"I want my LiveJournal, but I want it on my terms goddammit, not theirs - even though THEY'RE the ones providing me the space to write my journal in the first place!"
Uh huh. You know, I'm as against censorship as the next freedom-loving red-blooded American, and I agree with that handy-dandy Voltaire quote that someone's sure to post at some point - but you know what? It's stupid to think that I have the right to spread my message or speak my mind IN SOMEONE ELSE'S HOUSE. LiveJournal has decided that there are some things that they do NOT want associated with their names. If you don't like it, too goddamn bad.
LiveJournal has every right to censor whatever the hell they want. You have a journal there because they LET you have a journal there (at no charge, I might add) - and if they decide they don't want to let you have it anymore, tough shit. You're in NO position to dictate terms to THEM, when THEY'RE the ones giving you the journal-space in the first place. If you have a problem with LiveJournal's content policy, then take your blogging elsewhere. Plain and simple.
If someone came into my journal and started preaching, say, how great racism and bigotry are, you bet your bottom dollar I'd censor their posts in a Minnesota heartbeat. I have zero tolerance for that kind of shit. You want to preach something I have zero tolerance for? Fine. Knock yourself out. But you're not doing it in MY house.
From your post it says that LiveJournal apparantly stated, "[The censorship] was based on what community we want to build and what we think is appropriate within that community and what's not." Who the fuck is this "starstealingirl", or anyone else for that matter, to decide what kind of community LJ should have to build, or what LJ should have to find apporpriate. If you don't like the way LJ does business, if you don't like the kind of community they're building, if you don't like what they do and don't find appropriate, then WHY ARE YOU HERE?
Don't bother answering. The answer is the same as it is whenever folks complain about Walmart or gas prices. The answer is: "Because I want to have my cake and eat it too."
=== And no, I'm not an LJ user in case you were wondering, and I can only guess as to why YOU folks are when you clearly have such contempt for the place.
I want to have my cake and eat it too!
Date: 2007-05-31 06:32 am (UTC)Uh huh. You know, I'm as against censorship as the next freedom-loving red-blooded American, and I agree with that handy-dandy Voltaire quote that someone's sure to post at some point - but you know what? It's stupid to think that I have the right to spread my message or speak my mind IN SOMEONE ELSE'S HOUSE. LiveJournal has decided that there are some things that they do NOT want associated with their names. If you don't like it, too goddamn bad.
LiveJournal has every right to censor whatever the hell they want. You have a journal there because they LET you have a journal there (at no charge, I might add) - and if they decide they don't want to let you have it anymore, tough shit. You're in NO position to dictate terms to THEM, when THEY'RE the ones giving you the journal-space in the first place. If you have a problem with LiveJournal's content policy, then take your blogging elsewhere. Plain and simple.
If someone came into my journal and started preaching, say, how great racism and bigotry are, you bet your bottom dollar I'd censor their posts in a Minnesota heartbeat. I have zero tolerance for that kind of shit. You want to preach something I have zero tolerance for? Fine. Knock yourself out. But you're not doing it in MY house.
From your post it says that LiveJournal apparantly stated, "[The censorship] was based on what community we want to build and what we think is appropriate within that community and what's not." Who the fuck is this "starstealingirl", or anyone else for that matter, to decide what kind of community LJ should have to build, or what LJ should have to find apporpriate. If you don't like the way LJ does business, if you don't like the kind of community they're building, if you don't like what they do and don't find appropriate, then WHY ARE YOU HERE?
Don't bother answering. The answer is the same as it is whenever folks complain about Walmart or gas prices. The answer is: "Because I want to have my cake and eat it too."
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And no, I'm not an LJ user in case you were wondering, and I can only guess as to why YOU folks are when you clearly have such contempt for the place.