in the same way i get info on a church before i go
Submitted by Splash! on August 30 2001 11:13:18
In reply to It's the 'behind' comment submitted by A.I. Watcher on August 30 2001 09:12:51
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Once again, you're reading things into what I said. In the same way I try to get info on a church before I attend, I was trying to get info on Boy Chat before going there. It was the info that I found that showed that some men who consider themselves boylovers (and not necessarily just those who post on Boy Chat) have weird ways of justifying sexual abuse of a minor. That is what upset me. Not Boy Chat in particular. Yes, I did see some people on Boy Chat say things that I don't agree with -- just as some of us here in CBF say things you don't agree with. It happens in every newsgroup or forum. I chose not to talk about it. I have that right. It was obvious to me that there is a different philosophy behind those who post at BC than most of those who post here. I was even warned about it before checking it out. The main difference being our "Christian morality," I guess you could say. I suppose that's why there was a need for some BC members/posters to create such a place as this, CBF. As I said, I spent about an hour looking at the posts on Boy Chat. No more. I didn't say that the posters on BC are up to no good and I never implied that BC posters are child molesters. I understand that CBF came out of Christian boylovers wanting to have a forum of their own, as a branch off of BC. I appreciate this. In your argument, you make it clear that it's not ANY person that looks into BC that has you concerned, but it's when a "religious person" "especially a Christian" does it that has you concerned. I don't mean to sound self-righteous, but it appears as if your problem with me has to do with your feelings about Christianity (separate from me). I don't appreciate being your excuse to vent. I'm just one person in a billion. If you're trying to make a point by using me as your soapbox, I don't think it's going to work. And if you think my research on BC has been extensive, it hasn't. I didn't spend much more than an hour reading up on Boy Chat (including info on its own site), and that was a week ago now. Maybe I should've used a different word instead of "research"? You say that BC posters have enough to worry about besides having to worry about someone doing research on Boy Chat. I would think it would be something at the top of their list of worries when they post on Boy Chat. It is mine here also. We always have to be careful about the info we give about ourselves. There are many "witch hunters" (so-to-speak) and silent lurkers out there ready to destroy our lives if for no other reason than that we call ourselves boylovers. Now, if we could stop trying to "hunt" each other down, then we might make some kind of progress. Maybe the people you really need to argue with are those who put up those anti-boylover sites all over the Web. I saw that many of them list their e-mail addresses. However, it probably wouldn't be safe to write to them. I'm sure they'd be very interested in digging up info on any one of us. As for me, I'm not "digging" and never was. Splash |
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