RE: Babeshows Respect Campaign
Might as well chip in..
Hell, I haven't been here long and even in that short time I've noticed this forum has an increasingly obvious trend towards internet white knights and point scoring opportunists, and tbh (and not meaning offense to the OP) this thread just seems like yet another attempt to silence anything but positive remarks, praise and general fluffiness towards, or about, the girls on the shows.
Though constantly denied, there is a distinct mindset and motivation from many to see the girls elevated above all others and placed on some pedestal beyond reproach and it's just part of a trend towards blind and unwarranted idolization.
Look at this thread - it's basis is that the girls somehow make the site and implies that they should be treated with kid gloves and everyone should be nice and fluffy towards them for fear they might not grace the forum with their presence. Sorry, but that's absolute crap - I found this place and came for content, not contact with the girls, and looking at the majority of new posts and threads, so did a lot of (possibly most of) the others. I found the site while looking for pics and vids of one of the girls I saw on TV, I found it and I give a little back when I can. The girls don't make the site, the contributors and discussions do and from what I've seen they're significantly hampered by the constant battle with white knights deludedly trying to score points with one of the girls who may just be reading.
The girls are on tv, in the public light, and like anyone in that position the public and viewers will form opinions - good, bad or fruity - and discuss them with one another. Yet ever more frequently any discussion of a girl that is anything but praise gets hijacked and siezed upon by opportunists thinking they'll look the fetching hero and score a few points with a girl by trying to shut down something he thinks she may not want said or posted.
This thread is unfortunately symptomatic of the problem, and it's not one of respect to the girls. The girls choose to come here and post just like any other forum member. That they identify themselves is their choice and done for the various benefits it affords them in light of their being on TV and the focus of these shows - it also brings the drawbacks of having to be faced with negative opinion and criticism. If they're unable to handle such criticism then they have the option of posting under an anonymous username like any other poster or starting their own fan site which they can moderate as they see fit - they're adults and quite capable of making decisions for, and defending, themselves.
What shouldn't happen is that special accomodations are made for them and members end up having to walk around on eggshells for fear of posting something which might not be to the approval of the girl or her knights in waiting.
There's nothing wrong with expressing a negative opinion or view of the girls or shows, particularily if it can be reasoned. Sure there'll always be the odd random abusive and that's what the mods are for, but at the end of the day the girls are just posters and as such aren't in need of, or deserving of, the kind of special treatment or pandering to that threads like this (and some posters) would seek for them.
(This post was last modified: 27-02-2009 16:49 by Nigma.)
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