I'm meant to be going to sleep now but I checked comments and felt I should reply to this before I go. I think that analogy is flawed in a very important way. Inside "your house" is a private area (which guests do occasionally criticise and that may be wrong) but SoFurry or Inkbunny are public forums. That distinction, I think, must always be kept in mind. I can't come into your house and criticise the décor BUT if you put your house on show then you are opening it to the public and it's fair game. Similarly if you have a private sketch book then that could be immune from criticism as you show it to individuals as a special privilege. What you post on-line is open to the public and it should therefore be free to the public to judge it.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
I'm meant to be going to sleep now but I checked comments and felt I should reply to this before I go. I think that analogy is flawed in a very important way. Inside "your house" is a private area (which guests do occasionally criticise and that may be wrong) but SoFurry or Inkbunny are public forums. That distinction, I think, must always be kept in mind. I can't come into your house and criticise the décor BUT if you put your house on show then you are opening it to the public and it's fair game. Similarly if you have a private sketch book then that could be immune from criticism as you show it to individuals as a special privilege. What you post on-line is open to the public and it should therefore be free to the public to judge it.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~