WARNING! LARGE RANT AHEAD!







(RANTSPACE)





Right! I've had an utter gutful and I'm going to say my piece because it 
appears that everybody else is too fucking gutless to stand up for fear 
of making WW mad!

Frankly I don't give a flying shit! WW has decided that he's going to 
screw us all over simply because he can't handle a few whining complaints 
from the wowsers who don't like SPAM. This ML is supposed to be a place 
for discussion of anime fandom and other fanfiction. With this new 
regime in place, it seem that a form of self censorship has overtaken 
the group. It bodes extremely poorly when people's freedom of expression 
is restricted because it impedes on a small minority's style. In the past, 
I have always felt that this ML was a real community where everybody was 
free to speak their piece on whatever topic was at hand. 

These days, most people are just too damned scared of what WW will do them 
if they stray off topic. The net result of this will be even less C&C than 
before, less fanfics ('cause these's no point), less members and, eventually 
_NO_ML_! 

Maybe this is WW real agenda? If it is, he should just say so and find 
someone else to take over running the show. If he doesn't want to do it 
properly, he should just get out of the way and let someone else take 
the reins. There is no room in administration for precious sensibilities!

This used to be a fun ML where everybody considered each others opinions 
and feelings. These days, there's an air of dispair and fear around here,
and all of a sudden, things don't seem to rosey any more. In the end, the 
blame has to fall at WW's feet. He runs the ML, it's his responsiblity.
He is fooling himself if he really thinks that killing the SPAM is going 
to improve the group, its not. The SPAM is what made the ML so friendly. 
People were free to let discussion roam freely and a lot of good fanfic 
ideas came out of this. In a lot of cases, people used the ML as a 
sounding board for and idea they were not sure about. In almost every 
case, someone said it was good and the story got written. If SPAM 
produces new fanfiction, then it is worth more than it's weight in gold. 

Once agin, we have a situation where WW has recieved complaints from those 
who dislike SPAM and can't handle it. The fact is that the SPAM is what 
makes this ML what it was. Sometimes, change for changes sake is more 
detrimental than helpful...

On every occasion when something has changed around here, it has been 
because WW has caved into the whining of the minority and overreacted like a 
politician in an election year. If things don't return to the old (and true) 
way, I fear for the future of the ML.

I don't blame WW really, but I think he's made a terrible mistake and 
we're all suffering for it. This letter is going to piss him off mightily, 
but I don't care. When the system is wrong, someone has to stand up... 
It might as well be me...

P-word.

- freedom fighter

PS: This will probably be my last post as I have a feeling WW is going to 
show me the door within about 5.2 miliseconds of reading this... Good 
luck all!