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[floatingleaf]

First of all, Happy St.Patrick's Day to whoever celebrates it.

Second of all, a belated Happy Birthday to ana_lib_elf, who probably won't see this, but whom I miss and wish all the best anyway.<3

Third of all, LJ these days feels like a sinking ship. So many people are leaving, for various reasons. And even though I understand those reasons, I'm far from happy about it. Because I'm just not ready to leave myself at this point. Even if I think it might be the 'politically correct' thing to do. I'm not enthusiastic about the way LJ treats its customers - eliminating basic free accounts etc. - but I would be even less enthusiastic about closing up shop and starting from scratch somewhere else, with no guarantees that it would actually be any better in the first place. Besides, I had decided to switch to a paid account long ago, so the changes concerning free accounts don't really affect me in any way. And as for fandom and its issues... I started this LJ BEFORE I actually discovered the LOTR fandom. In fact, at the beginning it wasn't a fandom or community thing for me at all. It was very personal, and no one was reading it besides myself, because I didn't know anyone and had no 'flist' whatsoever. So even if everyone I care about leaves now, and all fandom-related activities come to a standstill, it will be merely a deja-vu kind of situation. Not pleasant, perhaps, but tolerable. I am a classic self-sufficient hermit type, after all. *nods grimly*

I really don't want to get started on how it makes me feel to see people lash out at each other and call each other names because their opinions happen to differ. I hold up what I said in my previous post - nobody's perfect, and nobody deserves to be ostracized because of it - but does it really help to blow up the whole thing to demonic proportions and raise a big outcry about a 'witch hunt', complete with massive defriendings of anyone who honestly expressed their thoughts? I firmly believe that the person being 'defended' in such a way is much more mature and reasonable than that, and the knowledge that it's mostly the 'defenders' who act like five-year-olds throwing tantrums just makes me cringe. I'm sure that's the last thing on earth she ever intended to cause, and I feel for her all the more because of it.

And now I am definitely done on the topic. Good night.

Comments

[stormatdusk.livejournal.com]

tough times, these are. hopefully many will ride them out together. i'm glad you're here. :)

[floatingleaf.livejournal.com]

And vice versa.:)

[flipnotist.livejournal.com]

but does it really help to blow up the whole thing to demonic proportions and raise a big outcry about a 'witch hunt', complete with massive defriendings of anyone who honestly expressed their thoughts?

*HUGS YOU*

[floatingleaf.livejournal.com]

*hugs you back* :)