So it would seem :lol: Do you have landmines in London?Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Bean
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So it would seem :lol: Do you have landmines in London?Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Bean
Not yet but it is only a matter of time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stargazer86
See, the latter could give you a better "view" as well... with or without landmines.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Bean
:lol: Good point! I don't know too many men who would argue with that!Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Not if they are wearing burkahs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stargazer86
What about bikinis? Or wouldn't that go against your idea of womens self respect? Do you prefer your women covered up and modest, or sexy and revealing?Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Bean
Actually the Kuwaittis dont wear burkhas they wear Abayahs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Bean
http://www.fossilizedcustoms.com/BurkhaBurqa.jpg
Burka
Abayah
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PGM5komqCw...%2BSequins.jpg
abayahs are much prettier and diverse.
Your second pic didn't show Nighshade :(
oh pooh
ah well more piccs
http://jamericanmuslimah.files.wordp...8/10/abaya.jpg
http://img.alibaba.com/photo/11127414/Abaya.jpg
http://www.essenceofblack.com/images...abaya_ha30.jpg
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/8...f46aa5ebw8.jpg
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/6300/as614414jx8.jpg
http://www.thespaceport.net/pics_for_links/abaya.jpg
No, that was sloshed women. Bikinis are cool and always welcomed. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Stargazer86
http://i3.iofferphoto.com/img/111191.../6230689/1.jpg
Cool short story by John Updike about working in a supermarket and in walks a girl in a bikini. Very short and worth the read: http://www.tiger-town.com/whatnot/updike/. A&P is an American supermarket chain for those outside the States.
Hmm... let me think. (for about a millionth of a second):DQuote:
Originally Posted by Stargazer86
Seriously though, niether. The abayah and the bikini posted above are the same, both about male ideas of what women are.
I think the burkah looks ridiculous but in a formal setting the abayah can be charming and quite sophisiticated. If women want to wear them that is their right but the important word here is 'IF' and we have an army fighting in Afghanistan to make sure it stays that way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightshade
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Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Two points I happily agree with! :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Bean
Hi Eugenie ,Quote:
Originally Posted by Eugenie
I replied to your PM but it seems to have wiped you completely off my profile page and your profile is just a complete blank. It is therefore impossible for me to communicate with you other than through here. I have sent a message to Logos about it and will rewrite my reply to your PM when the malfunction has been sorted out.:)
Brian> It is not a malfunction; Eugenie has been banned from the Forum.
I know it's no use asking why but all I will say is it saddens me that someone who seemed to have such a nice personality has been banned. I can't imagine in which way she has transgressed the Litnet rules.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
It has come to our attention that Eugenie was an alterego of a member who was banned from the Forum in the past.
Well the same applies to her original infraction but it will have to rest there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Incidentally, I like your new Avatar it's rather sweet and cute.;)
Oh, dear! :blush::blush::blush:Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Bean
I'd better not change it then...
:rolleyes:
I wish I hadn't mentioned it now.:(Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
I think Sche picked it so we could envision the alter-ego of Logos!:D:D:D
Brian: I could sit here all day and talk about the politics of online manners and getting the boot, but I can say this much: I did not have to do what I did @ Poets & Writers and maybe the NYT forums as well, to get booted off.
I do not have an absolutely perfect record @ LitNet, but I can post, with some honesty, that I do not try to push the envelope here, at least not with any malice behind me, so it is best, at times, to move on.
I could try my cripple-pity thing to get back into Speakeasy; my disability identity is probably why they didn't kick me off sooner, in fact, and I really, really miss interacting with published writers, my former friends and otherwise, but, one, I had my time there, and two, I am not enrolling in an MFA program anytime soon, and three, Poets & Writers, as a necessary publishing tool, has diminished in importance, though I still look at the classifieds, and just remembered I need to update myself in the directory... (grr)
I guess I had to become physically more tired, however, to learn what they were trying to tell me about certain aspects of my behavior: I don't have to tell other posters what I think of them in a net negative attitude, and so on.
Don't experience too much regret, and let it go. There are still any number of communities online, and if this Eugenie a.k.a whoever wants to interact in these environments, she will agree to the TOS.
After all, if Sche had to roll me out of here, I'd be glad that as a moderator, she wouldn't discuss why.:blush:
To add another dimension to the topic on women's dress, let me pose a question to you guys:
Naturally, men respond sexually to visual stimulus. I'm talking about men around the world - whether race, religion, socioeconomic standing, etc.
In Islam, while it is recommended in the Quran/Koran for women to cover their bodies, it is also stated that it is their choice to do so. Any man who forces a woman to do so is overstepping his boundaries.
In an Islamic marriage, it is perfectly fine for women to be as provocative for their husbands, and vice versa. One of my friends in Guyana [she dresses like I do, with the scarf] owns the biggest lingerie boutique, and the largest group among her male clientele are the Muslim Guyanese men.
