Censorship In The Story Section

depp · 07-29-2007, 10:11 AM

Recently there has been a debate amongst myself and the moderators about some of the content in the story section. Many feel that some stories cross over into bad taste. These stories often involve kidnapping and/or rape.

While I am not a fan of kidnapping or rape I really don't like to see censorship of any speech. As of now stories that depict illegal activity are sometimes removed by the moderators when they feel that the story goes too far.

I am hesitant to allow this but understand their reasoning. The way I see it is that if we have a rating system, stories that are a little extreme are fine as long because they would be labeled as such.

I am really curious how all you guys feel about this issue. Please use this thread to voice your opinion so we can come up with firm policy.

View Poll Results: How should stories be treated?
Allow all types of stories as long as they have a rating	38	90.48%
Don't allow stories that border on what many might feel is poor taste	4	9.52%
Voters: 42. You may not vote on this poll

07-29-2007, 10:11 AM	#1
depp SysOp Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Here, now Posts: 3,532 Blog Entries: 51	Censorship In The Story Section Recently there has been a debate amongst myself and the moderators about some of the content in the story section. Many feel that some stories cross over into bad taste. These stories often involve kidnapping and/or rape. While I am not a fan of kidnapping or rape I really don't like to see censorship of any speech. As of now stories that depict illegal activity are sometimes removed by the moderators when they feel that the story goes too far. I am hesitant to allow this but understand their reasoning. The way I see it is that if we have a rating system, stories that are a little extreme are fine as long because they would be labeled as such. I am really curious how all you guys feel about this issue. Please use this thread to voice your opinion so we can come up with firm policy. __________________ The border between the two isn't all that clear. I'll be able to enter it soon. In full range. Full motion. I'll translate myself into it.