A Poll--Of Sorts...

[Guest DCescortBOY]

HELP! i have 2 "stays" and an "i don't care" (which counts as "GO") in this message.

where oh where are the chad-examiners from south florida when you need them???

[Guest DCescortBOY]

well, part of my reasoning for thinking i should go was:

- i'm just getting frustrated & attacked

- most people would rather i not participate

- the remainder couldn't care less (sean, take note of the correct phrase!)

 

so, i questioned the wisdom in adding something negative to my life if other people would prefer that i didn't participate.

 

the poll is showing me that even some of my cyber-assailants appreciate the views i convey. we haven't heard from my #1 boogeyman yet, but he may be busy with a pinga stuffed up his chocha or perhaps he's out collecting the perfect picture to illustrate the thread. :-)

 

the poll wasn't me trying to be sheepish. several people told me privately that, although it wouldn't likely make anyone suicidal, exiling myself would not benefit anyone. i just wanted to see how many members agreed with that premise.

 

so, it looks like i'm staying. (uh-oh!) but, final decision will be postponed until the thread dies a natural death.

 

thanks, zach, for your comments though. i appreciate ANYONE here taking the time to weigh in.

[Guest DCescortBOY]

sorry... i should have thanked nasa for his comments, i misread the user id.

i do still thank zach, and everyone else, though.

[Guest DCescortBOY]

YAY! we finally have a "leave" vote!

 

>Are all escorts this self-absorbed, or

>is it just the ones

>who frequent this message board?

>

[Guest DCescortBOY]

ok, 2 "LEAVE" votes now we're getting somewhere... don't hold back!

 

hey! i get to decide whether the chad is dimpled or hanging!

 

yes, i'm actually having fun in my own narcissistic, self-absorbed way.

[Guest jizzdepapi]

>#1 boogeyman

 

huh? i certainly didn't think my puny comments on previous threads conveyed this view.

 

told u already: u have two personae; usually interesting, informative, funny, etc. or brat-child.

 

brat-child should get a good spanking and stay in his room.

[Guest Esc_Tracker]

>From what I've seen, anyone who

>posts here has to put

>up with gratuitously insulting remarks.

> Is there some rule

>that says escorts should be

>exempt from this?

 

My entirely selfish enjoyment of the message board is enhanced by the presence of escorts. It is decreased by the presence of those flinging gratuitously insulting remarks. As a result, ruthless self-interest naturally leads me greater tolerance for the foibles of escorts than for the antics of those who fling gratuitously insulting remarks at them.

 

I delude myself, perhaps, into thinking that such views can be found broadly replicated in the message board community as a whole. My confusion here may stem from the many, though perhaps unrepresentative, complaints voiced on the board that escorts are routinely hounded away by tactless and offensive curs who seem to get their jollies from publicly cutting them down.

 

Esc-Tracker

[Guest WetDream]

>

>YAY! we finally have a "leave"

>vote!

>

>>Are all escorts this self-absorbed, or

>>is it just the ones

>>who frequent this message board?

>>

 

 

DC, Sweetie, read it again. He didn't say you should leave, he just found you self-absorbed. It is this tendency to relish finding the negative in casual comments and expanding on them rather that just letting them pass that is perplexing. Does this mean that people want you off the board. OF COURSE NOT! Not one of the posters has made that suggestion.

[Guest jizzdepapi]

p.s.: what's a chocha? should i guess?

[Guest Esc_Tracker]

>>

 

>DC, Sweetie, read it again.

>He didn't say you should

>leave, he just found you

>self-absorbed. It is this

>tendency to relish finding the

>negative in casual comments and

>expanding on them rather that

>just letting them pass that

>is perplexing.

 

What I find perplexing is not so much the tendency to expand on them, but the apparent need to express "the negative in casual comments" in the first place. It would seem that some of you just don't get it yet. If this negativism and these personal attacks continue (and yes, describing someone as "self-absorbed" is a textbook case of a personal attack), Hoo is going to close down the message board, and I for one will not shed any tears. If I am still here, it's because of what the board *could* be, not for what some of you are making it. "Free speech!" seems to be increasingly the cry of the mean spirited these days.

