prudence
Hyper-sensitivity, yes, that is one major bugaboo that pops up here in some of the most unexpected places. I mean, I love tarot, love my decks, but sometimes I am floored by how utterly seriously some of us take this subject. It's hard to want to join discussions when making what feels like a very practical statement can somehow cause other members to lose their shit completely....
If one cannot make a statement about let's say a tarot deck being left completely unattended at a public event, and how doing so may leave your deck open to anyone coming up and having a look (or swiping it outright, just as might happen if it were a wallet or cellphone), and that if I had done such a thing that I'd really have no one to blame but myself for having left it unattended in public, I was told that this opinion was the same as blaming a rape victim for wearing too short a skirt. Having a very personal knowledge of rape and all it entails, this comment was to me, so incredibly over the top and uncalled for...and we were merely talking about an unattended tarot deck getting looked through at a public event. Hyper-sensitivity has no place in civil conversations about matters that do not pertain to life and death, and it tends to kill off any desire to engage in any topic being discussed.
If one cannot make a statement about let's say a tarot deck being left completely unattended at a public event, and how doing so may leave your deck open to anyone coming up and having a look (or swiping it outright, just as might happen if it were a wallet or cellphone), and that if I had done such a thing that I'd really have no one to blame but myself for having left it unattended in public, I was told that this opinion was the same as blaming a rape victim for wearing too short a skirt. Having a very personal knowledge of rape and all it entails, this comment was to me, so incredibly over the top and uncalled for...and we were merely talking about an unattended tarot deck getting looked through at a public event. Hyper-sensitivity has no place in civil conversations about matters that do not pertain to life and death, and it tends to kill off any desire to engage in any topic being discussed.