I've been reading NC-17 fic since I was about 14 and look at me!
Uhm, well, anyway. In terms of fiction I really think it's a matter of 'warning' more than anything. Bookshops do not stop you from buying truly unsuitable fiction. I could send my nine-year-old brother to buy me Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting and know he'd come home with it despite the cashier probably knowing it was vastly unsuitable. Should this even be allowed?
I don't know, I really I see no reason to stop people from reading whatever the hell they want. I think this has more to do with me and my reading habits than anything. I mean, admittedly, I bought Coin Locker Babies by Ryu Murakami without knowing what the first line was. That could have been bad. It wasn't. But it could have been.
I understand that on the internet it's good to cover your backs a little because anyone could stumble across something like an idiot and read it. It's like when you stick Harry Potter into a search engine you do end up finding a whole lot of NC-17 fiction and that's not so good for prepubescent Potter fans looking for games or whatever else.
I don't know though, I'm 17. I ain't old enough to vote. I am amused by the idea that I could just say "Yes, I'm old enough to vote!" and be in anyway though. And, hey, I could vote if I lived in the Seychelles.
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2007-05-21 08:46 am (UTC)Uhm, well, anyway. In terms of fiction I really think it's a matter of 'warning' more than anything. Bookshops do not stop you from buying truly unsuitable fiction. I could send my nine-year-old brother to buy me Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting and know he'd come home with it despite the cashier probably knowing it was vastly unsuitable. Should this even be allowed?
I don't know, I really I see no reason to stop people from reading whatever the hell they want. I think this has more to do with me and my reading habits than anything. I mean, admittedly, I bought Coin Locker Babies by Ryu Murakami without knowing what the first line was. That could have been bad. It wasn't. But it could have been.
I understand that on the internet it's good to cover your backs a little because anyone could stumble across something like an idiot and read it. It's like when you stick Harry Potter into a search engine you do end up finding a whole lot of NC-17 fiction and that's not so good for prepubescent Potter fans looking for games or whatever else.
I don't know though, I'm 17. I ain't old enough to vote. I am amused by the idea that I could just say "Yes, I'm old enough to vote!" and be in anyway though. And, hey, I could vote if I lived in the Seychelles.
(OK. I have exams tomorrow. I have to work.)