Bamagan
Ultima Proxima
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Maybe in the hope that people would step back, take a deep breath, and calm down?I would like the site owners or their designated forum moderators do a much better job of making clear to us the rules for regulating threads and when they decide to shut them down.
I agree fully with this as a basis for eliminating someone's post to a thread:
[No personal attacks or trolling - including creating accounts for this specific purpose. Heated discussions are fine, even welcome. However, personally attacking / kink-shaming a fellow author or reader is not allowed within the Author's Hangout. Threads which devolve into the exchanging of insults will be closed and repeat offenders will be given a timeout, per the AH rules.]
But this rule is not applied clearly or fairly or evenly. In the case of the thread to which everyone is referring, the OP's opening post did not fall under this prohibition. There's a big difference between kink-shaming a fellow author or authors, on the one hand, and asking a general question about the appeal of a particular kink, on the other. The latter should be permitted. I strenuously disagree with those who feel that stories that indulge the fantasy of nonconsensual sex should not be allowed, but I see nothing wrong with allowing discussions about the subject. It's an important, and very interesting subject. Discussion of this subject allows us to get to the bottom of why this uncomfortable subject is an appealing kink to many. That's a legitimate subject.
The OP's comment to another poster in the thread, however, was inappropriate and rightly deleted. In my opinion, the Site should shut down personal insults and attacks immediately. Doing so in no way impairs people's ability to engage in a debate on the merits.
But why should a post like that cause a thread to be closed down? Some of these discussions are interesting and worthwhile.
After all, nothing is stopping the ones who want to continue the debate from starting another thread, with hopefully less baggage.