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[Michael WILKINS]

Mr. Street,

First, let me state unequivocally that I am not the person who sent you and others invitations to join WAAM, but I am a female devotee and charter member of this list.   I hope Wayne will be tolerant of my comments. I agree with you about not desiring unsolicited emails, issues to do with privacy etc.  I wouldn't like it either. The person who did it realizes she made a mistake and feels horrible about it.  Enough said.

When my husband spoke of "crawling out from under a rock" he was not refering to your comments, but to those of Mr. Chamness.   I find your comments about "my" insecurity most interesting, if baffling.  If it's one thing I'm not, it's insecure, but have it your way.   I don't have an opinion on whether you are cynical or not, nor does it concern me.   

As I mentioned before I agree with you on not appreciating unsolicited invitations to join these groups....male or female.  I also do not think you implied that we were perverts either, and even if you had I wouldn't care. I too have a sense of humor, even about being a devotee. My dear wonderful husband has jokingly and lovingly called me  a "pevert" since we met.  The only thing I object to and my husband objects to is this stupid, idiotic, incorrect, ridiculous, absurd idea that all people who are devotees are stump fetishists.  It simply isn't so. I also know after being online for 8 years and discussing this topic until I am blue in the face that people will believe what they want to believe and no amount of discussing the "reality" will do the least bit of good.  

Friends?

LaRae Wilkins


  To the women_admirers_and_amputee_men group! 
    1.. I didn't imply any of that stuff about crawling out from under a rock. That is all about your own insecurity. I think sexual expression is a private individual matter. However: I don't like getting an unsolicited invitation to join a group based on what I thought was private information. I'm less cynical than you might think. I still believe in privacy. 
    2.. Any group that has as part of its description "a group for women who prefer amputees" is a least open to humor (there is a difference between humor and insult.) But I ask the women on this site: how would you react to an unsolicited invitation to join a group of men who PREFER female amputees. I assume if you are happy and comfortable with your sexuality you would react with humor the way I did but otherwise you might be very angry. 
  Anyway, I apologize if it seemed as if I was implying that you are a group of perverts. I wasn't. I think it is a good thing that there are women who are not prejudiced against amputees. But if they PREFER amputees, it is my respectful opinion that there is a problem. However, I'm not a moralist. Humor is my preferred weapon. Please remove the "slithering beings coming out from under rocks" imagery from my humor.

  Sincerely,

  Jim Street
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