10-14-2005, 11:34 PM
I have a feeling there's probably more to that story than what we're being told. Unless a website is displaying illegal VISUAL material, it can't be charged. Fiction is intellectual property and is actually protected by copywrite laws, regardless of its content. Fantasy is one thing (ie. writing about having sex with an animal or whatever). Posting a picture of yourself enacting it is an entirely different kettle of fish, especially if the fantasy involves acts that have been deemed illegal.
I'm sure there are plenty of sites out there that harbor racist, sexist, or otherwise descriminatory sentiments in its viewers. I don't see how this could be considered to be on the same level as this site, which harbors nor encourages such narrow thinking. Fanfics about a children's anime series, regardless of their sexual slant, is an innocuous little thing compared to some of the truly hateful and harmful things you see on the web.
In the mean time, I don't see any use in borrowing trouble. Ok, rosie got shut down, but that's no reason for us to start looking over our shoulders.
I'm sure there are plenty of sites out there that harbor racist, sexist, or otherwise descriminatory sentiments in its viewers. I don't see how this could be considered to be on the same level as this site, which harbors nor encourages such narrow thinking. Fanfics about a children's anime series, regardless of their sexual slant, is an innocuous little thing compared to some of the truly hateful and harmful things you see on the web.
In the mean time, I don't see any use in borrowing trouble. Ok, rosie got shut down, but that's no reason for us to start looking over our shoulders.