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Mazza
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Quote by BraveBitch
yah it sucks that you start a thread and you can't edit the things and your own posts : (


You can edit your own posts... I think it would be a bit of a nightmare if the regular users could chop and delete their own stuff - some threads would make no sense at all...

(come to think of it, there are a few that don't already)
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Well done all the winners and thanks John!! What a sweet little skunk you are!!

xxxx
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2013 has been a roller coaster. Too much to list, but the worst was probably asking my husband for a divorce. The best was getting a new place for me and the kids and still being able to salvage a friendship with the ex...

I feel so blessed to have had so much support from friends (near and far) and family (I block out the naysayers!)

Roll on 2014 and all she may bring!!!

*cheers!*
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Tonight I made chicken satay with basmati rice and a nice salad with garlic rapeseed oil and sticky balsamic.

Last night was my first proper meal in my new home!!

I made mussels (for the first time ever) in a white wine and garlic sauce. For the kids I made bolognese with nice garlic bread... Delicious!
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Cindee's real name is actually Barbie and she has an unfeasibly small waist and feet
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Often because they use text speak!


I agree with you!
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I still maintain that the most important thing is to educate our people.

Of course there should be penalties for those who break the law and inflict injury on others (be that financial, physical, emotional or whatever) but we really have to work together as a society to teach what is and is not acceptable.

I think that we're becoming much more secular and isolated, and the onset of technology only feeds that.

We need to remember that we all have a duty and responsibility as a member of society and that not only means living by example, but getting involved with others to 'do the right thing'.

The things we are talking about in this thread are only becoming more common because we tolerate, condone, ignore or don't do anything about them.

Now, I don't have the answers, but I think that only changes of the type I've referred to will actually bring about change?

Naive, I know...
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I agree it can be long lasting. But people generally don't go to jail for verbal and mental abuse. They typically lose divorce cases and custody of their children more than they are convicted of a crime and go to jail for it.

There are also plenty of people that have lifelong emotional scars from bad parenting. Even if it wasn't necessarily abusive, it could have been unsupportive to a child. That doesn't make it a crime. It's awful, but not criminal.

A dad could be ashamed of his gay son and disown him. That's an awful thing to do to a person and would and could leave lifelong and devastating effects on a person.. but it's not criminal. You can't lock the dad up for being an asshole.


As I said before - perhaps the laws need to catch up in these areas - or maybe we need to better protect our children and teach them how to protect themselves against such abuse?
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Quote by lafayettemister


Physical assault is different. It's physical, obviously. When someone hits you, it's different. It's touch, it can cause physical damage and harm. A black eye on one person is the same thing as a black eye on another person.

Posting something online that causes someone to FEEL humiliated is different. What humiliates one person may not humiliate another. Basing crime on emotions and feelings is a dangerous step. One person may be humiliated by topless pics of herself broadcast online. But another person my FEEL humiliated by having his story of molestation and abuse broadcast online via blog or whatever.

The problem as I see it is how to you calculate what is or isn't enough humiliation? What's the test for that? It's too subjective to quantify for a legal definition.

And then there's the gray area of personal responsibility. No, I'm not saying anyone deserves anything. But a person does have some control over their own actions. Assault is a crime. But if I walk up to Mike Tyson and tell him his wife is a whore, chances are he's going to knock me out. Did I deserve to be knocked out? No. Is he in violation of the law to knock me out? Yes. Could I have prevented it? Yes.

Some things can have a better impact on society via civil litigation. If some dude posts a sex video of his ex online somewhere, she finds out and sues him for thousands or tens of thousands of dollars, it will make quite a few other guys NOT do the same thing he did. The reason newpapers don't print untrue things about people isn't because they're afraid of going to jail but rather they know they'll be sued for millions of dollars.


LM, I think it's already well-established that in cases of domestic abuse that verbal and mental abuse are just as destructive as physical abuse - in fact, I'd say more so - one generally heals quickly from a physical injury, but the long term effects of emotional abuse can last a life time. How many kids who were bullied no longer bear the scars of that?

