Intriguing. I love assumed personal attacks. I was not commenting about anyone in particular, just parents in general. So you can step down your I am the center of the world logic and accept that just maybe I am not talking about you?
I am not entirely sure where anything i said was sexist. If I used the term bondage room sluts do describe femals mothers who are online cheating on thier husbands and then talking about morality (again I implicate none of you who post on this forum) That is based on my personal SL expereince. If in my vitrolic post I said anything that seems to demean women as a gender, as opposed to merely bad parenting (which I have seen plenty of from both sides of the gender bar) then I apologize sincerely. My issues are with parental hypocrisy, overstated claims of teenage immaturity, and general condescension.
Besides Vitrol is fun, when aimed generally. I like vitrolic confrontational posts, they are fun to write. Hell I might even be immature that way. What can I say. Sometimes I like pissing off the smug and complacent.
As far as the responses. Well Gee apparently I am the one who runs an teenage prostitution ring. Ang you claim I make personal attacks. That is an obscene accusation and unfounded, and really should be AR'd. Yes I stated my opinion in a very in your face I have contempt for you if you disagree. Its true I do. I just declined from sugar coating my contempt as argument. After all post after post has said "teens don't belong in SL because they are immature and incapable of living in a adult world." Who is inviting debate. You just attack me because I dare to disagree. So be it.
In point of fact, and I think you would be very hard pressed to disagree that there are many adults on SL who are very immature. (yes I see lying and cheating on an established reationship as relatively selfihs and immature things-this has been my expereince-thery may be people who lie and cheat for mature reasons, I simply have not met them). Again, construe my vitrol as a opinion, and don't try to shoehorn yourself into it, You will never agree with me then. It does seem a bit egotisical to think I am talking about you.
What I said, in essence, is that if you are mature enough to drive a car, you are mature enough to go online in a teen environment safely. If you are mature enought to be tried as an adult for an adult crime, you are mature enough to go online in a teen enviroment safely. Yes I am adamant on this point. I do not accept that 16 year olds are less capable or compentent than 19 year olds. My comment about 30 year olds not being mature enough to play with me, was hyperbole and sarcasm (as was my comment about bondage sluts-i was referring to adults not teens btw).
And yes in general I agree that it is presumptive and disrespectful to tell some how to raised thier kids. But it happens, and people have thier kids taken away from them. Too often In my career I have watched as parents complain about kids being "out of control" and "irresponsible" and calling the authorities on them. eight times out of ten these calls are the result of basic parental failure. MY venom is that I will not in general sit still and watch parents sluff off blame for what thier kids do.
You may be a wonderful parent. Again take comfort that if you are, I am not talking about you. There is a huge difference between voicing an opinion and a personal atttack. I was doing the former. And yes I am right and everyone else is wrong. Thats a opinion. You aren;t forced to agree with it. There are no consiquences for disagreeing with me. But certainly I don't need to be accused of running a teenage prostitution ring.
And as far as I know this is still an adult forum and my comments are meant to bully adults. I resent the implication that I would do the same to teens. I am advocating for them, technically, though I am venting at some of the silliness I see here in the forums.
But hey what do we teach our kids about bully's at school?
And you will note very well that I absolutely do not agree with having teens in the adult grid. I just feel they should be allowed to have their own version of SL.