 

Can I just invite you to read again what is written in BOLD LETTERS at the end of the message board's introduction?

 

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[Guest sdmuscl4hire]

BRAVO

[Guest sdmuscl4hire]

My vote doesnt really count.

 

I am going or staying with ya bud!!!!!!!!

[Guest CZ]

Well, I AM a size queen. And my vote can be bought.

 

So where's the picture? And where, for that matter, are DCEscortBOY's reviews?

[Guest jeffOH]

Well DC, I say STAY, but don't stay just because a majority

of posters want you to stay. I couldn't give a flyin' fuck who wants or doesn't want me here and neither should you. They'll

have to pry my cold dead fingers from the keyboard to get rid

of me.

 

I find a variety of posters to be interesting most of the time.

Yes, some of my fellow escorts appear to use the message boards

as yet another place to advertise...hiding behind their escort

personas, never saying anything that's likely to cause controversy. Look, I have opinions and I'm not afraid to express

myself. Not everybody is going to like me and that's fine. I

don't need that approval to get through my day.

 

So, get on here, express yourself, but don't get caught up in

these bullshit, mudslinging exchanges that get tiresome rather

quickly. You know, the Who's the Most Clever Queer, where

posts are dissected and analyzed for some hidden meaning. I only

read them to see how far some posters are willing to go with it.

 

For example, I have often agreed with Pickwick/Reg/Spendlove?

(I'm sure I've left someone out)and Joey Ciccone on many topics.

But, that whole Philadelphia thread spiraled out-of-control over

a couple of harmless remarks, which could have been easily ignored or laughed off. It's sort of like watching a fencing

match, but with words. I'd rather use words to share my thoughts

or ask questions of others to possibly learn something.

 

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[Guest regulation]

>If I

>am still here, it's because

>of what the board *could*

>be, not for what some

>of you are making it.

> "Free speech!" seems to

>be increasingly the cry of

>the mean spirited these days.

>

>

>Can I just invite you to

>read again what is written

>in BOLD LETTERS at the

>end of the message board's

>introduction?

>

>Esc-Tracker

 

I invite YOU to recall a post of yours in one of the threads in which Theron and I went at each other. Your post discussed in some detail the enjoyment that you used to derive from mocking other posters whom you classifed as "clueless." I am sure I can find that post again should it become necessary. You do NOT have the kind of record here that allows you to lecture the rest of us on the subject of nice-ness, so knock it off.

 

DC, if you are counting my post as a vote that you leave, you are mistaken. I have never found any of your posts interesting, but that is no reason why you should be banished, or if it is then 90% of the other posters will have to go with you. You should continue to express yourself in any way you think fit, and so should the rest of us. NO ONE should presume to tell any of us what we can or cannot say.

[Guest regulation]

>I find a variety of posters

>to be interesting most of

>the time.

>Yes, some of my fellow escorts

>appear to use the message

>boards

>as yet another place to advertise...hiding

>behind their escort

>personas, never saying anything that's likely

>to cause controversy. Look, I

>have opinions and I'm not

>afraid to express

>myself. Not everybody is going to

>like me and that's fine.

 

Frankly, Jeff, you are one of the decent types I had in mind when I wrote what I did above. If some of the self-promoting types and their fans have their way, this message board will consist of nothing but escorts making cute remarks (about themselves, of course) and fans cooing and simpering over them. And with the fake reviews penned by escorts crowding out the genuine reviews, what will this site be then? Nothing more than a collection of escort ads like escorts4you.com, isn't that so?

[Guest Zach DC]

>I am going or staying with

>ya bud!!!!!!!!

 

 

Hey Michael,

I hope you stay. It's great to hear from anyone unafraid to speak his mind. I admire your courage.

 

We all have the right to remain silent. If we give up that right anything we say might be used against us. Thankfully, it's our choice, slience or the freedom of speech.

 

You have balls big enough to speak openly, honestly and uncensored.

