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Relax dear.......i understand you....but if you for example are living in a city , not in a small village , do you think ...are you afraid that guy will go to that city and screaming your name he will be able to meet you ?
You are right , but dont you think you are over-reacting a bit ?

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Is it over-reacting... or just venting? I say the latter.

I visit another sight pretty often; one that has free video with an open chat. So I understand how frustrating it can be when viewers act so, shall I say, immature. I think a lot of guys think that just because women are chathosts, and that it is just fantasy, that it's okay to treat them as something other than human.

as usually your defending who? very immature.

If I was going to be immature, I'd point out that you used 'your' instead of the correct 'you're.'

Oh, and to add to it, you wrote 'usually' when you should have written 'usual.'

Yes....and you used "sight" instead of "site", what is this fatuous satisfaction you get from pointing out people's errors?

Hehe, good catch there; my mistake. As for me correcting "the man," you obviously didn't read what I wrote in the first place.

Part of maturity means having real adult relationships, not an online one only, and it seems from your history here that you don't (be honest now Mastertech, you know i am right ;-). so stop calling others immature and playing the game called "gotta-you" because as you can see others can play that with you as well.

<<stop calling others immature and playing the game called "gotta-you" because as you can see others can play that with you as well.>>

LOL. in your very first post you called *me* immature. So who's playing games exactly? Yeah... pot, kettle, black. You lose.

WOW! you really are out of touch!

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When a host asks me where I'm from I sometimes say "earth" or "my mom" just for laughs.
Only an idiot would be so "anal" (pardon the term) to disreguard another person based on what country they are from...I say you didn't lose much except money...oh wait...nevermind.

Its ok to keep ur hometown a personal secret if ur afraid people want to chase you. If your not I dont see any harm in it. Look at it this way, when you meet someone in the street, you of ten start with talking about the wetaher, right? Wierd eh, but just how it is..
In here weather is strange to talk about so "where ur from" might actually be the dry start of a better conversation. Some ask because theire shy and it might give them enough guts to continue talking with a sexy lady. Some find its interesting and of course some know the city or is "going" there sometime.
All in all,, playing along might not be so bad after all..you might end up that the member likes you and enters your vid.
Just my 2 cents

just lie.... lie your ass off... lie for reasons of privacy, or just for kicks... what's the big deal?:)

Life is not fair. If the member insists to know your country stop whining and tell him or politely refuse and move on.

Hey baby, where are you from?

hehe, sneaky one

the nothern hemishpere

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Replies:
Are you Russian? Rushin' to unzip my pants Yes!
Are your French? French Kiss always build passion!
Are you Romanian? Roamin' my hands ovr your Body!
Also don't you just love to miss the old " ASL" text?

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The #1 tourist destination in the world is either Las Vegas or Walt Disney World. Both draw about 30mil visitors a year.

well thats less than any that i posted..and mine is done on countries not specific areas......and im still bored :D

But... 77 mil for an entire country is not as impressive as 30 mil for a city.

but that is largely americans going to an american city - maybe shy could give the stats on individual tourist attractions next :)

I like this qoute by Tony Blair
"A simple way to take measure of a country is to look
at.....how many want in.......and how many want to get out."

Feel really sorry for Poland then!

Norway : 4,5 million people.
Biggest city Oslo . 550.000 people
My city : 30.000 people
Small country but nice though

Do you eat whale?

haha, I think you asked me this before. No, I dont eat whale.

A fantastic lady who is happy all the time and a delight to see ;)

and on a happy note, Sun is Beaming here 2day x

What I discover is more intesting is the host I can prove tells lies and she will say "I am honest", maybe this host does not know true honesty. Hey I lie also, people lie for different reasons and person they dont view what they say as lies

<<poor dumb member>>

That pretty much sums it up.

lol

maybe members should stop asking questions that would compell a host to lie... really, some of you guys are awfully damn forward. imagine yourself in a host's place and imagine how frank you would be about sharing information about your personal life

Guess you have to be in the position you describe to know. It can and does happen to some people including myself. Im one if the few who realized a dream so trust me its not always bullsh**t

I supose not, but it might be cow pies... it is not so easy.. to be sure... to trust... and to know when it will change to always real...

