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As much as they are originally frowned upon or ridiculed, the only time it seems we can engage as a community in a truly in-depth debate, discussion or otherwise is when it holds the potential to be either negative or a topic many hesitate to speak of?
I don't think we all strive for negative by any means. But, it seems to assist in expressing ourselves before any potential positive.
The Clique wars for example. That went on for, what? A handful of days? It brought out a shitload of people..many of whom don't normally post much or those that stay mainly to one side of the forum. Isn't that a form of irony? We come together best at times when we are locking horns.
Touching base briefly on the clique wars, I would like to say that I am glad they happened. If not, I wouldn't have met some of the people I am close with today... at least not that fast.
The rash of controversial threads a few months back also spawned incredible debate from all corners of the forum. Even moderators added their own 2 cents.. and it wasn't involved in shutting anything down. Although insults all across the board were thrown here and there, we still managed to stick with the debate.
The aftermath of these discussions usually result in a brief outbreak of 'happy' threads, which don't meet nearly as much attention as the 'negative' ones. This occurs in both TK and Gen Dis-- I am by no means keeping to one forum area.
For example, the hot topic threads in TK are the Non-con to that really interesting thread referring to underage tickling and/or incestuous sexual tickling. Pages and pages of opinions, facts, quotes, statistics and so much more. Whatever flaming was cleaned up and on the debate went.
Granted, some topics are a bit too direct and spark hurt aplenty due to almost being directed at one set or individual. But, those are at times rare.
And if the topic becomes too tiresome or boring, it is just as easy to construct a new thread. It's like P&R without the P&R. I think as long as it isn't met with making the moderators have to work their ass off to instill the GR or not directly slam into other members, these highly complained about but muchly contributed topics really manage to add something to the community.
I don't think we all strive for negative by any means. But, it seems to assist in expressing ourselves before any potential positive.
The Clique wars for example. That went on for, what? A handful of days? It brought out a shitload of people..many of whom don't normally post much or those that stay mainly to one side of the forum. Isn't that a form of irony? We come together best at times when we are locking horns.
Touching base briefly on the clique wars, I would like to say that I am glad they happened. If not, I wouldn't have met some of the people I am close with today... at least not that fast.
The rash of controversial threads a few months back also spawned incredible debate from all corners of the forum. Even moderators added their own 2 cents.. and it wasn't involved in shutting anything down. Although insults all across the board were thrown here and there, we still managed to stick with the debate.
The aftermath of these discussions usually result in a brief outbreak of 'happy' threads, which don't meet nearly as much attention as the 'negative' ones. This occurs in both TK and Gen Dis-- I am by no means keeping to one forum area.
For example, the hot topic threads in TK are the Non-con to that really interesting thread referring to underage tickling and/or incestuous sexual tickling. Pages and pages of opinions, facts, quotes, statistics and so much more. Whatever flaming was cleaned up and on the debate went.
Granted, some topics are a bit too direct and spark hurt aplenty due to almost being directed at one set or individual. But, those are at times rare.
And if the topic becomes too tiresome or boring, it is just as easy to construct a new thread. It's like P&R without the P&R. I think as long as it isn't met with making the moderators have to work their ass off to instill the GR or not directly slam into other members, these highly complained about but muchly contributed topics really manage to add something to the community.
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