It looks as if some elements of the Harry Potter Fandom have collapsed in on itself and I have to say I'm not surprised. When moral judgement is lapsed, it's a slippery slope and difficult to recover from. Why not spread hatred about our friends? Why not talk anonymously and have no accountablility for our actions? Why not reveal the real name ( Read more... )

I find it particularly interesting that things have seemed to have gotten worse.
The political climate of the fandom community, i.e. the isolation of all those with conservative values, is just a big example of why the hypocrisy is at it's worse.

Looking at porn helps you start to believe the lies it promotes. Examples lies include ( Read more... )

For those of you who actually are interested in locking down your fics and being a socially responsible human being, there is software available. Perhaps if only one of you decides to put this in effect all of this stupid wank will be worth it ( Read more... )

I won't answer previous comments because I am on dial up and I don't have the time, but for those wondering why I care so much ( Read more... )

Perhaps you were all right and maybe JKR is unethical. Her statements regarding a few things and on her website have made me reconsider my high opinion of her. Lets talk about Hero worship for a moment and how I forgot my place in this world. It's clear to me that perhaps I placed too much faith in a person I didn't know and have never met. I ( Read more... )

Immorality is normalized. And adolescents, who are most likely to come onto our journals and click the links to immoral fics, become youth at risk for copy-cat sexual acts, desensitization, exaggerated fears, and false impressions of sexual intimacy, gender, and their world.

We can't expect any of you to understand this?

I suppose not.

Some history for you:

Obscenity and the InternetIn 1996, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in the case of United States v. Thomas, 74 F.3d 701 (6th Cir. 1996), cert. denied, 519 U.S. 820 (1996), was presented with the issue of defining "community" in order to determine whether materials that had been transported over the Internet ( Read more... )

After a week or so of debate on this topic, we've gathered , and have on file a good deal of information ( Read more... )

We anticipated that we'd get a good deal of flames. That's why we're screening posts. Eventually they'll get bored and move on. Let me try to be clearer on what our motives are ( Read more... )