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Sense or Ship
I am not a fan of censorship
In the wider world
But I learned that a
Community benefits
When it prevents the
Bullying of its members
And in turn bringing
The community
Into disrepute
I learned from
Another wise poet
To think of the
Consequences of
The poetry that I
Post into the community
Believe it or not I now
Self censor it seems to
Work better that way
I have quite a few
Now that I would
Not publish here
I know what you’re
Thinking ‘Shit!,”
They must be really
Bad; and they are
But why destroy
Rather than build
No sense or ship
Building
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Re: Re. Sense or Ship
21st Nov 2017 00:55am
wow! best comment I have had in a while - you should use that :-))
thank you my friend :-)))
thank you my friend :-)))
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Anonymous
19th Nov 2017 2:47am
It's a tricky thing. The point in writing is to release and express. But can it be done to harm none? I don't know. I don't have to agree. I just have to be respectful. I think it comes down to respect. Big hugs, my friend 😊
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Re: Re. Sense or Ship
21st Nov 2017 00:57am
Yeah I am no longer sure - I used to be shit sure about this subject but I have recently been thinking more about it and I am not sure yet :-))))
Big Huge Hugs :-)))
Big Huge Hugs :-)))
Re. Sense or Ship
19th Nov 2017 3:05am
Ash said it "I just have to be respectful". To disagree, or be on opposite sides, is to be expected at times. It is the respect one shows in these times that builds a strong community.
Your poem here shows the type of fellow members who hold my respect.
Your poem here shows the type of fellow members who hold my respect.
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Re: Re. Sense or Ship
21st Nov 2017 1:00am
As I said to ash - I am in not sure mode about how i feel - I am reworking my opinion :-))))
thank you - Hugss :-)
thank you - Hugss :-)
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19th Nov 2017 3:17am
Re: Re. Sense or Ship
21st Nov 2017 1:01am
I wasn't sure whether or not to include the word 'building' into the title??? still not sure :-)))
thank you I am glad it made you smile :-)))
thank you I am glad it made you smile :-)))
Re. Sense or Ship
19th Nov 2017 3:49am
This is a very thoughtful, some expressions are better left to self while editing the message to reach the masses also benefits all :)) As was said before, much respect and hugss!
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Re: Re. Sense or Ship
21st Nov 2017 1:03am
Re. Sense or Ship
19th Nov 2017 4:19am
You had me at both the title and word ship!
It's a double-edged sword that only one's conscience can guide. Follow your heart regardless of expectations, my Friend.
It's a double-edged sword that only one's conscience can guide. Follow your heart regardless of expectations, my Friend.
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Re: Re. Sense or Ship
21st Nov 2017 1:08am
This, young lady, is all your fault (lol) :-))))
I am pulling back from my original stance of unffetered free speech and expression to possibly self censoring depending on the potential audience - still not sure :-(
thank you for more good advice :-)))))
I am pulling back from my original stance of unffetered free speech and expression to possibly self censoring depending on the potential audience - still not sure :-(
thank you for more good advice :-)))))
Re: Re. Sense or Ship
21st Nov 2017 11:31am
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I have found poems that were extreme but the poet had not labeled them as such, so I did. They were probably pissed off that someone did that to their poem, but in both cases, I felt it wasn't even close. Like multiple layers of extreme had been penetrated and I was wondering what horrors had this person experienced that made hem think that poem was not extreme.
Even self-censorship isn't always available. I posted in a forum today on profanity in poetry one of my extremely profane poems, but could not find any way of marking it extreme even though there is an option in the forums to mark posts by others as such. Seems crazy that I can't mark my own. Maybe the entire forum already has been, but then why is there an ! on other poets posts?
In any case, I agree it would be great if we self-censored our own works. But sometimes individual lines are not shared and this site is open to children from all over the world. Different cultures, different laws, hell, even here in the U.S. we have differing ages of consent from state to State with a number of loopholes for age discrepancies. Lots of States are 17 but not all, and it's different for porn, so you could be legal to get naked and have sex with someone, even marry that person, but get arrested for emailing them a nude photo of the body part you spent last night sucking. Somehow that seems insane. If I can stick my flesh into someone else's flesh and we can both look at it while we are doing it together, why on Earth can't we take a selfie of the love? I don't get it!
And I also agree with your point "
Community benefits
When it prevents the
Bullying of its members"
That's another issue I feel strongly about. I got bullied when I was in middle school. I joined the football team in high school and toughened up. No one ever bullied me again and no one ever will, ever again! Censoring bullies is the least I would do to them. I can remember a couple I would have liked to censor from breathing back then...
JJ
Even self-censorship isn't always available. I posted in a forum today on profanity in poetry one of my extremely profane poems, but could not find any way of marking it extreme even though there is an option in the forums to mark posts by others as such. Seems crazy that I can't mark my own. Maybe the entire forum already has been, but then why is there an ! on other poets posts?
In any case, I agree it would be great if we self-censored our own works. But sometimes individual lines are not shared and this site is open to children from all over the world. Different cultures, different laws, hell, even here in the U.S. we have differing ages of consent from state to State with a number of loopholes for age discrepancies. Lots of States are 17 but not all, and it's different for porn, so you could be legal to get naked and have sex with someone, even marry that person, but get arrested for emailing them a nude photo of the body part you spent last night sucking. Somehow that seems insane. If I can stick my flesh into someone else's flesh and we can both look at it while we are doing it together, why on Earth can't we take a selfie of the love? I don't get it!
And I also agree with your point "
Community benefits
When it prevents the
Bullying of its members"
That's another issue I feel strongly about. I got bullied when I was in middle school. I joined the football team in high school and toughened up. No one ever bullied me again and no one ever will, ever again! Censoring bullies is the least I would do to them. I can remember a couple I would have liked to censor from breathing back then...
JJ
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Re: Re. Sense or Ship
21st Nov 2017 1:14am
thanks JJ I read your profanity poems and enjoyed them both so much so I posted one of my older ones :-)))))
I am re-evaluating my stance on this subject and I am not yet 100% sorted yet - the poem is where my head is set at the moment, but then things can change again or get reformed:-)
Thank you again for your wise input :-))))
I am re-evaluating my stance on this subject and I am not yet 100% sorted yet - the poem is where my head is set at the moment, but then things can change again or get reformed:-)
Thank you again for your wise input :-))))
Re: Re. Sense or Ship
21st Nov 2017 2:16am
And now my young padawan, use the force and all your other F words to show them the way...
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Re. Sense or Ship
19th Nov 2017 11:59am
The beauty of this site is no censorship
The problem with this site is no censorship
It's a yin yang
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The problem with this site is no censorship
It's a yin yang
Like
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Re: Re. Sense or Ship
21st Nov 2017 1:17am
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Anonymous
19th Nov 2017 8:32pm
Good for you to follow your head with words. I'll try using that self censorship. I'm a potty mouth. I think I will look at your poem as a challenge. This is a gray thinking piece. ^_~
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Re: Re. Sense or Ship
19th Nov 2017 8:36pm
I think we all can find out level - I just think self censorship is a better way - but make no mistake sometimes cussing and fighting is fuckin necessary - like just there (lol)
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Anonymous
19th Nov 2017 8:39pm
Lmao! You're a badass David 😎
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