Nudity, Is It Sexist In This Forum?

[Thumpalumpacus]

You don't have to be in a tough situation Thump. As far as I can see the situation is smooth. I lost all respect for heatheness when she implied that I had succeeded at some sort of child pornography stunt to get her thread closed. It was a baseless and disgusting accusation and her non-apologies have been disingenuous at best. I have no interest in discussing this or anything else with her. I would never ask you to stop being friends with her over this issue. You choose your own friends and I love you just the same. Case closed.

I know that, hon. Neither you nor her will ask me to choose this way or that, but that doesn't change my feeling of being netween Scylla and Charybdis. That's my own feeling, not anything either of you have imposed upon me.

I've said my piece both here and to her about what I think of the charge she laid, which is that it was clear in subtext and not fair in assertion.

I prefer friendships to kneeling at idols; I know that we all have flaws -- you, me, her, and Mother Earth. I don't, and won't, ask my own friends to befriend each other, but I do indeed hope that they try to understand one another. And in the meantime, I work to soothe roiled waters, find a happy middle ground.

The tough situation is of my own making, borne out of feelings, and those are my own.