WideEyedPup

Okay basic stuff --

• do you know what it is caused by;
• how severe is it (examples of what you forget);
• how does it affect your daily life?

You have already mentioned the worry about BRAM violations and losing your ability to receive payments. On a slightly different note, here in Britain we are seeing legislation that makes ownership of 'extreme' pornography a very fuzzy area (anything that could cause harm to another person, which could arguably include fisting or CP liable to cause marks); rape fantasy porn will be illegal to own/host, too... This means that sites here could get taken down even for hosting content that's not theirs or is user-uploaded (though to my knowledge this has not yet happened except for kiddie and bestiality violations). The government also wants to introduce an opt-in filter for porno on all home Internet connections in the coming year.

tl;dr and question: In Britain certain extreme content is becoming potentially illegal and porn, especially of certain types, is being vilified by the government. 1) What personal rules do you observe in terms of content you allow? 2) Are there any censorship rules in America that do/could affect content you post of extreme porno, and how do you deal with them?

Though this article's author also says

The instruments of FOIA are too important to lose

I had always thought of Science Fiction as being nearly interchangeable with Knowledge Fiction. For example, there is a text by Voltaire called Micromégas in which giants from outer space visit Earth, and then a series of other bigger planets, to find out that all the beings in the universe complain about their lifespan, even those giants that live to billions of years of age.

Of course, it takes fantasy to create that story. But the idea itself is a fantastic discussion of knowledge, for it is also a philosophical exploration, and all the best Star Trek episodes, for example, are explorations of Big Ideas. So 'science fiction' I like to think of as a label for the epistemological aspect of fantastic fiction. On the other hand, I agree with your definition of fantasy--as a leap such as stepping through the wardrobe into Narnia.

In any case, your AMA is great food for thought, thanks for taking the time to do it! I wish I could go back and do my undergraduate degree in Fantasy!