LJ Strikeout '07: Support Freedom of Expression!

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Ok...so sorry if you've all seen this all over your friends list, but compiling two different "action plans". I'm sorry, but i'm screening comments and logging IPs. >>; you will have to wait till your comment shows up.



roaring's compiled a listing of some of the facts,which link to more facts, etc., of what's going on, mostly in relation to the fandom people getting hit by this.
Click the banner above to see that.

this was taken from rosesatmidnight for the same program on a more personal standpoiont, though I edited it for my own words at the end. For the original go take action!
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Change your user name, personalize your comments in the last paragraph, and email this to privacy@livejournal.com and post it to your journal or profile.

Dear LJ:

I was quite appalled to hear about your mass-deletion of communities and journals with what you deemed as 'triggering' interests. Some of us have survived Rape. Some of us have survived abuse. And some of us wish to speak up and help others. How can we do that if you're taking away what we use to help those in need?

Have you even researched this "Warriors For Innocence"? Now what about the countless others who will not benefit from this deletion? What about the countless molesters who will now be driven further underground?

What about the countless members who have survived abuse, who have survived rape, and are now, finally, proud to stand up and say that they have... only for LJ to tell them that they can't?

Now what will we do? Now what source will we have to share our stories and our knowledge with others, now that your once-valuable source has been so ruthlessly and thoughtlessly taken away?

You were once one of the voices that helped make us strong as a united front.

And now your silence in the fight deafens me. Your silence speaks volumes, as much now as it will ever speak. Your silence is like a slap in the face to those of us who have survived the rape, survived the abuse, and are now, or will soon, learn to stand again, learn to live again, learn to function again.

As the friend of several people who have survived abuse and rape, I, personally, hope that you never experience it. And if that does happen, I hope that this very same silence never crosses your path.

Respectfully,
ladybrighid3333

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Name/Alias: Besanii
Journal name: wildwesternwind
Location(optional): South Dakota
Comment(optional): I find this action to be outrageous. While it may have started as a noble endevour, the system has crumbled into little more than a witch-hunt. While I in no way upon this earth condone pedophilia, the mass deletions of journals simply because they have a trigger word that rings the "BAD" bell is wholly inappropriate. Take a look closer...look underneath the underneath. A turn of the phrase may not mean what you are hearing.
And onto the subject of fanfiction. If I am correct, isnt there this pesky little thing in the Bill of Rights that talks about free speech. That may be my imagination....but who knows...Maybe it is REAL. LJ, take a look at the context that many of these works of fandom are written in. TAke a look at the works that they are written for and the culture that these are based on. ARe all books that are published and found in Libraries free of your 'trigger words'? No they are not...Do you wish to burn them too?...How about we condemn the writers that wrote those great works of art?...Shall we burn them at the stake?..While this is an extreme example, what you are doing now is just a modern day witch hunt that ammature writers that dabble in fanfiction are facing.
Your indiscriminate actions are driving the real criminals underground LJ. Take care with your actions please and redo the system and add some discrimination.