You are not right to expect/demand exclusivity in a long-term relationship initiated on the net until you have both met and taken stock of each other.

I'm not a crazy guy who thinks he is in an exclusive long distance relationship, but a kind of "relationship", yes -- one limited for the time being by this website and a little IM. I think it's unfair and unrealistic to pretend such a relationship (or any relationship?) would be exclusive, even if by chance it were. I don't know. All I is know is I like her.

I try to give respectful distance, but also to communicate enough to keep a hope alive. Just words. Reason says you should meet first before declaring how you really feel. But as Melomane pointed out in a Pascal quote, the heart knows what reason doesn't. Hopefully, whatever connection there might be doesn't die before the opportunity to meet.

Even limited by wires, cameras and words, feelings can develop into near rapture. Those feelings seem sometimes like nuclear power that must be handled carefully and with respect.

One poster suggested a few weeks ago that a strong and mature woman can find emotional satisfaction despite the limits. But with what input from a man? Good question. I sure don't know the answer, and am probably failing in my own attempt to nurture a rapport with a host that I am in fact crazy about. (I guess I am a crazy guy, after all) But I don't dare admit it -- not until I can look into her eyes and say, "wow, it's great to finally meet you". (I'm sure I will want to edit this a thousand times after I post it, and it may not respond exactly to the question posed in the post. Oh well.

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maybe solomon isnt handling that "nuclear power" very well. he is perhaps not so considerate of others' feelings. he is learning to understand better the position of swiss neutrality, given the limits of this so-called virtual world. that position seems the fairest, the most honest, and the most trustworthy.

so that you don't wonder -- I wasn't talking about you, if you are the ***host who posted the heart-rending story on Aug 2, and if your age in that post is correct. you would also never have seen my name in your room. summer is as good a thing as any to blame all of our craziness on. :) your story is indeed heart rending

Its not crazy if u love each other. I had this kind of relationships, unfortunately its over now but its not crazy and even bein so far away from each other u can give each other a lot. It rarely works out but it does sometimes. So why not to give it a try?

so.... Where are the answers to the questions... and in my case, be sure we meet more than once... what makes you think that meeting makes it less of a game?

If you are experienced with human beings, looking into the eyes usually tells all. Or at least tells if it's a "game" or not . Mature persons can decide what to do after that.

agree 100 % with u solomon...........

Agree 100%!!. Anything is possible here.

If you yourself are in love so deeply you will see what you wish to see and fool yourself. You do the task for the decption yourself. Her eyes tell me it was real, her actions make me think different.

If a person discovers -- in any relationship, venture, pursuit, or other human activity -- that he (or she, for those who may not understand that "he" is gender neutral in the English language) is fooling himself, then he adjusts and goes on. He learns. He grows, and, if healthy, does not spend time regretting too much. I think the point is to DO the loving, to do the seeking, to do the work, to engage in the pursuit. To LIVE, in short. Even if "falling in love" is a delusion, I welcome it. I am grateful for it. I think it's more a choice or a state of mind, and comes from within the individual.

I will agree that real love does not require any reciprocation. And as they say better to have loved and failed then to have never loved at all. Only a very selfish person will never know real love.

I met in real life one of the first girls I was crazy for some time ago. It was immediately apparent in real life that we didn't have a "connection." Real life meetings are VERY important.

i have long distance relation. i do everything for her. i dont get material things back from her ( i do get birthday and x-mas presents from her)but i get her love,kisses,hugs,feelings,emotions back from her
when we meet its always a very good time together.sending presents to eachother have nothing to do with the distance between eachother.it all about the personality from both persons.

