First I want everyone to know that I was going to take this article out due to certain things that irked and upset me, then I thought NO. For two reasons #1. I know and am adult enough to realize that this `zine is for all the chatters, not just me. #2. I am also adult enough to realize that the things I did that I am referring to here caused someone else to feel possibly as bad as I did. *S* Please take the time to read this and try to look at the issue from EVERY view point.
Because I found myself to be somewhat hipocritical at one point this week I've decided to ask a question of everyone. I thought I knew my answer until questions were brought up that totally threw me for a loop. I then tossed out what logic came to mind, but they didn't solve the puzzle of where the line should be drawn between what is suitable for public chat and what should be left to PM (here I am referring to a PUBLIC room on the next level where all ages come to chat). Should it depend on the details used, the words used or even just the innuendo? Almost any post if taken out of context might hold some kind of implication, should those too be considered 'going too far'? I understand there are ignore buttons *that don't always stay clicked* and I understand that it IS a public room; things are bound to be said. But because it is a public room there have been children as young as 12 in there!!! Not to mention that when it gets too graphic it does get offensive. But then the same questions come up... What is too offensive? What is too graphic? This room is known for having some pervish chatters (ie: we have a FreakPervB*tch and we gave out a PervAward), but we're all going to have to draw the line at one point or another. We have had little strip shows (but none of them go into gross detail about the human anatomy), they've played strip twister (again without detail of position or anotomy), they've even had public exhibition challenges (done on dares and usually those involved offer to go PM with the judges and it's left up to the room if this should be done)... Do these things make those of us who watch or participate in them hipocrites for having a little fun?? I'd have to say that in all honesty to myself and all of you that I do believe in some way it does.

I understand we can't make all the people happy all the time, but can't we try to at least make or keep our fellow chatters happy about the room's they call theirs?? SO where should this line be drawn? How should we, as chatters know when to switch to PM?
Replies to this will be in next weeks issue, send them to ch_zine@hotmail.com and type SURVEY in the subject line please.

Friend -n. 1. A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts. 2. Any associate or acquaintance. Often used as a form of address. 3. A favored companion; boy "friend" or girl "friend". 4. One with whom one is allied in a struggle or cause; a comrade. 5. One who supports, sympathizes with, or patronizes a group, cause, or movement. 6. Capital F. A member of the Society of Friends; a Quaker. -be friends with. To be a friend of. -make friends with. To enter into friendship with. -tr.v. friended, friending, friends. Archaic. To befriend. [Middle English frend, Old English frêond.]

Friendship -n. 1. The condition or relations of being friends. 2. Friendly feeling toward another; friendliness.

Honest -adj. 1. Not lying, cheating, stealing, or taking unfair advantage; honorable; truthful; trustworthy. 2.a. Not characterized by deception or fraud; genuine. b. Not calculated or constructed to defraud: honest dice. 3. Equitable; fair: honest wages for an honest day's work. 4.a. Having or manifesting integrity and truth; not false: Honest reporting. b. Sincere; frank; blunt: "A good honest and painful sermon" (Pepys). 5.a. Of guileless or ingenuous appearance; open: "Flushed with purple grace/He shows his honest face." (Dryden). b. Unfeigned; undisguised: honest pleasure. 6.a. Of good repute; respectable; decent. B. Unpretentious; unaffected: honest country folk. 7. Archaic. Free from moral stain; virtuous; chaste. Usually said of women. -honest to goodness. 1. Absolutely genuine. 2. Used to express surprise, affirmation, and the like. [Middle English, from Old French honeste, from Latin honestus, honorable, from honôs, HONOR.]

Honesty -n. 1. The capacity or condition of being honest; integrity; trustworthiness. 2. Truthfulness; sincerity: in all honesty. 3. Archaic. Chastity. 4. A plant, Lunari annua, native to Eurasia, cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round, flat, papery, silver-white seed pods. In this sense, also called "satinpod."
Synonyms: honesty, veracity, honor, integrity, probity. These nouns denote qualities closely associated with moral excellence. Honesty implies truthfulness, fairness in dealing, and absence of fraud, deceit, and dissembling. Veracity is truthfulness in expression. Honor implies close adherence to a strict moral or ethical code. Integrity is moral soundness, especially as it is revealed in dealings that test steadfastness to truth, purpose, responsibility, or trust. Probity is proven integrity.

