This topic has been continued on a new thread. Please post new replies there.
This post is on the East London (E) topics page and the BDSM Events web board.
| 8 Feb 10, 5:05 PM ThedaVamp UK, 6 yrs |
Oy vey! Strap on party anyone?  Perverted Pederast Puppetmistress Pimp Pandering to the Patriarchy... apparently | |||
| 8 Feb 10, 5:20 PM ocimum_sanctum UK(EH), 2 yrs |
I'm assuming you mean FB===Facebook? Why? If you are intending on "vetting" people then most peoples' kink network are going to be on here, and not Facebook. It would also open up a bit of a pandoras box of privacy issues.
You couldn't make single men pay more for a public event anyway... well that's not exactly true: you could but it would be actionable in court. The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 as amended does cover things like the provision of goods/services, and right at the beginning of the Act (Pt I s2) says that any provision applying to women also applies to men. Personally, I think the idea of putting an upper age limit as part of any criteria was distasteful. You could have acheived your aim of having a lighthearted, playful event by just advertising it as such - I don't understand why age has got anything to do with it at all? However, as the old adage goes: no publicity is bad publicity, so in that respect you've been rather successful.
Perhaps the problem isn't with the events you're going to? Anyway, good luck with your event.
| |||
| 8 Feb 10, 5:25 PM Greenwich_Munch UK(SE), 3 yrs |
...quite!
The OP won't get your sarcasm, she didn't get mine earlier... gabrielle x "There is no such thing as liberty. You only change one sort of domination for another. All we can do is to choose our master." D. H. Lawrence | |||
| 8 Feb 10, 5:27 PM Purrverse US, 6 yrs  |
From my understanding of the legality of public vs private- a public event anyone can go to, there's no list, money is taken at the door, etc, while a private event is controlled. I know it might be shocking, but somehow I've managed to make friends. Says something that most of them aren't active on IC though... ETA: You forget, I'm an American, I don't understand "subtle humour" like sarcasm! It hurts my poor brain. "I can't tell if you're playing some kind of feminazi mind fuck game on me or if you're trying to seduce me." -Sex and Death 101 Edited 8 Feb 10, 5:30 PM by Purrverse | |||
| 8 Feb 10, 5:34 PM Ms_Tytania 6 yrs |
And you, despite purrverse's many replies and taking other people's opinions and suggestions on her stride, didn't get that she is very happy to listen to all criticism and to make amends. Save your sarcasm for those who really need it. "People are inherently evil, but very, very funny" - Joe Orton. | |||
| 8 Feb 10, 5:34 PM clare 11 yrs |
ha ha. So true. Except it shows your age Yoof - It's enough to put a person off age play. Anyone for incontinence play? | |||
| 8 Feb 10, 5:34 PM Cosmic1 UK(SW), 7 yrs £  |
Not wishing to piss on your parade but it ceased being that private when you posted it on the board. You can only barely get away with any form of discrimination with a private members club and to run an event as such members must apply and be granted membership 48 hours before the event. I think even with that format you have to have membership open to all and the BNP recently found out. David
London Alternative Market - the place to be on the first Sunday of the month | |||
| 8 Feb 10, 5:38 PM Purrverse US, 6 yrs |
It's definitely something I'll look into- one of my core volunteers throws private events and hasn't had an issue with this in the past... might be a matter-of-time thing. ::shrug:: I do however know there are other parties that are considered "private" and yet advertise on boards and such for people interested- I'm curious how they manage it..? "I can't tell if you're playing some kind of feminazi mind fuck game on me or if you're trying to seduce me." -Sex and Death 101 | |||
| 8 Feb 10, 5:40 PM Will_and_Echo UK(SW), 4 yrs    |
Wow. That all got remarkably snarky remarkably fast. We might come to this. In a total non-political way, so please don't take this post as me being snidely judgemental, anyone. It just sounds fun.
Seriously, when you have to put a freaking disclaimer on a rsvp in order not to get shrieked at for being discriminatory? IC is mighty touchy this week Exx "What you blush to tell", says Venus, "is the most important part of the whole matter" | |||
| 8 Feb 10, 5:42 PM Purrverse US, 6 yrs |
Hey. Don't make fun- first you come to a party like this, then you're pushing grandmas in front of buses! Oh. Sorry. I should say grandpas as well, to not be sexist. :P "I can't tell if you're playing some kind of feminazi mind fuck game on me or if you're trying to seduce me." -Sex and Death 101 |
