Everyone's Apostolic: A Word of Caution

[ReformedDave]

Originally Posted by timlan2057

Well Mike, you can think it's "offensive" all you want to.

I've been around the block and I stand by what I said.

Now let me requote the entirety of what I said:



And now of course, you come back with all the obvious exceptions which of course we both take for granted that everyone understands. Heck, my daughter is on my friends list on Myspace.

But ANY 42 year old that sends friends requestson social networks to 18 year olds HE'S NOT KIN TO etc. etc. has some fantasy - buried though it may be - of getting to know a younger woman in a romantic way to compensate for an unhappy marriage or just the fact he's a dud with women.

I've played pool in enough bars and sat on enough bar stools to see one of the BIGGEST frauds in human interraction: the guy who claims to just want to be a woman's "friend" and have heart-to-heart talks with her and all that.

Don't make me laugh.

He wants the same thing we all want (or wanted) when we went out.

At least some of us are honest about it.

THAT guy finds his parallel in "ole time pentecost" in the preachers that do the counseling sessions with women AND with old men trying to feel young again by hitting up on teenaged girls on these "apostolic" Myspaces.

And again it's worth repeating - I find it ironic that I am banned for not being "apostolic" enough for their tastes but who knows what trolling goes on there?

And what is OBSCENE about it is, unlike Myspace, this puts more innocents in harms way because parents think this is a "sanctified" place.

So be offended all you want Mike.

I stand behind what I said - it's sound and it's the truth.

And you and others can just wrestle with it all you want to.

I have a 13 year old niece that I talk with and email. I WANT her father and mom to know what we're discussing. I don't want any hint of anything weird.