Calle said: "I may ask people to move a thread to Freedom City, if it's about slash, which I know is a subject that upsets some people. This has happened."
Er, I thought you were allowed to discuss slash on this list if you wanted. The point of Freedom City is that you can discuss slash without having deal with people who disagree with it. If you don't mind having a row about slash, I thought there was no problem about discussing it here.
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Steve said:
Er, I thought you were allowed to discuss slash on this list if you wanted. The point of Freedom City is that you can discuss slash without having deal with people who disagree with it. If you don't mind having a row about slash, I thought there was no problem about discussing it here.
My impression of the differences between the two: 1. Some people on Lysator are interested in B7 as a science fiction show and either don't believe that the characters are having sex with anybody or want to talk about other things. Some Lystians find explicit discussions of the sex lives of fictional characters (slash or otherwise) to be offensive, so out of respect for them I do try to tone my posts down a bit. 2. I do not believe that anyone on FC is offended by explicit discussions of the sex lives of fictional characters, although there are disagreements about what is and isn't possible in a nitrogen atmosphere if the penguin is in a bad mood. 3. The default assumption on FC is that at least some of the characters have same-sex emotional and/or sexual interactions. 4. Whereas on Lysator this is either a controverted point or considered inappropriate for discussion. 5. If you say anything mean about either Blake or Tarrant on FC, somebody tries to kill you.
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"Steve" == Steve Rogerson steve.rogerson@mcr1.poptel.org.uk writes:
Er, I thought you were allowed to discuss slash on this list if you wanted.
Strictly speaking, it is. That's why I said "I may ask"; it'd be more of "You know, that's got an 80% or higher chance of starting a flamewar, maybe you should take it to Freedom City?" than "We don't want that here, go away". The theory behind this is that in 3 cases out of 4 when someone starts talking slash here, it's because they don't know Freedom City exists (since they, of course, never read the FAQ as I asked them to).
If you don't mind having a row about slash, I thought there was no problem about discussing it here.
It's not a problem in the sense that _I_ won't protest. It is a problem in the sense that other people almost certainly will. But essentially you're right.
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