While you may not be causing 'actual physical' to a person by posting these pics - the knock on effect could be devastating and lifelong
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It's a shame the law couldn't help this girl

http://www.aftab.com/index.php?page=jessie-logan-s-story



or this girl: http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/sexting-shame-and-suicide-20130917

Teen suicides are on the increase because of stuff like this - I think that we have to take it seriously. I have a teenage daughter - I'd hate to think of her getting into a situation like this.

The whole thread has made me think. Not that I revealed my face in any of the pics I had in my gallery here, but (probably shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted) it has made me take the decision to remove them.

I know it's not slander per se, to post pics in a revenge type way, but I wonder if, given that the pictures would have been taken in special circumstances - ie: one doesn't generally post or share pics of their intimate parts, then a special rule would apply?

I do think that we have to take responsibility for our own actions, of course, but we have to expect that others act in the same way (not that they always do of course)

So, I guess, in the case of younger people in particular (and it almost always comes down to this with me) we have to educate them. Make sure that they understand that ANYTHING they say or share online can be there forever...

I'm not sure that the laws stated are really workable, but I do think that it's important that we find a way to work through the grey areas and make people accountable for their actions - if they may be harmful to another person...

Of course, we may well just get to a stage where practically everyone has naked pics of themselves out there and as a result, such things will become normalised and no one would give a damn if they were shared anywhere...

EDIT: One of the things that we have to realise (and most of us do) is that the law is a constantly evolving thing and the internet needs laws that apply and are enforceable - as technology moves and grows, the law has to do so as well
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Quote by Wardog
I've watched young men DIE because they made foolish mistakes. Pardon me if I'm not all weepy eyed because someone got stupid and left something behind they should REASONABLY have known NOT TOO!


It's awfully dismissive of you to say the things you said. To compare the poor decision of a soldier to some poor schmuck having private photos or videos uploaded to a website is like comparing apples and oranges. What it does not do, is address the effect that having a revenge video/photo, whatever could have on an individual - Sometimes, we trust people - we have to (you must know that as well as anyone else). Sometimes, they betray that trust - it happens in all levels of life.

You rightly point out that this is a sex site. As such, the topic of the thread is completely relevant - many of us here will have shared such personal images and whatnot, so it's a subject that may be close to the hearts of many.

To pull the "people DIE" card is quite frankly off topic, disrespectful and irrelevant. I would have hoped that a career in the military would have taught you a little more respect than that.
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I loved Tom Baker as the Doctor. David Tennant was very enjoyable too. There was a one-off with Paul McGann playing the Doctor - it was excellent and I urge you to check it out:

Eighth Doctor Who

I never liked Matt Smith much at all, found him too smarmy...

I'm VERY excited about Peter Capaldi playing the next Doctor - another Scot!! smile

I've always enjoyed the debate that rages before a new doctor is announced and love guessing who the next might be...

Some of my favourite suggestions for the next Timelord have been: Richard E Grant, Eddie Izzard and for a female doctor (and that idea has been bandied about in the past) Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders or Victoria Wood...

I'm looking forward to Saturday's big episode - I hope we get some nice cameos and nods to doctors gone by...
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Grrrr fucking broadband suppliers!!! Why can't you just give me a price for the service I require, instead of giving me a dozen variations, caveats and addendums??

God, it's SO fucking annoying and soul-destroying phoning every one of you bastards and trying to nail you down to a consistent price... NO, I don't want this price for 3 months, then that one for six and then another one for the last 3 - no, I don't want to fucking waste my time shopping around again and again and again....

Parity! That's what I want...

We've got to fight for our right to parity hahahah

Arseholes!
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I'm not especially into the "look" of guys...

I agree with DD, A guy who's spent too much time on his hair is not that attractive to me - I don't want to be fighting for time at the mirror. Equally, I don't want him to look like a total scruff who doesn't give a fuck...

Somewhere in between is just fine. As long as he's not too grubby and not overly polished, I'm happy...
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Double post...

Schoolboy error!!

I suppose I should tell a joke or something, but I can't think of one!

(Sighs of relief all round, you bastards! Lol)
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Quote by darlvanhorn
Thank you, people for all your info and laughs.
glad I posted this up, wasn't going to and just make the change.


Glad you could sieve through the nonsense and get what you needed!!

