First Amendment and all that stuff....

[trystan830.livejournal.com]

x-posted from my lj, but it's f-locked over there

*sigh*

here's the deal. as a rule, i don't read Wincest. i've read... three. and two of those? i skipped over the really squicky scene(s). and i don't write it, either. so what am i doing posting on this particular subject? the principal of the thing, and that people really should pay closer attention to what they read.

i'm not going to name names, anonimity is safe here. i've had (at least) two people on my flist (that i know of, anyway) get busted on, ragged on, insulted, nasty comments left in their various ljs because they wrote wincest, and it was properly tagged as such.

here's the deal. proper reading skills are required to read the phrase "Pairing: Sam/Dean"... or whatever your pairing may be. there's also the phrase "Rating: Adult." these are the kind of fics i just scroll right on by, don't stop, just keep going. that's the point of this information in the header. (i'm sure many many people skip over my "gen" or "Dean/OFC; NC-17" fics.)

i don't even read it; so why would i take the time to read through a fic, and then comment, "that's sick!" or "ewww!! they're doing what????" and while i believe there are some things that should not be written by sane, healthy adults, i'm not being forced to read it.

to quote one of my favourite sayings, "I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" (Voltaire, it's in my sidebar at my lj)

your LJ counts as freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of expression, freedom of opinions, and freedom of thought. and as well it should be.

any kinds of fic is allowed to be posted here, as long as it has the proper header.

Comments

[potthead.livejournal.com]

So a third of LJ is going to become convicted felons based on what they read and write? You sound so narrow-minded.

You drop a dime on the floor, it rolls in a spiral, then twirls to a standstill.

What are the odds that could happen the same way again? Millions, maybe trillions, to one. And yet it happened as naturally as if there were no odds against it. Every event in our lives happens as if there were no odds against it, which means our lives have operational definitions-- definitions that work for a certain series of circumstances and conditions.

What I'm saying is just because someone ships Wincest or something so trivial does not mean that said person will become a criminal. There is no formula for concocting a criminal/felon.

[potthead.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is. While I wouldn't think of jumping my sister or something, if two other siblings somewhere realllly love each other, and they both share such feelings, what's the big deal? It's their happiness and their love, and as long as no one's getting hurt, it's not a big deal. There are so many worse things a person can do than love someone with all their heart.