I wis you luck, how long do you know her and how many times you meet? How often you meet? For me is never enough to meet.

thx. we try to meet as often as possible. we know eachother few years now and are busy planning the next step in our lives :)

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It's just a risky thing to fall in love with a girl/guy from a foreign country, not crazy. The risk of not having a happy-end story is bigger, but it's definitely not crazy to fall in love.
But if you start with a negative opinion, if you set yourself for dissapointment, then you most probably will be dissapointed. For a relationship, it needs to have your heart available and your soul open. One just needs a little courage and trust. Local relationships are risky too! :)

well said

Well im impressed.
Thats the first time i have seen so many people agree with the topic, and no wise cracks or humiliation.
Keep up the good work.

Also I think its not about giving or receiving , but are the feelings real or fantasy, i think it can work from a distance, but eventually something has to give, and a decision has to be made, do you move to be together, and who does the moving?Or change the relationship to platonic.
Too many things to consider in a short forum, but over time, it's been discussed so many times here, one day maybe we will get a definitive answer.

Then maybe not.

I disagree

heh :) lol

Muhco good stuff in this thread.
Distance is smaller now than before. We have internet for staying in touch and planes to go visit. I would rather have distance for a short time before decreasing that distance than nothing at all.
Id even travel around the world for my other half. (ofcourse it depends on wich one has the time to travel from home and work)
If one is sure about beeing capable to deal with distance, then stay out. Big chance to get heartbroken or brake somene elses heart.

ops,,ment if one is not capable,, lol *G

So.. You think its not normal -Support, Email, Cards & Letters, Gifts, Flowers.. ?:))
This world so hard now.
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emails--my favorite. It was hard for you:))

is chmock kiss?
sounds funny lol

nice rack on that hotty ;)

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East European names are sometimes similar (except for such as Olga and Alya) and many names were not chosen by the host but were already there when they started to work in the studio.

Also lately there are a lot of Moldovan hosts and in Moldova Russian and Romanian names mixed freely.

oh, looks great dear (K)
u should make a web site with many themes..
i'm hard..

Great pics and a beautiful girl. Just lower your price a buck or two and I'm yours.

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9) any female with a "bbw" includded in their name...lol

9 me or i might even compete for the 8th place and also trying for us visa now hahahahahaha

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extremely

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I'm sorry for your trouble. You're right about Thailand - I had a really bad stomach for about 3 months because of something I ate in Bangkok

something or someone? lol

most of the food service field is a notch above garbage collector and tele-marketing, any high school drop-out can do it.

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I get sick every summer when i go to my home country, but it's normal dear, when u change climat, food, bacterias, u always get sick

Look you are always worried about you weight right? Consider this like a free day at a spa where you purge and get a high colonic. Be happy they are not charging you.

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pls just answer..... dont ask me back.... i put this question to know your opinions , not u to find mine:D hehheeh

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Ahhhh!just wear nothing!that's guys really want anyway...!:D...hugzzz!!!

i like to see host in sexy lingery with stockings

I agree about stockings and will add pantyhose also. Anything that displays dressed legs.

Dana,

I think you will find members' tastes vary. Frankly, when a woman dresses to look cheap, it doesn't appeal to me. That isn't to say I don't like outfits that are sexually alluring. I do. But a woman has lots of options that complement her sexual appeal and since no particular manner of dress is going to please all guests, I think each woman has to decide what is most becoming to her.

Some women often have a number of different roles that appeal to some guys, and one can see this in their photo archives. (For example, school girl; sophisticate with the little black dress; cheap slut, etc.) Others stick to one manner of dress.

Since, in the end, you can't please every taste here, do what you are most comfortable with. And just being yourself is more likely to attract guests than playing a role or dressing in a way that is alien to your own taste. After all, even theatre people often refuse to play certain kinds of roles because they are unable to play a certain type of character.

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No. You misunderstand me. I am not talking about the price of clothes. One meaning in English of looking "cheap," is looking like a slut or street whore. It is a manner of dress independent of the price of the clothes.

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but Mel, 'what a whore wears today becomes high fashion tomorrow'! lol

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i liiike your post

Very good advice from Melomane.

