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fandom_scruples, a dubious little organization dedicated to making fandom safe for kids. But that's not the point of this post; I am neither condemning nor celebrating their cause and y'all can have whatever opinion you want on the issue, I don't care.
The thing is, they've created a Black List. The authors on that Black List have been asked to lock down their fic so it's inaccessible to minors. The repercussions? A boycott.
A boycott. They won't read or review the work of any author whose name appears on their list. Do they honestly think that will stop a given author from writing fic? My gut says no, that fic is often written for the author's own pleasure and as such can exist in a vacuum. There are no real damages that can be sustained by any of the authors as a result of such a boycott. As such, the whole whoderah is an idiotic wankfest of gigantic proportions that succeeds only in letting a bunch of chest-thumping yahoos stomp loudly and complain.
Aswafflelips and I discussed yesterday, people really are stupid.
Climb on the bus, kiddies.
fandom_scruples, a dubious little organization dedicated to making fandom safe for kids. But that's not the point of this post; I am neither condemning nor celebrating their cause and y'all can have whatever opinion you want on the issue, I don't care. The thing is, they've created a Black List. The authors on that Black List have been asked to lock down their fic so it's inaccessible to minors. The repercussions? A boycott.
A boycott. They won't read or review the work of any author whose name appears on their list. Do they honestly think that will stop a given author from writing fic? My gut says no, that fic is often written for the author's own pleasure and as such can exist in a vacuum. There are no real damages that can be sustained by any of the authors as a result of such a boycott. As such, the whole whoderah is an idiotic wankfest of gigantic proportions that succeeds only in letting a bunch of chest-thumping yahoos stomp loudly and complain.
As
wafflelips and I discussed yesterday, people really are stupid. Climb on the bus, kiddies.
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Date: 2004-01-16 09:16 am (UTC)Lame, really. Um, what kind of 'children' are they concerned about? 14? If so, shouldn't their parents be monitoring their online time? And face it, teenagers get away with shit. I was reading my dad's playboys and penthouse when I was 12. Yeah, I'm scarred for life....
Short bus. Yep.
you were "reading" playboy?
Date: 2004-01-16 10:04 am (UTC)Playboy at 12 is early but not outrageous. I think i first saw one at about 10, and in jr. high, had friend who would sell his dads old copies!
But that was playboy. I think blacklists are stupid too, but i've also got a 10yr old who i don't want reading graphic fiction. Then I really had to work at it to get a hold of something. now it is very easy, and yes a parent has to monitor but i guess before at least the walls of the house were; well, walls.
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Date: 2004-01-16 12:10 pm (UTC)My point is that this is an exercise in futility of the highest order. These people are boycotting stories, written by amateurs and posted in a not-for-profit forum. A boycott will have little to no impact. Hence,
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Date: 2004-01-16 01:11 pm (UTC)But all think the whole exercise to protect children from all the horrible NC17 stuff is just a bit much anymore.
she's right
Date: 2004-01-16 02:49 pm (UTC)How about this; a boycott is more like a pep rally; or "circle the wagons boys". "We are us, they aren't". Anyone who would boycott some sort of literature probably isn't reading it anyway. Or about power, someone making a name for themselves.
Friday already, have a good weekend
Re: you were "reading" playboy?
Date: 2004-01-20 12:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-16 11:59 am (UTC)If you really want to stop something, you need weaponry. Or mind altering chemicals.
Pah. People will never learn.
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Date: 2004-01-16 12:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-16 01:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-16 01:19 pm (UTC)But in the shower this morning I realized just how pointless their boycott is. And how...dumb (thoughtless, if you prefer) they are. And it made me laugh, so I decided to share. :)