poll for deleting snuff stories

[LaJan]

Wow. What an interesting subject. I like almost all of the comments I've read regarding the topic, including the ones I disagree with. As a writer, I am leaning towards the anti-censorship argument simply because I don't think that responsible adults should need to be told what to do and what to not do. Personally, I can't find the eroticism in death (or even beatings intended to hurt the "victim") but I certainly write rape stories. If they are not intended to hurt the "victim", they're not rape stories, are they?

When I first saw this site, I thought of it as a perfect site: a place where someone is actively reading and approving ALL posts; a place where all sorts of likes and dislikes are allowed but coded for everyone's convenience; and a place where it's safe to say what you think about the posts without bruised feelings or nasty threats about honest comments. Then I saw the pedophilia code and froze. The first thing that went through my head was 'I bet that link is monitored 24/7 by every law enforcement agency in the world! Clicking on it (or posting anything with that code) would mean midnight pounding on your front door, impounded computers, and jail time while your name is dragged through the mud. Great way to catch real animals, isn't it?' Honestly, I was curious to see what is considered so dreadfully abhorrent. After all, "Lolita" was banned but seems pretty tame now. But that fear of getting either hooked into liking the stories or getting caught with a telltale cookie in my computer won out. Foolish? Probably. Prudent? Also probably.

Snuff stories are in the same category in my mind. They go places I don't even want to dream about going, certainly not fantasize about. But there seem to be some people who enjoy them and, ultimately, I don't feel I have the right to stop them. Someone mentioned scatological stories as "wrong" and I laughed out loud. Sure, they are "wrong" for that reader/writer. But are they "wrong" for everyone? I don't think so.

So I have to go with allowing something I hate to protect something I love. As a black and a member of the ACLU, I am getting used to fighting for things I personally despise! And as a writer for this and other sites, I will post my work right next to works with sexual practices I neither understand nor approve of. And I will continue to do so and regard maintaining choice for responsible adults as a much greater good.

Peace.

PS Will I click on the pedophilia link? Are you kidding? LOL!