Are you choosy?

[GuiltyPleasure]

I am, I confess.

I will pass by a poem if the subject does not interest me or even outright repels me (I think you'll know where this comes from). I have no problem with the authors of said works but please don't expect me to read them. I read for pleasure and the images conjured...............

......should I be feeling guilty in my discrimination?

 

[butters]

I am, I confess.

I will pass by a poem if the subject does not interest me or even outright repels me (I think you'll know where this comes from). I have no problem with the authors of said works but please don't expect me to read them. I read for pleasure and the images conjured...............

......should I be feeling guilty in my discrimination?

no, not guilty. i wonder how much good poetry you miss out on this way, but don't know the back story and won't infer as i'd probably get it all wrong. for me, i will read almost anything, but then if i find a poet lets me down time after time with their writing (or only twice with the really bad) then i'd not bother reading anything more by them in a hurry.

topic-matter is a tricky one, T: look at Byron's Darkness - an awful and harrowing apocalyptic tale, with images to hurt your soul, but a beautiful poem nonetheless.

 

[greenmountaineer]

I am, I confess.

I will pass by a poem if the subject does not interest me or even outright repels me (I think you'll know where this comes from). I have no problem with the authors of said works but please don't expect me to read them. I read for pleasure and the images conjured...............

......should I be feeling guilty in my discrimination?

I think I do know where this comes from, and I agree.

 

[butters]

unless this 'new' poster coprophilemaso bothers altering their current subject matter, i don't see me bothering to read anything else by them.

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

I think I do know where this comes from, and I agree.

Every so often a post-er appears with what "poems" about what he/she is interested in. Since I have little interest in feces (apart from my own regularity) I pass by - holding my nose as I go.

unless this 'new' poster coprophilemaso bothers altering their current subject matter, i don't see me bothering to read anything else by them.

Ditto. I suppose I could respond with humour but that seems to simply encourage the discharge. (Sharmans anyone?)

 

[UnderYourSpell]

I think we all agree that his subject matter (!) is not where we want to go for reading material. There have been other poets on here that have made my blood boil and you may recall Tess the spat I had with her. I was told it's freedom of speech but for me I won't read her obnoxious prattle not caring who she hurts in the process. One of the good things I was taught was good manners and that may be old fashioned now but if that is so then the world is a worse place for it's loss. So I will read what I want no guilt attached!

 

[nerk]

choosing what to read is like ordering off of a menu.
do you worry if you have slighted the feelings of the marinara if you opt for a white sauce?
there is freedom of speech, and i think all should have the legal right to say what they want. if a person chooses to say things to offend, they should not be considered a criminal, just an asshole.
the choice to disregard what a person says because of the subject matter or the manner in which it is said is an absolutely necessary corollary to freedom of speech. if you have the freedom to rant at me for hours about what a complete louse i am, i have the freedom to set the phone down and play Civilization until you finish.
Hypothetically speaking, of course.
None of us are reading poems on literotica for college credit, or for a salary* We read the poems we enjoy by the poets we enjoy. There should be no more guilt or shame involved in that than in changing the radio station if a song you hate comes on when you're stuck in traffic for ages because of construction outside Wilkes-Barre, PA.
Hypothetically speaking, of course.



*if this isn't true about you, just shut up.
Hypothe ... no, actually. For real.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

I just don't understand this freedom of speech thing. For instance I used to go on Twitter and some guy made an offensive joke about Hitler and ovens and fiery as ever I called him to task over it, only to be told that it was his right to say whatever he wanted and that soldiers fought for his right. He didn't even get the irony of his remark considering the subject matter

 

[nerk]

I just don't understand this freedom of speech thing. For instance I used to go on Twitter and some guy made an offensive joke about Hitler and ovens and fiery as ever I called him to task over it, only to be told that it was his right to say whatever he wanted and that soldiers fought for his right. He didn't even get the irony of his remark considering the subject matter

Freedom of speech does not make people suck any less.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Freedom of speech does not make people suck any less.

So I can go up to anyone in the street and say your kids are all crossed eyed and your father was a pimp?

 

[butters]

So I can go up to anyone in the street and say your kids are all crossed eyed and your father was a pimp?

you can, but be prepared for the consequences

and if that person you said it to might lose face in society because of your public statements, they could take you to court for slander

 

[UnderYourSpell]

you can, but be prepared for the consequences

and if that person you said it to might lose face in society because of your public statements, they could take you to court for slander

whatever happened to my freedom of speech tutttttttttt ?!!

 

[nerk]

So I can go up to anyone in the street and say your kids are all crossed eyed and your father was a pimp?

and they can reply "I knew I recognized you, you used to work for Dad, right?" or something like.
As far as I know, freedom of speech means you can say what you like without criminal liability. It doesn't guarantee a warm reception. And folks is litiginous.

whatever happened to my freedom of speech tutttttttttt ?!!

You still have your freedom of speech. Chip's just suing you because she can, knowing that you'll probably settle out of court rather than deal with the negative publicity and expense of going before judge judy.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

and they can reply "I knew I recognized you, you used to work for Dad, right?" or something like.
As far as I know, freedom of speech means you can say what you like without criminal liability. It doesn't guarantee a warm reception. And folks is litiginous.



You still have your freedom of speech. Chip's just suing you because she can, knowing that you'll probably settle out of court rather than deal with the negative publicity and expense of going before judge judy.

We're English we don't have Judge Judy lol so I'd be ok if I stood outside her house and chanted "someones kids are cross eyed and her father was a pimp" preferably with a large placard ...... bet the cops wouldn't take freedom of speech into consideration at all I'd be had up for disturbing the peace

 

[butters]

We're English we don't have Judge Judy lol so I'd be ok if I stood outside her house and chanted "someones kids are cross eyed and her father was a pimp" preferably with a large placard ...... bet the cops wouldn't take freedom of speech into consideration at all I'd be had up for disturbing the peace

hahahahahahahahaha

i'd cam and youtube you

 

[nerk]

We're English we don't have Judge Judy lol so I'd be ok if I stood outside her house and chanted "someones kids are cross eyed and her father was a pimp" preferably with a large placard ...... bet the cops wouldn't take freedom of speech into consideration at all I'd be had up for disturbing the peace

EXACTLY!
you'd be up for disturbing the peace, not talking trash.
it's not what you said, it's how you said it.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

hahahahahahahahaha

i'd cam and youtube you

oh lord not that! I'd get stalked again!

 

[ishtat]

I am, I confess.

I will pass by a poem if the subject does not interest me or even outright repels me (I think you'll know where this comes from). I have no problem with the authors of said works but please don't expect me to read them. I read for pleasure and the images conjured...............

......should I be feeling guilty in my discrimination?

You are discriminating in the best possible way. Don't confess or feel guilty.

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

You are discriminating in the best possible way. Don't confess or feel guilty.

Thank you my dear.

 

[EroticOrogeny]

A nice quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes (US Supreme Court Justice) states
"falsely shouting fire in a crowded theater" is not protected by the First Amendment
(what is the British equivalent?) appears germane here.
Certainly not applicable to what poems I chose to read or not.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

A nice quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes (US Supreme Court Justice) states
"falsely shouting fire in a crowded theater" is not protected by the First Amendment
(what is the British equivalent?) appears germane here.
Certainly not applicable to what poems I chose to read or not.

Where have you beeeeeen? I've been worried about you

 

[EroticOrogeny]

Where have you beeeeeen? I've been worried about you

Thanks - I've been OK - still slowly healing & almost there now.
Got into a weather, especially tropical storms for a bit (its that time of year).
My libido is recovering and I've given her a couple of poems - hope to return to poetry more in general soon.