Another Exchange of Emails

[liz_marcs]

Continued from the following posts: About that LJ Rumor...
Continued in the following posts:  A Swiftly Tilting LJ... and LJ User Action Centers

This is continued from the post About that LJ Rumor...

As I said, I did receive an answer to my email.

Needless to say, I did respond to it.

First, the Warriors for Innocence response, followed by mine.

Please

Comments

[timberho]

wow. just.. wow.

I love how they were spinning things to make it look like LiveJournal was at fault for fandom journals being suspended.

[fantasyenabler]

First, let me say that you are a fantastic person to be spearheading this, both for taking it upon yourself and for doing it in such a professional manner. Second, let me say that I am so incredibly angry right now, partially because innocent people are being hurt, but also because this *idiot* just made it harder for legitimate law enforcement to find the *real* offenders. I am married to a federal agent and I *know* people who work these types of cases, and I also *know* that amateurs endeavors like this can set legitimate operations back months and even *years*. I just...I am this close to getting on the phone with somebody, but I also know that all anyone over at Quantico can really do is sigh, mutter "morons," and move on. I am so...oohhh.

Screw it. I am calling some people. Maybe they can do something about this.

[bard_linn]

I just have to say, good for you. *gives two thumbs up*

[shinraisei]

I say call some of those people that you know, because even I'm not even in Law (or in a discipline related to it) and even I know that something like that can set back investigations terribly. I mean, one could deduce this by pure logic alone.

*sigh*

Hopefully whoever you'll be calling can do something, or at least know what to do. I commend you for your effort too *thumbs up*

[lanternsdance]

Maybe hearing it from one of the people you know will make the light bulb turn on.

One can only hope, anyway.

[altyronsmaker]

I have no idea how to respond to this whole debacle. Gah! Unaffiliated crusaders make me nervous; they always have. They have the potential to do so much damage, and always, always, ALWAYS their excuse is "It was for the right reasons."

This person and the reply to your initial email SMACKS of, like you said, vigilantism.

I'm very upset for those people who lost their journals today, who lost years of effort and work because some well-meaning, but uneducated and uninformed activist targeted LJ as a whole.

Furious would not be far off the mark.

[amarantha_raven]

You don't now me. I got here by being linked through a friend. And after reading your initial email and these replies, all I can say is I completely agree. I've been lucky in that none of my journals have been deleted yet. But knowing that some RPG ones are gone, it's making me twitchy about mine. I don't want to lock them and there's no reason to, but I'm starting to feel like I'll have to just to preserve them.

Anyway...THANK YOU for saying what many of us are thinking. You've done it much better than I would ever hope to.

[skulkings]

In short, thanks to you're actions, there is a large number of people on LJ today who were just accused of being on-line predators. Some of those people are survivors themselves. Some of those people work in law enforcement and with various and sundry legal issues. Some of those people are parents or guardians of children.

I would wager to say that most of them would rather cut of their own hands than harm a real life child.

So true. Thank you for stating so clearly what I'm too upset to say.