Quote by Resonance
... I may even share my flapjack with you...
Is that like code or something?

And.. you're welcome

Quote by Freckledbird
Now Now Bioke, I know what you are after... I can see that cheeky grin and I've read what you put on other threads...
Let me have a word with Fb and if she agrees, you can join us and... I'll buy you a cup of tea too, I may even share my flapjack with you... ;-)
Thanks for the kind comments though!
Quote by Naughty Wigan Couple
Now Now Bioke, I know what you are after... I can see that cheeky grin and I've read what you put on other threads...
Let me have a word with Fb and if she agrees, you can join us and... I'll buy you a cup of tea too, I may even share my flapjack with you... ;-)
Thanks for the kind comments though!
Quote by Cubes
I was expecting to read controversy.....
and all I see is fluffyness!
Quote by Resonance
Well, judging from my avatar and FB's SH name, they'd be able not only to climb trees, but nest in them and fly down from them.
They'd only play about in tyres tied to a piece of rope, if the tyre manufacturer's name was spelt correctly on the rim.
If they got into power then the penalty for poor punctation and spelling would be thirty hours of watching Jeremy Kyle, or having live scorpions placed in your trousers for a month.
And as for spendthrift Mr Essex, I'll have you know I've not only forked out for a huge pot of tea for everyone, I've got Bioke munching on my flapjack, FB and NWC nibbling at me ginger nuts and what's more, there's a queue forming outside who want to sample my hobnobs. I'm far from frugal, I don't even know where it is on a map. ;-)
Quote by Riotandantony
Yes, I miss the sometimes controversial debates, look at whats currently on offer in the forums - just silly word games and candy floss "news" articles.
In a recent debate about some islamic fundamentalist tossers demonstrating against our troops marching home through Luton, the thread was suddenly cut short by management, and we were sent a warning saying that some of the links I'd mentioned in the debate might be "offensive" ! offensive to who ? the Taleban perhaps ?!
If the moderator is reading this, don't bother contacting me behind everyone else's back, lets have the discussion in the open here.
Swing sites are entirely dependant on freedom campaigners in the past pushing the envelope - for them to start censoring people is just pathetic and despicable - if you can't take democracy - get another job elsewhere - or maybe members of SH should just take their custom elsewhere if SH have'nt got the integrity to do this.
What are SH scared of ? if they get threats from muslim fundamentalists and their ilk they should just report them to the police.
Quote by ScoobySmudge
Yes, I miss the sometimes controversial debates, look at whats currently on offer in the forums - just silly word games and candy floss "news" articles.
In a recent debate about some islamic fundamentalist tossers demonstrating against our troops marching home through Luton, the thread was suddenly cut short by management, and we were sent a warning saying that some of the links I'd mentioned in the debate might be "offensive" ! offensive to who ? the Taleban perhaps ?!
If the moderator is reading this, don't bother contacting me behind everyone else's back, lets have the discussion in the open here.
Swing sites are entirely dependant on freedom campaigners in the past pushing the envelope - for them to start censoring people is just pathetic and despicable - if you can't take democracy - get another job elsewhere - or maybe members of SH should just take their custom elsewhere if SH have'nt got the integrity to do this.
What are SH scared of ? if they get threats from muslim fundamentalists and their ilk they should just report them to the police.
Quote by Dirtygirly
Yes, I miss the sometimes controversial debates, look at whats currently on offer in the forums - just silly word games and candy floss "news" articles.
In a recent debate about some islamic fundamentalist tossers demonstrating against our troops marching home through Luton, the thread was suddenly cut short by management, and we were sent a warning saying that some of the links I'd mentioned in the debate might be "offensive" ! offensive to who ? the Taleban perhaps ?!
If the moderator is reading this, don't bother contacting me behind everyone else's back, lets have the discussion in the open here.
Swing sites are entirely dependant on freedom campaigners in the past pushing the envelope - for them to start censoring people is just pathetic and despicable - if you can't take democracy - get another job elsewhere - or maybe members of SH should just take their custom elsewhere if SH have'nt got the integrity to do this.
What are SH scared of ? if they get threats from muslim fundamentalists and their ilk they should just report them to the police.
Quote by Lost
I love a good mix of things. I don't mind controversy and debate. There is room for all in here and all should be embraced.
What is worth mentioning is that the threads that people seem to be disliking and referring to in this topic are in general some of the longer more dicussed and dicussable ones. OK I realise that there are the massive feel good threads such as the "What made you smile today" type ones but hey lets not diminish the popularity according to the numbers of views and posts on a lot of the ones we're talking about on this thread.
The things that I find wholly unacceptable is plain nastiness, overt bitchiness. No one person owns the forum amd the forum is accessible to all and should develope into different things at different times. Whats good for some may not be good for others but its not a battle ground, most will enjoy it at some point. They may have to wait until it turns to their style of posting but it will come
Quote by westerross
Don't mind the controversial thread or two.
