On Sat, 19 Jan 2013 10:53:41 -0700, HMS Victor Victorian
<victorvictorian@hushunomail.com> wrote:
>On Sat, 19 Jan 2013 05:00:49 -0500, 4s00th
><formerly_4s00th@hushmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I have been wondering in my mind for quite a while now ...
>>
>>Perhaps more specifically here than in any other group, we seem to be
>>somewhat fixated on the idea of the "beauty" of boys. But I wonder if
>>we are really being fair here. After all, "beauty" in many senses is
>>such a wholly subjective matter, different for each of us to his or
>>her own tastes.
>>
>>I guess my concern is that there might be boys who stumble onto this
>>group and see the pictures and expressions of adoration we make to the
>>beauty of the boys here and find themselves ... wanting ... in those
>>qualities that they believe we are praising.
>>
>>There is no denying that some boys are prettier than other boys ...
>>again, depending on the eyes of the individual beholders. And yet,
>>there is something undeniably beautiful about a boy -- that just
>>doesn't have anything to do with physical appearance. I don't think
>>that I'm alone in having this experience and knowledge.
>>
>>What I really think I want and need for any boys who stumble upon this
>>place to know and understand is that they are beautiful even if they
>>can't see it, even if they think the boys whose pictures we post here
>>are "prettier" than they are. In my eyes, every boy is beautiful and
>>dear and more precious than anything else in this entire little
>>universe of ours.
>>
>>Idiots pay thousands of dollars to eat black, salty fish eggs with
>>cream cheese and glorified toast while drinking fizzy grape juice that
>>has basically gone bad. I swear I saw an ad for canned SOS at the rate
>>of about $25 for 2 14oz cans -- SOS! [That's shit-on-a-shingle for
>>those of you who are too young to know the reference and it refers to
>>cream-chipped beef gravy served on toast; never mind the fact that I
>>could make 10 times that much for that price and make it taste great
>>as opposed to the way it tasted to the millions of armed forces
>>personnel who have stomached it over the years -- read: we can make it
>>cheap, so give it to the army!] And now you, too, can pay a fortune
>>for it in a nostalgia catalogue! But I've never seen anything approach
>>the worth of seeing a boy smile at you.
>>
>>Lets just never lose the spirit of understanding that no matter what a
>>boy might look like -- he's still the most beautiful thing you're
>>likely to see ... until you see the next one.
>>
>>-- foremerly 4s00th@hushmail.com
>>
>>Sorry my email is temporary down.
>
>Dear Foursoothe,
>
>Very simply ... and so very true ... that ancient and eternal Greek
>adage:
>"Beauty is but in the eye of the beholder."
>
>Sincerely,
>V
>God Save the Queen.
>God Bless the Prince of Wales.
>God Preserve the Windsors.
>Rule Britannia!
Well put, everyone.
If a few more were able (willing) to post, then there would be a
broader 'view' for visitors to see :-)
bd
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