I think this is a good thing, because there are so many people on the internet under the age of thirteen, who probably don't appreciate reading "graphic" fiction.

However, if you don't like reading it, don't. It's not a big deal. By putting up this banner, I am saying that if people want to write graphic fiction, they are more than welcome to. I just don't have to read it. This is probably not what the owners of the page wanted, but who am I to say which is right and which is wrong? Live and let live (just rollin' off with cliches this mornin'!). Authors who write "graphic" fiction are choosing to write it. Just like the people who read it are choosing to read it.

You make the choice to read it, the authors are not forcing you. I cannot and will not say that "graphic" fiction is wrong. What I think is wrong (and I am NOT saying that "graphic" stuff is wrong), another person might think is right and vice versa. Just like what is heaven to one person might not be to another (right, Shann?).

Writing is a form of self-expression. If I were to say that the authors of "graphic" fiction are bad, terrible people, because they write "graphic" fiction, I would be saying that their form of self-expression is wrong. There are many things you can argue, but you cannot say that someone's self-expression is wrong. You just can't.

So, instead, I am choosing to support the What Would They Think? Challenge to provide a list of links where people who don't want to read "graphic" fiction can visit, knowing that they won't stumble across something...well..."graphic." (And I am sick to death of those stupid quotation marks.) Please respect me for the decision I have chosen to make. It is my decision, my choice, and nothing you can say will change the fact that it is mine to make. This is my self-expression. Please respect it.
Thank you

-Kim-

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