umm if Jinn Sir has to take steps to protect His site and His liberty by restricting what's available then it must be done! and if my stories are putting the Library at risk i'll try to amend them and remove any offending bits...

...what worries me very much, though, is that all these restrictions in the name of decency and morality are not backed up by evidence of increasing violent sexual crime. there's no clear figures to show that the number of murders, assaults or rapes has actually gone up because of the portrayal of violence or pornography in the media (including the Internet) and to suggest that the world was a safer and more law-abiding place in the past before the images and material was so available is simply rubbish. in fact there have been studies that show there's been no increase at all (please look at http://libertus.net/censor/studies2.html for more information)

whatever happened to Voltaire's famous declaration of “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”? i thought tolerance was supposed to be a mark of a civilized society where freedom of expression and thought was valued. i think we're living in very sinister times now where, under the mask of "protecting" us, our governments are increasingly acting as "predators" on their own peoples. in the UK, sites like this are likely to become illegal due to proposed laws on "violent pornography" despite there being no proof that our society will become a safer, more law-abiding place. i might not be able to read, let alone upload my stories on this wonderful site without being branded a criminal! i've also watched with dismay the morality witch-hunts that have begun to destroy the BDSM on-line community in the USA (Insex being a good example) under the guise of protecting public decency and vulnerable people. i'm sorry but i think the British and American governments in particular risk deteriorating into dangerous, un-democratic, out-of-control Dominant bullies and are fast losing any credibility in claiming the moral high ground

after all, you can't pass laws to stop people thinking or dreaming about things that are "bad" - and its extremely naive to think that rape, murder, violence and abuse are going to decrease just because we can't see images or read about them. in my experience the people who shout loudest about morality and decency are secretly obsessed with the same "perversions" they decry - just look at the number of politicians, policemen, judges, and religious leaders who are found out enjoying the same things we do! one of the motives behind my storywriting efforts with the Organization Series is to portray the sheer hypocrisy of people in power hiding their BDSM urges from public view - i really think its right that BDSM is the "last taboo" and we are being singled out by the moral crusaders as "the enemy" when the truth is that these desires are in ALL of us and don't mean that we are actively violent, destructive psychopaths LOL

okies, i'm going to shut up now - my Beloved Master says "that's enough and you've made your point, slave" so umm that's...umm...it!