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Quote by naughtyannie


Veering wildly off-topic, my friend told me this stupid joke that she said only works in a Scots accent.

Q. What's the difference between Alfred Hitchcock and Walt Disney?

A. Alfred makes thriller films, and Walt Disney*.

*disnae

I'll get my coat...


Ha! I tried to tell an American friend the version of that joke with which I'm familiar...

What's the difference between bing Crosby and Walt Disney?

Bing sings and Walt Disney...

(He didn't get the joke and it lost everything in the explanation)

Thanks for restoring my faith in humanity, Annie!
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Whew, we'll be going some to top last year's bash!!

Have a good one, you gorgeous, dirty bitch!!!

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Actually Mazza, I think it would be hind play. smile


Doe you mean hind play, deer?? Maybe I herd wrong?



(oh god, that's tenuous, even for me - Soooooo sorry!!)

I just veal so silly now....



Q: How do you know which deer is on holiday?

A: The one with the wee calf (week aff - sorry, I think you need to be Scottish to get this... Anyone? Anyone??)
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This sounds kind of clunky to me...

Even if you were underwater, you'd be able to feel the heat and viscosity of arousal. I mean, you'd be aware of it, perhaps if she or he touched her pussy, rubbed her lips, then she'd feel that? The movement, the juices lubricating...

To thrust one's bottom half of one's body out of the water is not an easy thing to do, unless you're a dolphin or some shit... and certainly not conducive in any way to foreplay as far as I can see...
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When you accept a friend request, the message disappears. Sometimes one would like to respond to the message and doesn't always have the presence of mind to either, copy and paste the message, or, learn it by heart, so it would be nice if those messages hung around, so we could respond to them directly.


If you open the message fully, it will remain there after you've accepted or rejected the request - I've just gotten into the habit of doing it that way...
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Quote by Shylass
I'm in the UK, and I was taught that punctuation in dialogue goes inside the speech marks, except when quoted within another particular sentence structure (rarely). The preferred style on Lush has the punctuation within the speech marks too, as shown in the Essential Reading section:

http://www.lushstories.com/writing-tips/punctuation.aspx


There is also a more detailed guide here:

http://www.lushstories.com/forum/yaf_postst27829_Formatting-Dialogue.aspx

As Mazza said, the biggest key is consistency, but the above demonstrate the preferred style for this site.


I was taught that the punctuation goes inside the quotation marks, except in certain circumstances - the website here explains that in greater detail (I don't recall ever actually using this exception)

http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp

As Daisy said, there are some great resources here on Lush too....
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In the story I'm referring to, the dialogue was in UK style and was rejected because of the mark placements.


All of the dialogue in my stories is UK-style. I'd suggest that you ask your friend to PM the mod who rejected it, or contact a senior story verifier... As long as it is correct, there shouldn't be a problem with it...
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Quote by Magma_Boils_333
Just like the title says I'm curious about the acceptable punctuation here. I have been reading stories here for a few people who have been rejected and one of them was because of punctuation. Specifically UK style punctuation. I tutor English and one of my favorite fall back sites is grammar monster and according to them ( http://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/quotation_(speech)_marks_punctuation_in_or_out.htm ) the punctuation which had been initially used was correct.

I spotted that people from the UK are on this site as well so I am curious to know if only american style punctuation is acceptable here.


No, UK and US style punctuation is accepted, the main thing being that it is consistent, within the context of the written piece. If there are too many mistakes, it will be rejected though...
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Quote by sprite


thank you. as an author who has, at various times, had to put more time and effort into having stories that i've written removed from websites where they've been credited to someone else then i did actually writing them, i want it to be as difficult as possible to copy anything published here - yes, i sincerely believe your intentions are innocent, but if we make it easy for you to do, it's easy for those with less sincere intentions. my suggestion would be to simply read them out loud to her - you could easily substitute your names while doing so, if you wished. smile


Of course, there are a lot of quality audio stories already available to listen to - you can download them and listen as often as you wish!!

You could also ask your favourite writers if they would consider writing a story and using your names? Some writers will take requests (not me hahahah but some will)

Perhaps you could approach the authors of stories you like and ask them to do you a quick version with your names in? They might be flattered enough to take you up on the offer?
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