For me personally, variety is the spice of life. Lingerie, sexy streetwear, elegant attire, etc. Frequently updated pics, say every week, is good too. About the only things I don't care for is the fetish type shots showing just feet or nails. Not partcularly fond of masks or glasses either.

all lingerie and clothes which let to see a little bit of skin and emphasize the curves of a woman body...More naked than naked... It turns me on -)

Nice short skirt (blue), Red blouse and black stockings

I love to see her in a tight black leather top - wonderful the way the light catches the curve of her breasts

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latex corset, purple hair and a parrot

what host , what guest?? can depend from case to case.... question without certain answer....

the host that looks like a gorilla will win all the time.

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ok stryker , whats wrong with u darling??? didnt have a good f**k long time or what??? pffffffff what an answers .............

dana don't ask about my sex life unless you're willing to help it.

sry darling ... but u seem frustrated lately:)))) a good sex might help u :))) ( just a thought).....xoxo Dana

The host. She always winds up with the money and what does the member have? A stain on his jeans.

Woman always win:))Sure, if she have a relations with strong man..

strong--may be wrong word.I make mistakes sometimes:))

Strong is a good word,
And he has to be strong enough to let her win.
Its what relationships are all about.

you two guys should get a hotel room

Wins?!? It's just a member visiting a host, not a contest to see who wins or loses.

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funny fucker....R.I.P
Shave the fuckin busbee :p

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Ricky!!

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He's gone to manchester ! :P

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whenever he left Pat or Peggy - he went to manchester.

"you hear the dogs barking but you never see 'em" Harry Hills TV Burps

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List must be published in a country that doesn't recognize the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, population approximately 80, size -- one bulding, smaller then 2 US football fields (couldn't find exact measurements)

Also doesn't recognise Sealand, even tho' the nutter that "owns" it has his own stamps and currency, http://www.sealandgov.org/About.html

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hows about Sark and Isle of Wight (they inbred so much there, it must be a separate country by now)?

That was the most lame stuff I heard in a long time.. It says alot about you as a person eh..

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Looks like the cat is throwing up again.

Better to rent her car from her for $150 a week or so. She gives up her car for a short time for quick cash and you get a bargain on the rent.

amazing & people like yout can bear arms!!

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GREAT idea i applaud you

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no, no, no. he'd hand out the car keys only to her boyfriend.

good 4 u,i dont have 2 buy ppl tho. They r naturalley pleased 2 see me, without false material belongings, gifts etc. its a way of buying ppl 2 get wot u want., using them in effect. Sneaky & cheap.

Rent her car for $150 a week (after u have fucked her) then sell it for a profit....

Selling a rented car is called theft.

looooooooooooooooooolllllllllllllllllllllllll , crazy world

sounds to me like someone saw this on tv last night and decided it would b fun to make it look like his idea...first off its rediculous..secondly..top gear rules :D

says a lot about some1, when they have 2 BUY some1s affections.

What's the ethical distinction between buying affection and selling affection?

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Your analogy is false, as in your example one party is passive whereas in the question both parties are active.

yawn

Yes...let's all talk about recipes for beetroot soup instead:))

Yummy!

What kind of chick puts out for beet root soup?

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I think Gort is wearing falsies in her latest pix.............

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if you really do that, you must reak of desperation, insecurity and insincerity...why not try a fake marriage offering next time?...same resuts and a lot cheaper

he he

that's what engagement rings are for. Or?

Who are you?

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er...i think i might have ;)

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i did.i missed you sooooooooooooo much that not a day went by that i didn't think of you.wait.who are you again?? do i know you?? anyway,sure,i missed you. :-P

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a chat host??????i thought u are someone else.... but not a chathost .... hmmm

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knew a guy who had with nickname

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its u ha??? :P i knew it

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I had never met you before, but I enjoyed your pictures. It was good to see you.

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I will join you sometime soon. I enjoyed your pictures.

NO WAY !!!! LOL

Imposter!!!!!!!

honestly i am me or atleast i think i am

Its myyyy post name:P

Wish you all the best and sincerely hope you don't find my ex-wife on here.

