General Hospital - MESSAGE BOARDS

I think that “shame on you” is a little harsh. Just flipping through the pages I mean every quiz or survey has a sexiest guy or girl contest, on the the other pages I found “Who would you have an affair with” “Who would you like to be stranded on a desert island with.” “Where’s Alexis’s make-up?” “Lindsey’s put on a few” “Brody and his smoking bod” “Anyone else think Todd is so sexy?” “Followed by “Who thinks Todd is not sexy at all.” “Jessica is prettier as Tess.” “Wow, Amanda in a bikini” “Leyla’s Bangs” and those are just on the ABC threads. All reference the attractiveness of the stars and no one had a cow over those. No one did because whether you like it or not being as attractive as possible is a pre-requisite for soaps stardom. And maintaining that level of attractiveness is as much a part of their job as remembering their lines. And I am sure that people like Claudia, Jason, Sam and Lucky who clearly spend every free moment pumping iron appreciate that their hard work and effort is being appreciated. But I digress, my point is unless you skipped the sexiest man question on all 800 survey’s that cruise around on these pages then you really have no room to judge and certainly no room to call shame down on fellow posters. Furthermore just by watching soap operas you are contributing to the propagation of the beauty myth in our culture. And don’t try to tell me you don’t have a favorite guy/girl who you watch a lil more just because they are pretty. We all do it. That’s the only reason I don’t fast forward through all of Logan’s scenes. Finally, clearly the board isn’t that offensive or it would have been closed yesterday. If you have a problem with it then why not advocate for the beauty of someone untraditional, make other people see the beauty that you see. So chill-ax, if you don’t like the topic don’t post on the board. I mean that in the nicest possible way but seriously shaming all contributors was a lil harsh and uncalled for.

The first line soap dweeb included on the post was “This is totally shallow…” Some people are prettier than others that’s a fact of life. If you want to go into the unrealistic standards of beauty our society spreads and creates then that’s another thread. But it’s a well known fact that babies respond positively to people with symmetrical faces, ergo beauty is a fact and pretending like you don’t see it doesn’t make you better. I watch soap operas the stories aren’t that good…

The question was who has the best face and body... it didnt ask for any input on who has the worst, or less good, the question only asked for the best ofthe best and thats what 99% of everyone replied with, who was able to reply before everyone was shamed. Thats all I am saying.

What I dont get is why its your job to police or moralize the board. We do have a paid moderator, she didnt pull the post so clearly she didnt deem it as offensive. It wasnt intended with ill will, cant we just leave it alone.

What Shel, Shep, GHFanFor, OnlyGH, Van and Meow said.....

Okay, I can see that it's time to shut this baby down! Far too much arguing going on and nothing positive is coming from it. I knew this kind of thread had the potential to go south quickly, but I thought editing it would be enough. While commenting positively on actor's appearances is allowed, it usually degenerates into bashing as well, which isn't allowed.