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My First Blog Post
1:39AM on July 12, 2009

     First of all, I don't know how long I will have to work on writing this post, so I may have to complete it at a later time. I have thought of a lot of things I'd like to say here and it may take me a while to get it all written in a readable order and format.
     This posting was prompted by a conversation with a co-worker a couple of days ago. Actually, there was a group of about 8 to 10 people(all men) talking when he brought up the subject of "all the vile, disgusting junk on the internet." He was especially adamant about what he called "adult" social-networking sites. He didn't use any specific names of sites, I don't even know if he actually knows of any specific sites, but my first thought was that Rude could be considered an "adult social network" site. He went on and on, with agreement from a couple of others there, about how "disgusting" all of it was to him, how "wrong" it is, what a "sin" it is, what kind of "screwed-up people" do that kind of thing. I finally couldn't take listening anymore and had to say something. I told him that maybe some people didn't consider these sites and what is available on them to be wrong, disgusting, or a sin. That if he doesn't like it and doesn't want to see it, there is a simple solution: Don't enter the address into his web-browser and/or don't click on a link to go to it. If you find yourself on a page that you don't like, click the "Home" button and you will no longer be there. I asked why he thought that he should get to decide what other people get to look at and see. Told him that I probably disagreed with some of his beliefs and that I was sure that he and I didn't like many of the same things, including music, movies, TV, food, books, etc.
     I had to leave before I said something that would have caused even more of a scene than I already had. For a while, I wondered why I had let him and what he said bother me as much as it did. I've always known that there are people like that but I guess I had never actually encountered one so vocal about it. I've met a lot of people here on Rude and I consider quite a few to be friends even though I have never met them in person. My interactions with my fellow Rude members has only been through email, Rude messages, in Rude Houses, Chat rooms, and occasionally via webcam. Even though I am a VIP, I do spend money on Rude and I understand the reasons why that is necessary. Rude provides the means for us to communicate with each other and that infrastructure is not free. They have to pay for bandwidth and people to maintain the systems that keep Rude functioning. And I also know and understand that Rude members deserve to be compensated for their content and time, and that some of them rely on the percentage of their sales which they get to keep. I have a full-time job, Rude is a hobby to me and a place to meet like-minded people. Rude fills a need for me, an empty, unfilled part of my life because of my current living situation.
     I guess what I want for all of you, my Rude Buddies, to know is that you are my friends. To me, you are not just another nude or semi-nude woman(or man) on my computer monitor, I read your blogs, your comments, the messages you send, I watch your videos and look at your photos. I know something about you from being here and I do value your friendship. Those few of you that I communicate with on a regular basis(you know who you are), I love you and want you to know how much your friendship means to me.
     Thank you all so much.