Possible? Yes. Probable? No. I take it you are asking this question 'tongue in cheek.' I assume you didn't meet the first one here, right? Or have you come back to fish in the same pond? Good luck.

charlotte4u got any plans? or gorty?

No clue. You'll have to ask them.

yeah, just buy her a car next time you visit, when you get the divorce finalized you can sell it.

Never mind hosts, mine is killing me

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OUCH HaHa

hmmmmm, i find it verry comfy....but ... depends now....

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I only wear G srtings)))Most amazimg thing ever)) Ahhh sometimes lil lacy shorts low cut mmmmmmm))

If they wore them backwards it would make more sense since it would make the clit bigger

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and it dosen't help when the "rhoids" are flaring up like Mt Pinatubo

LOL

Ask the Creator to make his next Creation like CC... a Cool Creation with a lot of angels...

Man you need to get out more.

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Are you: a) a shill for CC, b) a satirist, c) both a & b, d) none of the above?

You've never been to Thailand or Angeles City have you?

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No host actually enjoys showing? <sigh>

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with all due respect we are not here to seek your approval. fuck all that other bullshit we want to see some ass and titi's we can talk to our own females. you know you look good so show that shit off!

omg stryker, i dont want u in my room ever....goshh......guys like u make me apreciate more sweet guys i meet here...pls stay awayyyy from LovelyDana yuck

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Are you the only lucky one? Actually just as most hosts her are great, normal girls, I think most members are pretty normal, polite guys, just sometimes a bit thoughtless.

As an average, the horror stories from both sides are overblown.

You said <<and treat them like men not pigs >>. Why do you want to be treated like a man?

The phrase could be directed at the hosts with the "them" being the members.

Or she COULD mean <<and treat them like [hu]man [beings] not pigs >>.

So I go to the cc search engine and type in the work"slut" guess how many names popped up? 323, seems some host don't mind being called a slut and even encourage it..go figure.

yuck

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yes she is on yahoo...she never said she wont b...ur point is?

Others said gone for good numbnuts.

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read chrome's reply dillhole :D

Tell her "Hi" from Riv. She was very nice to chat with and I miss her on cc.

yes tell hi from me too--i missed her laughter too and calming me down from my drinking-cool,,, by the way how is her twins doing,, hope all is ok and cool

tell her I said she has a bunch of no-life morons following her every move....lol

We respect the girls privacy and allow them to have secrets.

But don't worry - it's not too exciting. Only "where are all the viewrs??!" and "let's raise our prices" and "how can I make more money?" It's rather boring.

if you respect their privacy how do u know what they talk about?

It's the Director!.... Always a hypocrate ;-)

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Viewers forum is open for respective guests to view. It's about business so they are not going to close it off completely.

and closing off the chathost forum is to not scare away prospective hosts, i guess :)

if it's so mundane why not open it up?

We respect the girls privacy and allow them to have secrets.

I don't get it,
on one hand you say "We respect the girls privacy and allow them to have secrets."
And on the other you say
" it's not too exciting. Only "where are all the viewrs??!" and "let's raise our prices" and "how can I make more money?"
I guess you don't repect their privacy that much to post what they are saying there eh?

just a wild guess,you are not really new are you?

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welcome to cc land new member hope you have a great time here, i been here 3 years now and still enjoy it-cool,,,,and don't ask personal questions about host forums its cool,,, its the only way they know who to go after a private with--cool,,, also another way to find out who is really married or not,, I know I use to be a host here 2 years ago,, but of course it could had change over the last 2 years-cool--ok have fun and peace

Thank you for advice and details

I read a few of your posts in this forum. Are you only a scapegoat or also a paranoiac?

best learn the meaning of big words before you use them & my opinion still doesn't change.

Then keep it. A leopard can't change its spots -))

looks like advertising ;)

So what if it is ?

