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Jan. 14th, 2004 10:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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fandom_scruples thing is the !!!!!!!!!! ever. wow. And you can't even leave comments any more. just. gah.
My take on the whole thing is quite firmly on the "parents are responsible for their children" side of the fence. Because
1) some children/teens are mature enough to read/deal with that sort of thing and it is up to them and their parents to decide that, not the world/internet at large,
2) I have a big problem with people telling me what is best for teen!me and my theoretical offspring and,
3) (is actually a reiteration of 1&2) get off your high horse and live and let live. If you feel the need to do something, do it. For all I care, say that you think other people should do it. But when you start pointing fingers and making 'black lists' and 'gold lists' and generally trying to bend people to your will, it annoys me (and apparently everyone else) so go away and take your precious ideals with you. People can, believe it or not, make decisions for themselves. When I was underage, I certainly made the choice to read explicit stories. Had my parents been watching, they certainly would have had something to say about that. But they were not. So it was up to me, I made that choice, and I live with the consequences. Which include enjoying some well-written smut and notbeing scarred for life.
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hmmm, anything else. Ohohoh! Someone somewhere (yeah, that's real specific) posted more of lance-in-kilt pictures and I was mesmerized for several minutes by his hands in the first couple. hands! holding things! hands!
mmmmyeah. thats all.
fandom_scruples thing is the !!!!!!!!!! ever. wow. And you can't even leave comments any more. just. gah. My take on the whole thing is quite firmly on the "parents are responsible for their children" side of the fence. Because
1) some children/teens are mature enough to read/deal with that sort of thing and it is up to them and their parents to decide that, not the world/internet at large,
2) I have a big problem with people telling me what is best for teen!me and my theoretical offspring and,
3) (is actually a reiteration of 1&2) get off your high horse and live and let live. If you feel the need to do something, do it. For all I care, say that you think other people should do it. But when you start pointing fingers and making 'black lists' and 'gold lists' and generally trying to bend people to your will, it annoys me (and apparently everyone else) so go away and take your precious ideals with you. People can, believe it or not, make decisions for themselves. When I was underage, I certainly made the choice to read explicit stories. Had my parents been watching, they certainly would have had something to say about that. But they were not. So it was up to me, I made that choice, and I live with the consequences. Which include enjoying some well-written smut and notbeing scarred for life.
[/end rant]
hmmm, anything else. Ohohoh! Someone somewhere (yeah, that's real specific) posted more of lance-in-kilt pictures and I was mesmerized for several minutes by his hands in the first couple. hands! holding things! hands!
mmmmyeah. thats all.