 

Respectfully,

Zach DC

[Guest spendlove]

>>From what I've seen, anyone who

>>posts here has to put

>>up with gratuitously insulting remarks.

>> Is there some rule

>>that says escorts should be

>>exempt from this?

>

>My entirely selfish enjoyment of the

>message board is enhanced by

>the presence of escorts.

>It is decreased by the

>presence of those flinging gratuitously

>insulting remarks. As a

>result, ruthless self-interest naturally leads

>me greater tolerance for the

>foibles of escorts than for

>the antics of those who

>fling gratuitously insulting remarks at

>them.

>

 

It is understandable that you act in accordance with your self-interest. The question is whether you also expect everyone else to act in accordance with your self-interest. It would probably be unreasonable to expect that.

 

>I delude myself, perhaps, into thinking

>that such views can be

>found broadly replicated in the

>message board community as a

>whole. My confusion here

>may stem from the many,

>though perhaps unrepresentative, complaints voiced

>on the board that escorts

>are routinely hounded away by

>tactless and offensive curs who

>seem to get their jollies

>from publicly cutting them down.

>

>

>Esc-Tracker

 

All of those complaints seem to come from the same small group of people. There are about a thousand active members of this site but only a tiny portion of those ever seem to post more than once in a great while, so I would have to agree with you that those who do are unrepresentative.

[Guest spendlove]

>DC, Sweetie, read it again.

>He didn't say you should

>leave, he just found you

>self-absorbed. It is this

>tendency to relish finding the

>negative in casual comments and

>expanding on them rather that

>just letting them pass that

>is perplexing. Does this

>mean that people want you

>off the board. OF

>COURSE NOT! Not one

>of the posters has made

>that suggestion.

 

I didn't and wouldn't suggest that anyone leave the board. But people who look at the world in a negative way are bound to put the most negative interpretation on what anyone says.

 

My interpretation of the thread author's behavior is that he likes to draw attention to himself. Is there anyone, including the thread author, who would disagree with that? There seems to be a small number of escorts who use this board in that way, I assume for business reasons.

[Guest Tampa Yankee]

"But, that whole Philadelphia thread spiraled out-of-control over a couple of harmless remarks,"

 

'Tis often the case... unfortunatey, even for some of us who should know better..

[Guest Tampa Yankee]

"If some of the self-promoting types and their fans have their way, this message board will consist of nothing but escorts making cute remarks (about themselves, of course) and fans cooing and simpering over them. "

 

Reg,

 

It seems to me that you take an extreme view of some, maybe many, of us and of most escorts, in particular. I disagree with your assessment, in the broad, of us and them and of what we want this board to consist of. Your are free to voice your opinion and I am free to disagree.

 

Hope your weather is as nice as ours... after that nasty heat wave.

[Guest ChicagoCorey]

Do what you want; it's your call.

 

But I think I speak for myself and a silent majority who mostly reads posts here when I say that I would love to never, ever, ever see a thread about the board again -- that is, I'm tired of scrolling through topics about other topics, about posting, about this place. I come to the board for discussion but not for discussion about the board. This is a great way to communicate, but we need more communication about the world and less communication about the website.

 

More discussion, less drama. That's what would keep THIS escort around.

 

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[Guest sdmuscl4hire]

<There seems to be a small number of escorts who use this board in that way, I assume for business reasons>

 

 

the question why comes to mind

[Guest pickwick]

> "Free speech!" seems to

>be increasingly the cry of

>the mean spirited these days.

>

 

"Free speech" is always invoked to protect opinions we find distasteful or inappropriate. That's the whole point.

[Guest pickwick]

>But I think I speak for

>myself and a silent majority

>who mostly reads posts here

>when I say that I

>would love to never, ever,

>ever see a thread about

>the board again -- that

>is, I'm tired of scrolling

>through topics about other topics,

>about posting, about this place.

> I come to the

>board for discussion but not

>for discussion about the board.

 

You certainly speak for me on this issue. Anyone is free to create a thread on any subject and anyone is free to respond to it or ignore it. What more do people want?