I agree. So what?

alll of them,haha.honestly any you like i'm sure will be good.most girls are usually their own harshest critics

how about actually stripping in video instead of pretending you will

Heyyyy,you have never been in video with me,so don't start spreading lies!!

hehe, you said "spread"

Your point is? Imshy got clever and discovered wikipedia

And your point being???????

so many people.... makes me itch.

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I been in Sao Paulo too,, yay,,though it was warm, humidity n foggy-smokes,,"ill be back"

I heard that tourists avoid visiting the city...too polluted,crowded and too noisy but hmmm... i dont mind...pssstt TK:P ,take me there,i wanna go there!hugzzz!!!

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my point is im fuckin bored and had to pass the time

Democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people into the world, the value of life not only declines, it disappears. It doesn't matter if someone dies. The more people there are, the less one individual matters.

damn shy you forgot to mention Nashville,,, you know you had a good time here meeting the southern country girls......cool

shhh thats meant to b a secret..im only meant to go after romanians and russians :p

opps my fault---hey room dont pay no attention to reply above--stay cool shy

Isaac, Good to see you here! I read a couple of your many books. So this is where people go when they die, huh? Well, I suppose it could be worse.

I understand your argument about population and the significance of the individual, but I respectfully disagree. Your argument is Malthusian and as such a bit gloomy, even if it is altogether rational.

I have no quarrel with the argument as such. As I said, it is rational. My problem is that it is ONLY rational and upon closer examination is not supported by the evidence of human experience. A man is only diminished and of less significance if the only economic measure is a purely material one. What's more, such a view is reductive and by design fails to take into account other equally important--if not MORE important--elements of a qualitative nature.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to make a case for poverty. It has devastating effects and does, in fact, crush people and rob them of their dignity. However, human experience does not bear out your assumption that the greater the population, the less significant the individual. The cruel irony is that in a developed country like the US, which has taken the Western notion of "individualism" to its limit, the "individual"--who is supposedly enjoying the greatest degree of "freedom"---matters much less than an individual in a small village in India, poor though he may be. His material wealth is marginal, but a part of his wealth is the warmth of family ties and a sense of social connectedness from which Westerners have, in varying degrees, been alienated. So, in an alienated state, the "individual" seeks some sort of connectedness and may well come here, for example!

I've read a few nasty predicitions about the consequences of global human overpopulation, and they freak me out. If hostilities between countries today over energy is cause for concern, imagining what might come of shortages of resources as basic as potable water and arable land makes me cringe.

And as for that village in India, maybe it's just a matter of my ethnocentrism, but if I were born a woman into such a society, if I only had value as a human being in relation to a husband who bought me for a dowry, and if I were expected to jump on his funeral pyre if he were to die before me, I imagine I'd be praying for that sense of individualism and all the freedoms that that concept necessarily entails.

I know where you're coming from though. People banding together and forging strong social bonds is a good thing. But I just think it's a much better situation when they're formed voluntarily and not out of a very basic need to survive.

Misanthrope,

Thanks for your thoughtful reply. I find little to quarrel

that must disappoint you.

Nat, If it is you again, I know you understand that an "argument" (or idiomatically in this case, "quarrel") does not = a fight. But whoever you might be, I suspect it is you who wants to fight, not me. If, on the other hand, you have anything you'd like to contribute to the discussion of the topic at hand, by all means share your ideas.

Misanthrope,

Thanks for your thoughtful reply. (I started to reply earlier, but lost my internet connection, so composed my thoughts on Word, which is always a safer bet.) I don’t disagree with the points you make. I know where you are coming from as well. As we both know, it’s a complex and daunting problem. The consequences of overpopulation are frightening, and the leaders of the affluent nations better treat the matter with the seriousness that it deserves. About a half-dozen years ago I remember reading a cover story from the business weekly, Barrons. The headline was something like, “The Coming Water Wars.”* It was, quite naturally, published from a business perspective and did not broach the ethical questions inherent in this development.