It's the plonkers who can't hold a civilised argument on them that I don't miss one bit.
Besides there's plenty o' fun to be had hereabouts.
Fancy a shag anyone??
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Quote by Resonance
I think we are getting a little muddled here between controversial and just plain rudeness.
I will debate points sensibly with anyone, I will respect their opinion, if they provide me with the same courtesy. This includes controversial issues, or issues that draw strong opinion, such as politics, religion and the recent ones about Jade Goody, which I opted to keep my mouth shut on because I don't do sycophantic pandering.
However it is lovely not to have to read through a tirade of politically motivated, ill-informed, narrow-minded, scare-mongering, badly written, poorly researched, populist, agenda-driven tosh which is then defended only by slagging off the opinions of people who post counter to it, or ignoring those who pick holes in the original argument that is about as convincing as Paul Daniels wig. That to me, isn't controversial, it is just aggravating and shows a fundamental lack of understanding of the process of debate as well as a total lack of respect for the opinion of other posters. It is crass, pointless and simply upsets other folk for the sake of it.
I miss that about as much as I'd miss a dose of the ebola virus, or having to turn down a ticket to the Jeremy Kyle show.
I think some people just like to see some of the more established and, dare I say it, popular members of the forum get their noses put out of joint once in a while. (Cue thread on 'cliques' and 'not fitting in'). I don't come here for all that puerile, childish nonsense. I'd rather hoped it was a more adult environment. Sadly at times in the past, it resembled a school playground with the sullen bullies stirring the trouble and busy pointing the fingers at everyone else.
So I'm absolutely devastated we have starting talking about topics other than what is in the papers, or what a certain tabloid gob-on-legs has said. You never know, all this talk about sex and stuff may mean some of us actually get round to having some, instead of attempting to put the world to rights on a swinging website. Call me naive, but I don't imagine Gordon and Barack's first port of call when they are making policy decisions is the cafe pages of the forum. If you wanted to make your voice heard, there's plenty of respectable websites you can post to, to do that. But I always wondered if that was the motive and I am not so sure it was.
So long live the feckless, the pointless, the sexy, the funny, the informative, the entertaining, the unusual, the weird, the kinky, the daft, the strange and the odd along with the debates about controversial issues, but I would hope that these are actually debates, and not simply slanging matches with a thinly disguised ulterior motive.
Stuff
lol, Don't get me wrong, I like controversial threads, however, you won't find me quoting any newspapers though (The sun, mail or any other). Their facts are usualy far from fact and more after selling papers!
Yes this is a swinging site so obviously the threads in the forums are going to be more swinging/sex orientaded. I'm not saying they shouldn't. I'm just saying I like a good debate now and again. Unfortunately I'm not a big subscriber to networking sites so I enjoy adding my tuppence when they come up on here.
I can appreciate that some people don't like these topics, but to say that they don't belong in the forum, like one of the other posts said, is wrong.
The forum is for everyone on the site to discus many issues over a wide spectrum, be it swinging or not. Surely if you don't like the thread then just move on to the next?
You can't please everyone.
Yes I do fancy a shag and what the fook does ilk mean???
Quote by ScoobySmudge
I love a good mix of things. I don't mind controversy and debate. There is room for all in here and all should be embraced.
What is worth mentioning is that the threads that people seem to be disliking and referring to in this topic are in general some of the longer more dicussed and dicussable ones. OK I realise that there are the massive feel good threads such as the "What made you smile today" type ones but hey lets not diminish the popularity according to the numbers of views and posts on a lot of the ones we're talking about on this thread.
The things that I find wholly unacceptable is plain nastiness, overt bitchiness. No one person owns the forum amd the forum is accessible to all and should develope into different things at different times. Whats good for some may not be good for others but its not a battle ground, most will enjoy it at some point. They may have to wait until it turns to their style of posting but it will come
Quote by ScoobySmudge
lol, Don't get me wrong, I like controversial threads, however, you won't find me quoting any newspapers though (The sun, mail or any other). Their facts are usualy far from fact and more after selling papers!
Yes this is a swinging site so obviously the threads in the forums are going to be more swinging/sex orientaded. I'm not saying they shouldn't. I'm just saying I like a good debate now and again. Unfortunately I'm not a big subscriber to networking sites so I enjoy adding my tuppence when they come up on here.
I can appreciate that some people don't like these topics, but to say that they don't belong in the forum, like one of the other posts said, is wrong.
The forum is for everyone on the site to discus many issues over a wide spectrum, be it swinging or not. Surely if you don't like the thread then just move on to the next?
You can't please everyone.
Yes I do fancy a shag and what the fook does ilk mean???
Quote by noladreams
... I know i don't post in the forum often but recently that's been down to the various threads....