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matrixrefugee ([personal profile] matrixrefugee) wrote2008-03-29 11:14 am

Writer's Block: No Laughing Matter

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Child abuse, especially sexual abuse, since those wounds cut the deepest and sometimes they never heal at all. The Holocaust -- I mean, Robert Benigni's "Life is Beautiful" is one thing, but making jokes about probably the most horrible chapter in human history is low, and any teenaged skinhead-wannabe who thinks otherwise should be caught in a time and space warp and come out in 1940s Poland on the other side.

[identity profile] ladyneferankh.livejournal.com 2008-03-29 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh my God, I agree with this completely. Off-color jokes make me wince, but I'll usually just ignore 'em. Not my style, but if some people like them.Fine.

But child abuse is not something we can ever afford to take lightly. I find myself shivering even when I sometimes come across fanfics etc; involving stuff with very young characters--how can people think this is fine?

And I agree with you about the holocaust as well. Couldn't've said it better.

[identity profile] koemiko.livejournal.com 2008-03-30 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
I find myself shivering even when I sometimes come across fanfics etc; involving stuff with very young characters--how can people think this is fine?

Depends on what kind of fanfics you're talking about.