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[bubosquared]

People! Have we not been over this whole RPS thing? Apparently not. Apparently, with The Fandom That Ate Tokio speading like wildfire among Buffyslashers and the likes, and 'taking over' previously good and 'respected' authors, people are getting cranky about it again. Telling us we should keep it private, and the wrath of TPTB will rain down on us and all the good little slashers will point and laugh at us.

(Note that I only briefly skimmed Te's blog, btw. Didn't want to read that argument again. I'm tried and true in the 'pro'-RPS fight, babies, i've seen all the arguments.)

I should update the FMO, since it's somewhat out of date, but the main points still stand:

1. RPS is NOT ILLEGAL! (FPS, btw is illegal, or at least more potentially illegal than RPS.)
2. RPS is not stalking, or invasion of privacy.
3. Yes, RPS may hurt the subject, but FPS may (and has) hurt the actors. Is that hurt somehow less valid than RPS subjects? Also, there's lots of hurtful things online. It is not our job to make sure the internet is a safe place for anyone, not even for a celebrity.

I take the fight for RPS, for the right to put it on websites as public as FPS sites and not be bugged about it, very personally. Because the freedom of speech, and even more importantly freedom of expression (as in, the way one expressed oneself) to be one of the mosyt fundamental rights of humanity. If you agree, how about signing my 'petition', please? It won't make a difference, but it'll make me feel better knowing that there are people who believe in unconditional freedom of fiction.

Ta.

Comments

And here's how I signed the petition...

[zero3kid.livejournal.com]

As of now, the internet is a great place where writers who would have previously had no voice can publish their works, be they original writings or fanfiction. But that is starting to change, because of greedy copyright laws, censorship of 'inappropriate' sites, and (possibly the largest threat to a new writer) verbally (binarily?) abusive fanatics who do not understand that freedom means taking the bitter with the sweet.

I'm signing this petition because I want to see more fiction that I like.
I'm also signing this petition becase I want to see more fiction that I don't like.

Re: And here's how I signed the petition...

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

I loved the last bitn cause that's what the whole thing is about, yo. Freedom of expression especially for things you don't like. You rock.