Quoting from Andrew's quoted segment, about signs in public areas:
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All in the cause of "safety first" and foolproof living.
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I'm not at all persuaded that those signs are motivated by concern for safety. I submit they're there as protection against liability in the rare event of some accident or injury. Blame the lawyers.
The call for trigger warnings discussed in the Atlantic has a different motivation. It's a different, second issue, and I'd prefer not to get into that discussion.
A third different issue is the Sphere's long-standing preference for title-field warnings about language or narration that will bother some readers. We all know some Sphere members wish the guidelines didn't call for those warnings. But they do. Innocent posters who are simply trying to comply with the guidelines should not have to fear getting involved in this fight, and distracted from the poem, every time they want to post edgy material.
If you want a guideline change, get together with like-minded members and bother Alex, not other poets.
If this thread aims to find like-minded members, fine. (Incidentally, I'm not one.)