You know something?
If your so called 'argument' was valid and had valid points, then every mainstream publisher from Random House
to Viking would publish 'child-minor' erotica.

But Kallie, get this, they don't.. oh my God!! What a travesty of freedom of speech right there huh?

Are you really suggesting that if Random House doesn't publish a genre, it must be invalid? Is your personal paradigm so narrow that it is defined by the dictates of publishing powerhouses? They turned down Stephen King for years, you know. I guess he just wasn't worth reading then, his work was, until accepted by a major, mainstream publishing firm, invalid.

Take a look around, hon--NONE of this stuff is "mainstream publisher" friendly. Guess not an author here has put out any work that you would consider "valid."

You seem so lost in this debate--it was never about "freedom of speech" as laid out in the Constitution. THIS isn't a democracy--it's a privately owned website, and as such, the OWNER of this site gets to decide what is and isn't acceptable. This is a privately owned site that deals pretty much exclusively in the electronic publication of what is widely considered pornography. So for you to cough up the argument that if Random House doesn't publish it, it's not valid, is beyond ridiculous. If THAT is your criteria for determining the worth of a fictional piece, you may be in the wrong place. Viking likely has forums you'd be more comfortable in.

And btw, check out those crappy, cookie-cutter VC Andrews books sometime. Wildly popular, published by "mainstream" publishers, and--oops, full of child abuse for the sake of titillating the reader. Molestation and rape of children, sexual abuse, incestuous relationships between children, etc.

Nasty stuff--and on the bestseller lists, too!

Kallie