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[threeplusfire]

I can't even think coherently anymore about the absurdity of announcements on LJ anymore. Why this company doesn't employ some professional PR people to handle this stuff I don't know. It was one thing when Brad was running this company with a bunch of volunteers. But since they sold out to a big corportation, one might htink they would get PR people. Oh well.

This afternoon I picked up my ticket to get Deathly Hallows. Party at 10pm!!

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[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

Have a great read!

[alainn-sorcha.livejournal.com]

Okay, I wasn't going to comment on this, but I think I've missed something. I completely understand why you were so upset during the whole strikethrough scandal. But yesterday's and today's announcement don't seem unreasonable to me in any way. All they say is that if it's illegal in the world, it's illegal in Live Journal land, too. I get that American obscenity and pornography laws leave a lot to be desired. The whole "I can't define it, but I know it when I see it" is probably the shakiest legal definition I've ever heard. But Six Apart and LJ have to follow the law the same as you and I do, so what else do you expect them to do? They seem to be trying very hard to make up for the first mistake. They've said repeatedly they aren't going to be seeking out violations; that a complaint has to be brought first. Maybe you think it's naive of me after what happened last month, but I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt when they say these decisions won't be made in a vacuum (at least not a second time).

There's a lot of vile and disgusting and illegal garbage on the internet. It's hard to deal with stuff like this, and you can't really expect them to get it perfect out of the gate. They have to have time to work out the kinks so that those who relish in the legal things that happen to be vile and disgusting aren't punished with those who promote the illegal.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

My huge fury with the original post was that the person who posted in LJ biz did a totally half assed job of explaining things, was incredibly vague when questioned as to exactly what laws made *fiction* illegal. That is what I'm angry about. I have no problem with getting rid of actual child pornography. But I was vastly annoyed and furious that someone was saying "obscenity laws mean you can't write about fictional minors having sex" and "real teenagers can't talk graphicly about fluids and motions of their real sexual encounters" because LJ has somehow decided this is illegal. THAT is what I'm mad about. The last time I checked, there was a hell of a lot of gaphic fiction available on the shelf of every Barnes & Noble.

[locknestra.livejournal.com]

PONYTAIL OF EVIL!!!