The focus of the article was on companies that have developed new technologies that have made it possible to convert salt water—of which there is no short supply---to potable water in areas of the world in which there is little or none. Hitherto, only countries like Saudi Arabia would pay for such conversion by means of distillation, which was prohibitively expensive. (I can’t recall, but it made the price per gallon much more expensive than any existing traditional waterworks facility---up until recently, nearly all publicly run and regulated facilities). By comparison, there is a process known as “reverse osmosis” in which the salt water passes through some membrane or some such thing, thereby extracting the salt, and does so at a price that is still not as cheap as natural water supplies, but may cost only 2x as much as opposed to 10 or 20 times. Thus private water companies that buy and use these technologies are selling to various governments as well as hotel chains. The Caribbean area is the area with which I’m familiar in this regard, but it has made its way around the world.

Surely such technological developments cannot be counted as a bad thing, but it does bring into greater relief the global spectacle of the conflicts over precious resources and arguably creates a greater divide between the Haves and Have Nots. Long before this technology was available, the water wars had begun. In fact, we need not leave our continent to find examples. In the Southwest , securing water rights has been a heated political issue for decades , and invariably the rights go to the rich and powerful who buy the politicians to do their bidding. And, after the water is parceled out, the last on the list to get water are the Mexicans, for whom the Rio Grande---to take a prime example---was a principal source of water. Now, by the time it gets to them, it is a mere trickle. Another example is the way water has been diverted by Israel for its own benefit, at the expense of those to whom the water naturally flowed. Let’s face it, the more affluent nations have the capital to embark on the kinds of engineering projects that are simply impossible for poorer nations. So, as you say, imagining shortages of these basic resources in the areas with a growing population and without these natural resources, or from whom these natural resources have been taken as a result of developments by their more affluent neighbors upstream, makes me cringe too. My only hope is that these new technologies be used to some advantage for the ‘Have Nots’ as well. After all, in areas where there is no potable water to steal or divert, the prospect of providing it for ALL is not impossible if those in charge have both a vision and wisdom to see that decreasing the gap between the rich and the poor will make for greater social harmony, hence prosperity.

As to your points about the social injustices in that Indian village and the women simply being relegated to little more than chattel, I don’t disagree with you. Even more egregiously horrible are the clitorectomies that are routinely performed in parts of Africa, the abolishment of which has become—quite understandably ---a ‘cause celebre’ for women in the developed world.

There are those who believe---a la Jean-Jacque Rousseau---that for every step of progress mankind has made materially, there is a corresponding loss of spiritual progress. It’s a nice neat construct and no doubt there are elements of truth to the claim. But it’s not that simple. Nevertheless, our “Pizza for One” society, man alone at last---the never intended result of a society that overvalues “individualism,”---strikes me as a sort of poverty, and should give all of us pause and make us humbly concede that the bounty we enjoy is deficient in some very significant ways and that the lives of much of mankind who live at a subsistence level are infinitely richer than our own.

* Example: http://www.doublestandards.org/water.html
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/South_America/Bolivia_WaterWarVictory.html


P.S. Check out (google) the organizations devoted to the writings of the late E. F. Schumacher.

and yet I have never seen a japanese, mexican or korean host, what gives?!?

The representation of hosts and members here is not a function of population, but of global economic realities. The site is a microcosm of the global economy insofar as the hosts--with few exceptions--are from countries with depressed economies (Russia, former Soviet bloc countries in Eastern Europe [principally Romania], the Phillipines [from which most of the Asians here come], and Columbia, South America [from which most of the Latinos here come]). The guests, on the other hand are almost all---again with few exceptions---from Western countries with healthy economies: US; Western Europe [lots of Germans]; Australia, and some from the healthier Asian economies, such as Japan. Thus, you will find few, if any hosts from Tokyo, but some guests, just as you will find few hosts from New York, but lots of guests.

It is also a function of the owners of the site (and others like it, in which you will find similar demographics), who understand these economic realities and exploit them accordingly. My sense, although I have only indirect knowledge of this, is that the owners of many of these sites are Russian--many of whom have Russian/American connections.