EricofSD opened this issue on Feb 20, 2003 ยท 24 posts
mlevans posted Thu, 20 February 2003 at 7:45 AM
Dave, no nudity apparently leaves a great deal of room for interpretation. Dictionary defines nude as "without clothing", but there are all sorts of clothing that reveal and/or conceal varying amounts of portions of the body that some members of socitety consider to be objectionable. My first submission to the contest in question was rejected based upon the nudity provisions, and the character in that image was not nude. The shot was only from the waist up, she was wearing a dress which concealed completely all but the very top of the breast swell. However, that dress had a very low dip in the center that went below where the nipples would have been, assuming one could see them, which one could not. Eric expressed to me that this was not permissible, and whether or not I agreed with the rationale, I tend to try to follow whatever the moderators declare to be the guidelines. If they change those guidelines, I'm cool with that too. I think I agree with Petunia when she says "A bit of common sense is needed to work this kinda thing out". That really throws it back into the moderators' laps, and believe me, I wouldn't want their job for anything...because this sort of thing will always come down, at least to some extent, to a case-by-case basis. Hope your days are bright. Peace, Morgan