Re: [UUPoly-L] UUCA: welcoming congregation

[JasmineGld@aol.com]

Jasmine writes: 
> We have no expertise in  swinging, and we 
> should keep that limitation in  mind.

lonelocust@gmail.com writes:
> That's not necessarily true of  everyone.

When I said "We", I meant, We-this-list, this community of poly  UUs. 

We-this-list have a widely divergent representation in this  community of 
various types of poly families and individuals, and this pooling of  our 
experiences and insights brings a little bit of expertise and a lot of  opportunities 
to seek more information. 

We-this-list have a few swingers  or swinger-friendly folks, but it is a very 
biased group by the simple fact that  these folk are swingers who have enough 
interest in poly to sign up for a poly  list. Swingers who have zero interest 
in poly or swingers who would be offended  to be linked with poly are 
unlikely to be represented on this list. Since  we-this-list are lacking input from 
that segment of the swinging community,  we-this-list cannot begin to develop 
any expertise about swinging.  

Therefore, as we individuals go out from this list to talk to anxious  folks 
in our congregations and districts, we need to recognize that we bring  from 
our poly UU community no expertise in swinging, and it is extremely  important 
that we keep that limitation in mind.

Some individuals may have  a great deal of personal experience with swinging, 
and may indeed speak to these  questions differently. But as we-this-list 
talk about general "how to respond"  preparedness, we need to talk to everyone on 
the list, including those who know  very little about swinging. 

Jasmine