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kissa_bitesEntry for March 04, 2007
I'm rarely one to beat a dead horse or to even shoot the horse just so people will gasp and cry, "Oh, my God, you shot a horse!" Shooting horses irritates me to no end. I will always try to stay away from horses, blood or even the stench of rotting flesh. I live my life in a way to avoid them completely. Now, though, I'm annoyed that I'm even involved with bullets and fur at all.
I hate that I even have to think about it but I'm a daughter, mother, lover, sister, dominant, submissive, friend, advisor, enemy and even a non-entity to other people. I've always been okay with my place in life as it relates to other people. But once in awhile, my place changes by letter, law, whim or a direct conflict with a fundamental belief I hold.
I'm an adult webmistress. If I willingly let a minor onto my site, into my chat, or to send material to be viewed by the public, I could go to jail. Not Camp Cupcake jail. Jail jail. I could be sued, as has happened many times before, by the parents of said minor for everything I own - house, car, bank account and all future earnings from my art and my day job - is that fair to ask of any webmaster?
More than that, I don't let minors on my site because I'm a parent. I have only to think of my own daughter when I deal with minors on my site. Would I want my daughter to see or read pictures or stories with graphic sex before she's 18? I don't want her seeing it until she's 30! Okay, perhaps not thirty, but not until she's legal. I have to ask if another parent will have feelings similar to mine when I'm confronted with someone else's child.
Perhaps it is that interesting concept of "social responsibility", maybe it's being my brother's keeper, but if I claim a brother with affection and caring, I also assume responsibility for him, his happiness and to a certain extent, his future, as much as I can control it. If I didn't care about my brother - the person, the human being - I wouldn't do anything.
I'm rarely one to beat a dead horse or to even shoot the horse just so people will gasp and cry, "Oh, my God, you shot a horse!" Shooting horses irritates me to no end. I will always try to stay away from horses, blood or even the stench of rotting flesh. I live my life in a way to avoid them completely. Now, though, I'm annoyed that I'm even involved with bullets and fur at all.
I hate that I even have to think about it but I'm a daughter, mother, lover, sister, dominant, submissive, friend, advisor, enemy and even a non-entity to other people. I've always been okay with my place in life as it relates to other people. But once in awhile, my place changes by letter, law, whim or a direct conflict with a fundamental belief I hold.
I'm an adult webmistress. If I willingly let a minor onto my site, into my chat, or to send material to be viewed by the public, I could go to jail. Not Camp Cupcake jail. Jail jail. I could be sued, as has happened many times before, by the parents of said minor for everything I own - house, car, bank account and all future earnings from my art and my day job - is that fair to ask of any webmaster?
More than that, I don't let minors on my site because I'm a parent. I have only to think of my own daughter when I deal with minors on my site. Would I want my daughter to see or read pictures or stories with graphic sex before she's 18? I don't want her seeing it until she's 30! Okay, perhaps not thirty, but not until she's legal. I have to ask if another parent will have feelings similar to mine when I'm confronted with someone else's child.
Perhaps it is that interesting concept of "social responsibility", maybe it's being my brother's keeper, but if I claim a brother with affection and caring, I also assume responsibility for him, his happiness and to a certain extent, his future, as much as I can control it. If I didn't care about my brother - the person, the human being - I wouldn't do anything.
