lurker because of being too busy but do post occasionally.

I rather liked most of their rules because our forum at the time had none when it came to attacking members. Theirs allowed all forms of words but not against a member. Flaming was scolded. One time I received a warning for calling somebody a buttinski Smile

Can you believe that? Anyhow it was a nice place to go to fill gaps that were missing at this forum.

The forum was busier than this one which is why I enjoyed it because there were many more topics that I enjoyed as well as good discussions by mature people in many different countries. It was a win win place when I combined it with the familiarity of this one.

I went there a week or so ago after a long absence of several months and was completely surprised by the new rules and the way they handled them.

They cannot talk about their own personal sexual thoughts or activities. Sex can only be discussed in its' scientific discourse.

This is the forum where just months before I would go to read this one writer's hilarious posts where he wrote about his sex life, his bowel movements, and others did topics about what does sperm taste like and so on. They wrote in what was considered OT forum meaning "Anything goes".

Apparently Richard's site is a non profit and his attorneys said that that status could be affected because of some of the language and links to pics. Yup, pics of nudity other than art are prohibited. I guess the motto is that if it can't be on Discover TV channel, don't post it on the forum. It is because it is a server in the US and non profit status in the US is desired that they have to conform.

Now that might not be the worse thing in the world since there is plenty to talk about in life although not always as funny as some of those writers when they let loose Smile

What is worse is that all former posts have been edited to remove said content. The posts aren't deleted but rather hidden where nobody can read them Smile

So anybody reading threads from the past are going to have parts missing that are pertinent but edited because of language.

I could be wrong but I think fuck is no longer allowed and it was used more than a few times by members there just as it is here. Definitely boring when it is over used as some here have done but not a word that needs to be censored either.

Many popular members left to start a forum where they could do their OT threads easily. But like the writer who was the funniest and very popular among the readers said, it was that occasionally funny mix that made the forum pleasureable. It isn't the same to have to sign into different forums because sometimes one thread leads to another. I did check into the alternative forum but they couldn't discuss the RD forum and their displeasure with the censoring. And the energy that made it all good at the RD forum wasn't there. I will continue being a member there because I love their art threads and links and a few more. I like that they have bookmarks so I don't have to have reminders in email that there is a new post. I just check the bookmarks at the forum and can catch up with the latest in my favorites. And of course I still do a new thread scan for that rare discussion that I might not have been exposed to somewhere, sometime.

This forum, AF, has about a perfect balance now, IMO. We have enough moderating to keep the flames down but otherwise the people are free to discuss anything that isn't illegal.

I will probably hunt down that favorite writer of mine now and then. He is very gifted and many have said he should write a book. I expect he will write where he can freely but it won't be the same. I am not complaining, I know life changes and I enjoy the moment as much as I can.

I was just surprised when it happened. It does fulfill my thoughts though that secular pressures are as strong as any religious ones when it comes to control. You can take god and religion out of people but you can't take away the desire to by some to make all conform to their way.

jdopus · Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:44 am Post subject:

Hmm, I have to say, it may be a good move on his half, it seems the sort of thing that the media could jump upon and if I were in his position I would likely have made similar descisions

However, I think a complete ban is rather harsh, Dawkins hasn't cared in the past about offending people, so why suddenly make the descision now?
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Buckster · Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 3:10 pm Post subject:

Fuck, fuck, fuck and fuckity-fuck ShaSha! It's all about teh sex to you, isn't it? Yeah, we all know the truth about you - you just wanna talk all the time about how sperm tastes and share your joy of bowel movements during orgasms, you oversexed religious nut, you! Wink

Think of the CHILDREN!

Laughing

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ShaSha · Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 9:37 am Post subject:

iconoclasticskylark · Visitor Joined: 15 Nov 2008 Posts: 11 Local time: 8:40 PM

I am a member there and are yet to notice any new rules about such. Although I guess it depends on context- but on the general outset I can't really think of any occasion where such a rule has taken place. Oh well.

ShaSha, what is/was your username on the RDF?

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jdopus · Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 1:44 pm Post subject:

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