| How does it keep happening??
Threads going missing because there is very little skill in moderating!!!
Engfant posted his opposition to the repeated censorship on this site ---- and he was censored - topic removed from view....
I wonder if everyone has this need for being the BIG AUTHORITATIVE Book Burner???? Naaaaah - it's just the select few---
Engfant posted about an exodus from this site ~ and I responded:(but you can't see it there)
I'm a BIG lover of humor.... I sh*it you not - I love to laugh.
But I find censorship is never a funny matter.
True - the rules are ambiguous.... what's good for the Goose is not always allowed to the Gander.
Being an even keeled Moderator is not an easy job - and quite frankly, there are few up to the challenge.
All this being said - - - we must all realize that we are GEOGRAPHICALLY DIVERSE.... What's part of my culture as 'normal' is grounds for being burned at the stake in others'.
With all the jibber jabber and emotion --- one thing is CLEAR.
This industry has ALWAYS gotten topics like this and whipped it up into a personal war of conflicts.... And nothing of value has been born of any effort.
I am no longer an owner of a salon - but I am a user of UV. When I left the business, I did not leave all my passion or my strength in a box marked 'used and abused'....
There are still some really valuable humans here. I hope that the Mod Team take the comments made to heart - and do the best they can to numb up the raw nerve endings ~
Up until this week --- I advised EVERYONE who asked me to not WAIT for a national effort... there was none forthcoming ~ ~ and to 'change the world and perception of tanning - one client at a time'....
And still the Fear Factor was ---- but I could lose my salon! Yes.... as the cards are dealt now - someone or group COULD try to cause you grief for telling the truth.... but Time and Evidence are on our side now.
I still believe that every salon owner is responsible to give their clients the FACTS... but I also believe that too many salons are 'sub standard' ----
What's the use of displaying the Smart Tan Certification if you and your staff STILL allow the client to bully you into unsafe exposures? There are more than a few salon owners that have LOST BUSINESS to the poopooshacks simply because they are doing the RIGHT thing.... how fair is that?
So while I love this industry - - - I am not blind to its faults. I would not stand up and defend the industry in court ~ Like I could defend my own business practices....
Improvement is not just needed on the side of Anti-Tan ---
We need to improve our industry just as much.
One Black Brush cannot be used to paint the entire medical profession including derms ---- for their are MANY that don't follow the 'Team Slogan' there is no such thing as a good tan....
Fact is ---- we need to improve ourselves to present an honest picture to those whose perceptions are tainted....
Can you imagine being part of a coalition that actually has requirements of membership BEYOND being able to spell your name correctly on the test?
That by being a member - you could reap the rewards of that association of your salon and this coalition?
That while we do not NEED to be in Lab Coats with Meters and Pocket Protectors - - we DO need to be EDUCATED AND PROFESSIONAL and removing the FTC and pals death sentence for indoor tanning is NOT ENOUGH to earn the respect and business of the general public?
We need to do more than Talk the Talk and Walk the Walk --- we need to RE-LEARN how to do both.
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