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>>>>While I don't believe slash is porn, your definition >>>>of porn is a bit fudged. Pornograhy is NOT illegal. >> >>Actually, that depends on your jurisdiction. >>"Pornography" is actually not a legal category at all. >>The legal question is whether or not material can be >>deemed "obscene" (not possessing literary or >>scientific value according to community standards). >>Distributing obscene materials to minors is >>illegal--but what's obscene in San Francisco and >>what's obscene in Salt Lake City is going to be vastly >>different. >> >>>I have no problems with most of slash. I am offended >>>by stories where minors IE those below the age of >>>consent are having sex in a story. >> >>See, I can understand that--but I don't see very much >>of it happening. Most HP slash authors "age up" the >>characters to at least 16--which is the age of consent >>in Great Britain. >> >>Though I do find it a bit amusing that so many people >>are getting their panties in a bunch about this. *I* >>certainly didn't wait until I was legal to start >>having sex...wonder how many of the people complaining >>did? >> >>I wouldn't write >>>it. I wouldn't read it. I find it offensive and >>>distasteful and if I was in Warner Brother's shoes, >>>I'd probably have already brought suit against fan >>>fiction writers for damage to my trademark. That's >>>just me. >> >>What WB is worried about is that people will start >>ranting that "Harry Potter is Gay!" just like they are >>ranting that JKR is promoting Wicca. And I suppose >>they can bring suit, but I strongly suspect that their >>legal staff has figured out that it just isn't worth >>the time and effort to chase after a bunch of broke >>young women. > >ok Harry Potter is not gay, nor is JKR promoting >wicca!(and I know that you wernt intending that were, >but I just had to say something about that) I >confess, I enjoy reading the HP slash stories, an No >not all slash include porn. To tell you the trouth, >I've read about 50 HP slash stories (including my own >and my friends) and very few of them have any form of >sex or pornography.
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