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Worm and Rule 8

Discussion in 'Announcements and Rules' started by eveakane, Mar 16, 2023.

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  1. eveakane

    eveakane I'm definitely a Hooman

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    Since I feel that it's better to ask now than get Surprised Pikachu Faced, I got a question:

    Worm has an organization in China called the C.U.I. and the Yangban, and I'm planning on writing chapters involving them like coercion, kidnapping and such. How far is too far?

    As far as I understood it and from what I've read looking into other questions, I shouldn't write about irl politics/current events in the story, or talk about it in the comments, as well as to not talk about irl politicians in a contentious way. So would my writing trip on red flags?
     
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  2. Biigoh

    Biigoh Primordial Tanuki Moderator

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    It should not be an issue as long as you don't use the story as a soapbox to do your politics from.
     
  3. alethiophile

    alethiophile Shadowed Philosopher Administrator

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    The only Rule 8 issue for story text themselves is if you're using an actual IRL politician in a contentious way. Anything from Worm is fine.

    Our bigger issues have been around discussion in story threads going over the Rule 8 line. Make sure you don't get off onto RL politics tangents during discussion.
     
  4. eveakane

    eveakane I'm definitely a Hooman

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    Good to know, thanks. I'm also doing my best to prevent those discussions from happening, yeah.
     
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