I usually try to stay out of these long threads and read them for amusement only, but in this case, I thought I'd throw in some thoughts on the topic.

ChuckEvans wrote in the other thread...:

(1)... BUT, I can tell you right now, if you are up on workplace sexual harrassment, if someone walks around the corner and sees this bikini-clad image on your monitor you're in trouble! After all, it is generally accepted in the U.S. (the center of the universe as several might have you think) that posters and calendars of such pinup material is NOT acceptable.

If you are being investigated for sexual harrassment, you are asking for trouble by visiting 'rosity in the first place!

(3) People are asked to consider what is nudity in the US (like, walking down the street). Yet, since this site is very worldwide, why is the US the denominator? Because the site is located in Tennessee?

Since the site is located in Tennessee, it is subject to Tennessee state law and U.S. Federal law. So, yes, location is a determining factor in how the site is operated. Like it or not, we have legislators in this country that think they can control the Internet.

Finally, IN THE US, I have seen billboards showing females clad similarly to the one that geoegress posted (that started all this again) in an advertisement for radio stations (96 Rock in Atlanta...part of the "thumper belt", and PETA messages...against fur). The image geoegress posted was no worse than those.

Do you know if anyone complained about the billboard? I don't know either, but most likely someone did. Mabye there was not enough complaints and pressure to take it down. In Peoria, Illinois, a billboard advertising a tanning salon was taken down because the city council felt that it was too racy. The billboard showed a woman in a bikini of acceptable coverage laying on her side. There is a saying in the entertainment business: If it plays Peoria, it will play anywhere. Why? Because Peoria is one of the most conservative cities in the country. Different parts of the country have different attitudes.

And I thought I had too much time on my hands. Geezz, as Lyrra stated: "This is not exactly a high stress thing here guys. Please relax a bit.." I'm waiting on some laundry, so yes, I do have some idle time on my hands. :-) Take things with a grain of salt people. How many times does this need to be said: This is a privately operated site. You have no rights or freedoms here. You have the privilege of being a member, being able to post messages, and being able to post images in the galleries. "Rights" and "freedoms" have no bearing on the policies and TOS of this site.