You know, that bit about what people read and don't isn't restricted to NC-17. For example I know for sure that there are many who don't like reading het-fic, including me, or who pleinly won't read it and won't certainly give any points for a het-fic...
But that's because you don't like it, not because you find it offensive? I wouldn't have allowed NC-17 Het fic either..... And I need to protect the youngsters of this comm too....
I admit it is not that I don't understand your approach and your decision.
But on the other hand it is also a question of how you define 'offensive'. Personally I find it offensive to read in a fic how some young girl, often very young, tries getting closer to a player who's maybe even married in real life. It doesn't need to be NC-17 in this case and I'd still find it appaling even though it's fiction. What's offensive and what one likes or not, the line between that is often rather blurry. And so many things are called offensive by us just for that very reason - because we don't like them and we don't want them in our lives.
Thus, if it is no NC-17 to protect younger participants, that must be fully accepted, but if it is to appease people who can very well chose not to read certain stories, and only feel uneasy with the knowledge that such things exist, that is something I just can't follow.
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But on the other hand it is also a question of how you define 'offensive'.
Personally I find it offensive to read in a fic how some young girl, often very young, tries getting closer to a player who's maybe even married in real life. It doesn't need to be NC-17 in this case and I'd still find it appaling even though it's fiction.
What's offensive and what one likes or not, the line between that is often rather blurry.
And so many things are called offensive by us just for that very reason - because we don't like them and we don't want them in our lives.
Thus, if it is no NC-17 to protect younger participants, that must be fully accepted, but if it is to appease people who can very well chose not to read certain stories, and only feel uneasy with the knowledge that such things exist, that is something I just can't follow.
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