But I think the distinction already exists in the language as people use it, and I think that the Archive, as a philosophical position on inclusion of multiple fannish subcultures, is trying to avoid imposing a vocabulary on its users. This is in part because they are trying to appeal to a broad cross-section of fans, including ones who are not feminist or may even be consciously and intentionally anti-feminist, e.g. if Gor fandom wanted to use the archive, they could.
I also think that people can have a more sophisticated understanding of language than you're giving them credit for, that they understand that what a word means in one situation is not the same as what it means in a different situation. Most people understand that the violence in a Tarantino movie is not behavior you can use in real life, but that doesn't and shouldn't stop a movie critic from describing Kill Bill as a fun carnival ride.
I also think that, as a practical matter, restricting any ambiguity in what the Abuse Team is responsible for evaluating is necessary to keep them from getting drawn in to personal vendettas or people trying to kick stuff of the Archive because they don't like it.
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Date: 2009-11-18 04:20 am (UTC)I also think that people can have a more sophisticated understanding of language than you're giving them credit for, that they understand that what a word means in one situation is not the same as what it means in a different situation. Most people understand that the violence in a Tarantino movie is not behavior you can use in real life, but that doesn't and shouldn't stop a movie critic from describing Kill Bill as a fun carnival ride.
I also think that, as a practical matter, restricting any ambiguity in what the Abuse Team is responsible for evaluating is necessary to keep them from getting drawn in to personal vendettas or people trying to kick stuff of the Archive because they don't like it.