You are like people who say "America, love it or leave it." No, that's NOT how it works. I will not leave and I will continue to point out the hypocrisy of the people who run this site. If you don't like that, you are free to leave...As for speaking to Laurel, she should come here and talk to the writers from whom she earns her bread and butter. She owes us, we don't owe her. So come on Laurel, join the thread and state your case...They may solicit stories, but they are under no onus to publish any they choose not to. As for the reasons given to Bn2f, they were clear–even if we don't agree with them. The issue here (for me) would be the one winterfare's brought up: Bn2f's was rejected where another in a similar vein was put through. Discrepancies like these are worth addressing.
I've had my own criticisms of Lit, and at one stage took a wander around the web looking for something more suited to my frame of mind at the time. I never quite found anything like Lit, and so here I am. Any of us are free to leave if we're not happy with the place and what it has to offer; anyone's free to address issues they see as "problems". If you really want to get anything actually DONE about the problems, you need to speak to those who make the rules, aka the site owners. Having gone through the motions, if things get changed for the better then you'll be a happy bunny. If they don't, then there are a gazillion other sites to