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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 8114055" data-attributes="member: 8835">Exactly, and thank you for getting my point.For the guy who didn't....Illegal stuff is illegal.&nbsp; Death threats, burning down a house, etc.&nbsp; Heck, hurting somebody's ability to work is slander/libel and worth a crap-ton in court.&nbsp; maybe the system doesn't work on enforcing that stuff, but it is covered.The basic example is people being angry because an author's work has offensive stuff in it.&nbsp; not the nutjob level of rioting and killing people over it.A sensitivity reader might catch that.&nbsp; I can clutch my pearls and say it hurts my artistic vision and publish anyway.&nbsp; Or I can decide that maybe that bit wasn't needed and I could do something else.Should the worst happen and you publish something that has a bit in it that is interpreted as offensive when you truly didn't mean it, what should you do?&nbsp; How about apologize.&nbsp; Say you didn't see it that way when you wrote it, but you're learning and will try to do better. And then do so. people will still be mad, but if you actually do better, it's on them for clinging to anger, not you for clinging to ignorance after that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 8114055, member: 8835"] Exactly, and thank you for getting my point. For the guy who didn't.... Illegal stuff is illegal. Death threats, burning down a house, etc. Heck, hurting somebody's ability to work is slander/libel and worth a crap-ton in court. maybe the system doesn't work on enforcing that stuff, but it is covered. The basic example is people being angry because an author's work has offensive stuff in it. not the nutjob level of rioting and killing people over it. A sensitivity reader might catch that. I can clutch my pearls and say it hurts my artistic vision and publish anyway. Or I can decide that maybe that bit wasn't needed and I could do something else. Should the worst happen and you publish something that has a bit in it that is interpreted as offensive when you truly didn't mean it, what should you do? How about apologize. Say you didn't see it that way when you wrote it, but you're learning and will try to do better. And then do so. people will still be mad, but if you actually do better, it's on them for clinging to anger, not you for clinging to ignorance after that. [/QUOTE]

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