The best any of us can do is watch our own asses. If you don't like the risks, stop playing. And whether you like it or not, bumping uglies is risky, in or out of the hobby.
Stick around. You'll see these same threads brought up by the same people in about three months.
Originally Posted by enderwiggin
Bingo! This entire episode isn't about BBFS. That subject is just an excuse. The real root of the matter is people who like to argue, get the last word, prove they're right, get on a soapbox and feel superior. It's a slightly more polite way of bullying others just for the sake of bullying.
They'll pick a topic and stake out the
OBVIOUS moral high ground and then start pissing on everything and everybody that doesn't line up
exactly how they think others should line up. They can pick any one of numerous topics that have an obvious choice for even the most minimally compassionate or sensible among us: Smoking, alcohol abuse, spousal or child abuse, recreational drug use, marital infidelity, etc., etc. Subjects where it's easy to attack and marginalize anybody that could possibly disagree with them. It's called setting up a "straw man"; something easy to knock down. This time, as well as a few other recent instances, it was BBFS.
Coming out being opposed to BBFS at this point is like coming out against drunk driving. Pretty much everybody that's
going to get the message has already
gotten the message. 30-40 years ago, just like BBFS, drunk driving was pretty common. They both happen a whole lot less now. But you'll
never completely eliminate either one because there will always be people that don't give a shit about themselves, let alone others, and are wiling to risk death (their own and other people's) just so they can have a good time they way they see fit.
You know how I avoid drunk drivers? I stay off the damn road between 1-3 a.m. It's not a 100% perfect strategy, but that's when most of them are out there. The only way to be
completely 100% safe from drunk drivers is the same way to be
completely 100% safe from BBFS providers: lock myself in the house and never leave or let anybody else in. And that's not really a practical option. Neither is the other way to be completely 100% safe from both; Hunt down everyone that does it and exterminate them with extreme prejudice and then spy on everyone to make sure nobody ever does it again.
It would annoy me and anybody else that has the sense to not drive drunk to hear somebody constantly moan about how horrible it is and how people that do it are dirtbags. At some point it's worse than listening to the same damned Britney Spears song over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over ... you get the idea. You know what happens then? People with some actual sense will start to ridicule the soapbox preacher and his position. It's not about being in favor of rampant BBFS or thinking it's not an issue to be concerned with. It's about getting the relentless shrill voice of an attention-seekin camouflaged bully looking to feed their lust-for-authority to shut up and let the rest of us enjoy a little peace and quiet.