Mr. Cordoza,

At the risk of stretching the envelope on this forum's tolerance for my opinion, as if anyone really cares what I think, and fully expecting the Wrath of Cordoza to rain upon my head, I would like to painfully point out the following:

In one of your saner moments, you wrote: :applaus:
Instead of endless soul searching and debate, I recommend BDSM adopt a down-loadable PDF story feed back form, so readers may state if the story they read was -:

Their/not their topic?
Competently/averagely/badly written?
Would/would not like to read more of the same?
Quality rating?
What other subjects would you like to see the writer tackle?
etc, etc.

Such feedback would be invaluable to authors and ensure that readers get exactly what they want to read, and it will encourage, assist and extend an author's contributions.

Alternatively, if you have the time then write to the author directly.
This was a great suggestion, however, (whispering), we sort of have that review form in place in the library section.

In this post, you didn't follow your own advice:

As for 'thinking before writing', how come I be really picky and point out that our German friend has spelled 'Nazi-Germany' with capitals, but 'Jews and Hispanic' without capital letters. Many people would interpret that grammatical error as racism. Ironically, I see that the word 'German' doesn't have a capital either, but the overall accent certainly appears to be centered on the words 'Nazi-Germany'. My point here is that it isn't just a matter of 'think before you write' but also 'think before you read.'
Didn't your mother ever teach you to think before you speak? :slap:

In this post, the hole you dug for yourself got bigger:

Okay, let me post something constructive here. Which of the following examples would you find racially unacceptable when reading a fictional story?
Then listed all his examples. I hesitate to pick ANY of your examples for obvious reasons.

This phrase shot the mercury through the top:
Food for thought I hope. Why not add your own examples for discussion.
Allow me to hand you a shoe horn to get that foot out of your mouth.

Just when I thought this topic was dying down and everyone got their writer's hat back on, Mr. Cordoza decided to wear a hat that belonged to someone walking a tightwire. And yes, I can unsubscribe to this thread.

I agree with redEva when she pointed out::woman:

I am bit sorry to see this discussion turning into finger pointing while the originally, well intended Moby made a valid point, etc.
To encourage further discussion on this topic would be like fanning the flames on a hot summer day. :fire: As if anyone really cares what I think.

Let me point out that you and I are relatively new members and on the same footing. So, don't be offended if I suggest it is time to put the horse down and bury it,edhorse: as if anyone really cares what I think.

Nikita