Love -n. 1. An intense affectionate concern for another person. 2. An intense sexual desire for another person. 3. A beloved person. Often used as a term of endearment. 4. A strong fondness or enthusiasm for something: a love of the woods. 5. Capital L. Eros or Cupid, the god of love in classical mythology. 6. Theology. a. God's benevolence and mercy toward man. b. Man's devotion to or adoration of God. c. The benevolence, kindness, or brotherhood that man should rightfully feel toward others. 7. Capital L. Christian Science. God. 8. A zero score in tennis. -fall in love. To become enamored of or sexually attracted to someone. -for love. As a favor; out of fondness; without payment. -for love or money. Under any circumstances. Usually used in the negative: He would not do that for love or money. -for the love of. With loving regard for; for the sake of. -in love. Feeling love for someone or something; enamored. -make love. 1. To copulate. 2. To embrace and caress. -v. loved, loving, loves. -tr. 1. To feel love for. 2. To desire (another person) sexually. 3. To embrace or caress. 4. To like or desire enthusiastically; delight in. 5. To thrive on; need: The cactus loves hot, dry air. -intr. To experience loving tenderness or sexual desire for another; be in love. -See Synonyms at like. [Middle English love, Old English lufu.]
Synonyms: love, affection, devotion, fondness, infatuation. These nouns refer to feelings of attraction and attachment experienced by persons. Love suggests a feeling more intense and less susceptible to control than that associated with the other words of this group. Affection is a more unvarying feeling of warm regard for another person. Devotion is dedication and attachment to a person or thing; contrasted with love, it implies a more selfless and often a more settled feeling. Fondness, in its most common modern sense, is rather strong liking for a person or thing. Infatuation is extravagant attraction or attachment to a person or thing, usually short in duration and indicative of folly or faulty judgment.

Trust -n. 1. Firm reliance on the integrity, ability, or character of a person or thing; confident belief; faith. 2. The person or thing in which confidence is placed. 3. Custody; care. 4. Something committed into the care of another; a charge. 5. The condition and resulting obligation of having confidence placed in one: "He has violated his public trust." (John F. Kennedy). 6. Reliance on something in the future; hope. 7. Reliance on the intention and ability of a purchaser to pay in the future; credit. 8. Abbr. tr. Law. a. A legal title to property held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary). b. The confidence reposed in a trustee in giving him legal title to property to administer for another, and his obligation with respect to the property and the beneficiary. c. The property so held. d. The right of the beneficiary to the property. 9. A combination of firms or corporations for the purpose of reducing competition and controlling prices throughout a business or industry. -See Synonyms at monopoly. -v. trusted, trusting, trusts. -intr. 1. To rely; depend. Used with in or to. 2. To be confident; hope. 3. To sell on credit. -tr. 1. To have confidence in; feel sure of. 2. To expect with assurance; assume. 3. To believe. 4. To place in the care of another; entrust. 5. To grant discretion to confidently: Shall I trust him with the boat? 6. To extend credit to. -See Synonyms at rely. -adj. Maintained in trust. [Middle English truste, probably from Old Norse traust, confidence, firmness.] -trustoer n.
Synonyms: trust, faith, confidence, reliance, dependence. These nouns refer to a feeling that a person or thing will not fail in performance. Trust implies depth and assurance of such feeling, which may not always be supported by proof. When acceptance of someone or something is unquestioning and emotionally charged, faith is the more appropriate term. Confidence suggests less intensity of feeling but, frequently, good evidence for being sure. Reliance implies a decision to commit oneself to another and to accept the consequences in case of failure; with dependence the commitment is not a free choice.

Trustworthy -adj. Warranting trust; dependable; reliable. See Synonyms at faithful. -trustworthily adv. -Trustworthiness n.

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