Ahem. Major ranting ahead.
Jan. 14th, 2004 10:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
quidditchgrrlDear members of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fandom_scruples,
Since you seem to live in a world of opposites kind of reality, go to hell. We've saved the seats at the top of the shiny purple triple-decker bus just for you. Leave your 'WWJD?' bracelets with the driver.
Sincerely,
PBG
P.S. Thanks also for the author recs. I'm always looking for new and interesting people in the fandom, and you've made it that much easier for me.
It's called parenting. Five minutes with the parental controls or filter technology saves the rest of the world fromidiots smarmy do-gooders people like you. You'd better believe that I'd punch your lights out if you tried to tell me how to raise my kids. (shellyk, I can put you on retainer when I start a family, right?)
I'm not apologizing for the language; I'm telling it to you straight. If you think it takes a village to raise a child, then consider that "the Internet" isn't a fecking village. A village, people - a small assemblage of houses, smaller than a town or city, but larger than a hamlet - not the entire online fandom. Ain't no one looking out for me online, nor am I particularly concerned with online content unless it breaks the law.
(And if they're going to get picky with the notion of village, then consider that in social science, a village can be considered as a group of people interconnected by a common set of values, not the entire population of an area. Villagization - the resettlement and rehousing of a population in new villages outside of their own area, often achieved by force (emphasis mine) is not something that can be imposed over a vast network of intellectual property.)
I do filter my journal as appropriate, since I have underaged people on my flist. I am bothered that I have to do it, but there is no other way to prevent underagers from viewing 'inappropriate' entries. I considered asking said underagers to remove me from their friendslists so I could have no compunction about posting. But that seemed unfair, so I filter when I have to.
Anyone who thinks that the internet can be 'policed' and that there is any kind of sure-fire, non-organic way of keeping minors from finding 'inappropriate' information/materials/pictures/whatever is fucking nuts. I mean that. Do you honestly think that no one under the age of 17 clicks 'yes' when confronted with that question button at FA? Or that it's impossible we might have underagers in the bedchamber at Checkmated? It's possible, since we take those people at their word. We've had kids using their parents Yahoo! ID in some of the adult HP groups (*cough*nice parenting*cough*).
Librarians on thefandom_scruples friendslist, shame on you. You are the first line of defense for all people in the pursuit of free, accessible information. Would you turn away a twelve-year-old searching for books about human sexuality? If so, you're the last person I'd want to have as a portkey for information. It is, quite simply, none of your business. Where I work it's also unethical.
My favorite quote of the moment is from none other than Larry Flynt, who said, "Murder is illegal; writing about it isn't. Sex isn't illegal, but writing about it is. Why?"
Obviously these people were not at Nimbus 2003 (and gah, some of them were there). The attendance requirement was that all attendees be either 18 or have the permission of their parents and an adult chaperone. The content was PG-13 at worst. Nobody was passing out excerpts of their fanfiction works, for crying out loud. *pulls hair and tries to calm down* Nimbus was, and is, a highly professional conference, worthy of every accolade it's received. It was a place where adult HP fans could come together and analyze the books, characters, and other topics of importance in an open environment.
*shakes head* Here's to hoping most of the folks who have friended the journal are merely misplaced in their high drama. I hope they aren't clinging to the idea of 'relatively moral smut' either. *beats dead horse*
That's all. I think I need to cheer myself up by looking through the 'black list' and making some new friends! :D
fandom_scruples,Since you seem to live in a world of opposites kind of reality, go to hell. We've saved the seats at the top of the shiny purple triple-decker bus just for you. Leave your 'WWJD?' bracelets with the driver.
Sincerely,
PBG
P.S. Thanks also for the author recs. I'm always looking for new and interesting people in the fandom, and you've made it that much easier for me.
It's called parenting. Five minutes with the parental controls or filter technology saves the rest of the world from
shellyk, I can put you on retainer when I start a family, right?)I'm not apologizing for the language; I'm telling it to you straight. If you think it takes a village to raise a child, then consider that "the Internet" isn't a fecking village. A village, people - a small assemblage of houses, smaller than a town or city, but larger than a hamlet - not the entire online fandom. Ain't no one looking out for me online, nor am I particularly concerned with online content unless it breaks the law.
(And if they're going to get picky with the notion of village, then consider that in social science, a village can be considered as a group of people interconnected by a common set of values, not the entire population of an area. Villagization - the resettlement and rehousing of a population in new villages outside of their own area, often achieved by force (emphasis mine) is not something that can be imposed over a vast network of intellectual property.)
I do filter my journal as appropriate, since I have underaged people on my flist. I am bothered that I have to do it, but there is no other way to prevent underagers from viewing 'inappropriate' entries. I considered asking said underagers to remove me from their friendslists so I could have no compunction about posting. But that seemed unfair, so I filter when I have to.
Anyone who thinks that the internet can be 'policed' and that there is any kind of sure-fire, non-organic way of keeping minors from finding 'inappropriate' information/materials/pictures/whatever is fucking nuts. I mean that. Do you honestly think that no one under the age of 17 clicks 'yes' when confronted with that question button at FA? Or that it's impossible we might have underagers in the bedchamber at Checkmated? It's possible, since we take those people at their word. We've had kids using their parents Yahoo! ID in some of the adult HP groups (*cough*nice parenting*cough*).
Librarians on the
fandom_scruples friendslist, shame on you. You are the first line of defense for all people in the pursuit of free, accessible information. Would you turn away a twelve-year-old searching for books about human sexuality? If so, you're the last person I'd want to have as a portkey for information. It is, quite simply, none of your business. Where I work it's also unethical.My favorite quote of the moment is from none other than Larry Flynt, who said, "Murder is illegal; writing about it isn't. Sex isn't illegal, but writing about it is. Why?"
Obviously these people were not at Nimbus 2003 (and gah, some of them were there). The attendance requirement was that all attendees be either 18 or have the permission of their parents and an adult chaperone. The content was PG-13 at worst. Nobody was passing out excerpts of their fanfiction works, for crying out loud. *pulls hair and tries to calm down* Nimbus was, and is, a highly professional conference, worthy of every accolade it's received. It was a place where adult HP fans could come together and analyze the books, characters, and other topics of importance in an open environment.
*shakes head* Here's to hoping most of the folks who have friended the journal are merely misplaced in their high drama. I hope they aren't clinging to the idea of 'relatively moral smut' either. *beats dead horse*
That's all. I think I need to cheer myself up by looking through the 'black list' and making some new friends! :D
