Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: failure, free speech, satire, sexuality, technical difficulties, the internet
I was a-pondering as I so often do, and I thought I’d share my observations with you all. You see, I’m at a rather conservative university, and much of the Internet’s terrible bounty is unavailable to us. Unfortunately, this often includes some relatively innocuous material like LastFM (user-built radio stations) or Gaia Online (roleplaying game bulletin boards, I think?). Here’s a handy-dandy chart–charts are always funny, right?
| SITE BLOCKED | THE BLOCKER SAYS… | THE REAL REASON | WHAT ISN’T BLOCKED, STRANGELY |
| Xanga | Social/Dating Site | Socialize somewhere else, socialist. | Facebook (It’s what the kids are into these days.) |
| Anthro subsection of deviantART | Nudity; Gay/Lesbian | Yiff in hell, furfag. | Disney |
| Russian musician OMFO | Pornography | OMFO (“Our Man from Odessa”) could be an anagram for mofo, which is a sexual term I believe. | Actual pornography, or so I’ve heard… through the grapevine… |
| YTMND [unblocked] | Tasteless | You, sir, have appallingly bad taste. Shame on you! | Fox News |
| Some manga site | Sexual Materials | At least it’s human… but it’s still not American. You lose. | The Fox News Sexologist (She’s not board-certified, fellas…) |
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: art, christianity, free speech, freedom, libertarianism, sexuality, the trap, writing
Why start with this?
Well, firstly, it’s my half-assed attempt at a disclaimer, and secondly…
Why not?
I suppose what really spurred this commentary is the fact that, as a producer of fine (literary) art, the subjects of what I produce are often conflated with my own personal mores. For example, I’ve discussed with my aunt whether or not a work can be considered Christian and have, let’s say, a curse word or two. Or someone getting hurt. Or a reference to human sexuality. Furthermore, can one still be a Christian person and write such things?
Naturally, I came down on the side that any variety of things may be depicted in an artwork by a Christian–scribbling something on a piece of paper coming out of a character’s mouth doesn’t mean that you wholeheartedly approve of it. Once I mentioned that the Bible itself (which both I and her believe is true, mind you) contains a fair amount of deviant sexuality, gruesome violence and virulent imprecations, she pondered this for a moment and then responded: “Well, it’s still a catharsis of some sort.”
Do tell! 0_0
But seriously… the clothes don’t make the man, and neither should the parts absolutely define the whole. And now, with that said, I am hereby no longer responsible for corrupting your minds with whatever oddities I find and discuss in this weird and wacky world of ours. I promise to be fair, bal… make that opinionated, and somewhat entertaining. Now that you know what you’re in for… enjoy! ^^
