The thing that bugs me is that on the panel I went to, people who were for writing on other cultures didn't take enough note of the problems inherent in the act and simply seemed to be saying that they could do it.
I wasn't at the panel, obviously, but the thing that bugged me most when reading about it was the idea that you could ask permission and then it would be okay. WTF? Ask permission from who? And how many? If you get ten signatures approving it, but then ten different people protest your book, do they cancel each other out? And the idea of paying someone to make it okay... wow, there are so many problems with that.
And what I really meant to say was, do you mind if I link to this?
Oh, yes! Posts in my journal are always linkable. (And secretly, I'm glad you liked it; I know some people are upset over some of the reactions, and I worried that I'd go off and say something stupid myself.)
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I wasn't at the panel, obviously, but the thing that bugged me most when reading about it was the idea that you could ask permission and then it would be okay. WTF? Ask permission from who? And how many? If you get ten signatures approving it, but then ten different people protest your book, do they cancel each other out? And the idea of paying someone to make it okay... wow, there are so many problems with that.
And what I really meant to say was, do you mind if I link to this?
Oh, yes! Posts in my journal are always linkable. (And secretly, I'm glad you liked it; I know some people are upset over some of the reactions, and I worried that I'd go off and say something stupid myself.)