Here's the question: I know that men enjoy looking at women's bodies, but would you as a man enjoy other men looking at your wife/ girlfriend/ significant other?
Yes I thought the Avatar was a cartoon caricature of Logos but I didn't like to mention it as I know how touchy women can be when another female seems to be brought unecessarily into play.:;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jozanny
As for Eugenie, she seemed such a nice girl and I think she will be missed by quite a few of the ladies on The LitNet, especially as she is the second female member to be dismissed for the same reason during the last couple of months. It says a lot for this website that some people who are banned are prepared to resort to deception to get back onto it.
Yes, but at times one does not need to resort to that. I have posted on the New York Times interactive site recently, and never mentioned my embroil in 2002 in the book review forums--and it was a rather stupid embroil at that--one not even worth mentioning.
I have a love/hate thing with posting environments. The only community which ever fit me most comfortably was Speakeasy--but aside from other areas of contention, the old Motet Speakeasy contains virtual swaths of my autobiography :D. I have a love/hate thing with reticence too, it seems.
Since, in these seven years, no one died or was stalked or whatnot, though I did cry on the telephone to one who had had enough of saving me, I suspect I could return, tail between my legs--but it would not be the same, and my publishing legs survived, even though I am goofing off this morning, evidently :D. (I am waiting for my system to settle down so I can go food shopping.)
I wouldn't be too put out about it, in fact I would feel proud that she was considered attractive. I don't think I would be interested in the kind of woman who would cover herself simply because I was jealous of other men's attention.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tournesol
That surely is up to my significant other. As for me, any man may with my full blessing look at my wife's hair, legs, face, arms, general outline, I dont believe they will be overcome with lust at the sight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tournesol
Doesn't bother me in the least and never has.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tournesol
It can also be a bit of an ego-boost to know that so many men find your girlfriend so attractive.
It's not just here. One forum I used to post at had people making multiple new names to try to get back in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Bean
Which only goes to show that you are a much more seasoned forum frequenter than I. However, should I be banned from this or any other site for a transgression, intended or otherwise, that would be it as far as I am concerned. I hope the moderators aren't listening.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
I just have to share this one:
I'm going through some cvs and a name catches my eye. No bull, I have a cv from an Asian gentleman whose name is "Fung Yuk". ("Call me Larry", I wonder why?)
I've seen plenty of good names over the years, and lots of megastars - Rod Stewart, Alice Cooper, Bryan Adams, and some not so friendly R Sole, Teresa Green and others. My daughter has a girl at her school called Paris Hilton, the poor thing, but Mr Yuk takes this week's prize!
Oh yeah.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Bean
I'm registered at over 100, mostly to reserve this name in case I ever decide to post there, but I post at a couple, plus there are quite a few I've been invited to, that I check out once in a while.
I probably spend about 80% of all-up forum time here, most of the others are pretty ordinary.
I don't see that happening anytime soon!Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Bean
Did you say something? :brow:Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Bean
:lol:
Actually on a side note I would be of the same opinion, if I manged to get myself banned Id be heart broken ( what can I say I have very little 'life' outside teh litnet, but I wouldnt try and come back I don't think I would be too ahsamed. I might send beginning emails to be allowed back in, that I would not put beyond me.
Neither would I. I would be heartbroken too. I can picture myself getting banned if I catch a moderator on a bad day :D but there is no way I can picture our sweet Nightie doing anything to get banned. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightshade
That is only because I practise sit-on-your-hands-until-they-are-numb-and-can't-type policy, when I get well and truley mad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
:D
Pardon a newbie who starts questioning, but are people really banned forever, in this forum? That puzzles me, if it's the case.:alien:
I can understand a temporary ban (like in ice hockey), a sanction for an evident bad behaviour. But banning someone forever means: "We don't believe you will amend, ever". Seems a little out of phase, for a gathering of people united by their interest in litterature.
Just curious, really.
You do have a point but, unfortunately, there are some bad people out there who cannot be controlled by warnings or temporary sanctions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sindel
To take your Ice Hockey analogy,what would you do if one of the players deliberately caused serious injury to another player?
There are also those who are mentally unbalanced who would be unlikely to respond to a partial ban.
In those cases where the moderators and the sight owner feel that a temporary ban is required, that is what happens.
You may well get a more detailed response to you query from a moderator.
Can't we just hunt them down, pour honey all of them and let the bears do the rest? :lol:
Then we'll let them back on the forum...
cv = ???Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
cv= Curriculum Vitae. Its the same as a Resume'
Perhaps he's being ironic?Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
When I asked someone, who didn't look as old as he was, about his age being queried on his CV, he just smiled and said "What's a CV?"
I've never heard that term in the States...
I don't think the term "CV" is widely known or used in Americanese. They prefer "résumés".