I assumed that it was in the Pit because of Coldfire’s mod-status.
And I think the original remark was a classic example of a general tendency for The Ryan to make a statement which appears to him to be correct and unambiguous, but is in fact open to misinterpretation. I’ve commented on this tendency before. In all fairness, I think that The Ryan’s postings have improved greatly in the interim, though.
In the pit because of my mod-status?
FWIW, it’s not even clear to me why the issue deserved a thread on its own to begin with. And of course, the original thread is just a debate with cursing because of the location it was started in. Not a pure rant either.
But this? This is just nonsense.
I agree that this has gone a bit too far. A non-rant about a stupid subject that has 2 pages? Close us down already. Please.
I don’t know: the assumption that men who abuse little boys are homosexual seems reasonable to me. Men who abuse little girls, I would assume are straight.
These assumptions – in the absence of other data – seem really really reasonable to me.
A case has been made, however, that this is not the case. Not that I think about these things all the time, but I will take the fact that others believe otherwise into account should this topic ever come up at the watercooler and my opinion is asked ‘I thought that most men who abused little boys were homosexual, but it appears that may not be the case’. If I have time, or am so inclined, I will try to track down evidence myself.
I actually am posting because of two things: one, ‘Most guys who abuse little boys are homosexuals’ (regardless of whether or not it is a reasonable assumption – as I said, in the absence of other data, it appears to me to be a very logical assumption) is NOT the same thing as saying ‘Most homosexuals abuse litte boys’.
And second, are mods/administrators free to post as they will in the Pit? Cause I thought the potty language in Coldfire’s posts was sort of uncalled for, coming from a mod and all. But if mods are allowed to vent in the Pit, apologies to Coldfire.
Potty talk? Coldie, how could you?!