sargebear opened this issue on Jan 12, 2004 ยท 82 posts
Towal posted Tue, 13 January 2004 at 10:06 PM
Bruce,
Up until you started posting I do not believe it was common knowledge that this area currently does not have a full time mod (I certainly did not know). There are 2 mods and 5 coordinators listed at the top of the page. That gives the appearance that people are "on the job" so to speak.
As I have repeatedly said I don't care either way whether the pictures stay or go. I don't find any of them personally offensive and most of them were quite well done, IMO. The point I and I think a few others are trying to make is the uneven handling of situations.
As far as Dialyn, I do not care whether she is a member or a mod or the site owner. I don't care for what I feel like is an intentional mudding of the waters. That is my right. If I leave it certainly won't be only because of her post.
There are two distinct issues as I see them.
One being the uneven handling of the TOS. That is the one that I personally have issue with.
The other being that people will complain about things they find personally offensive to them and that is what I think Dialyn is addressing, but she is doing it in such a way as to try and confuse the two issues, IMO.
I haven't seen anything here (yet) that I find personally offensive. I don't have a problem with nudity, bondage, fetish gear, same sex relationships etc. I am an adult. If I don't like something I certainly realize that I am free simply not to click on the image or thread that might contain something that does not interest me.
I am not so presumptous to assume that just because it is something I do not wish to view I should tell others that they are not free to view it if they so choose.
I expect to see a certain amount of nudity at this or any other related site. The models don't come fully clothed so it makes sense there is going to be a certain amount of nudity when people ask questions about different problems they have etc. In the galleries I certainly expect to see quite a lot of nudity. If it bothered me I would filter or simply not look at those images which might offend my sensablities.
That is a completely seperate issue than the one I and others are addressing, IMO and I wish people would stop trying to make them the same one because they are not.
I would like to thank you for stepping up and trying to help this forum when it sounds like you have a lot on your plate already. It seems that at least one coordinator has time to make snide remarks and lock threads down rather than stepping up and address the issues in the forum that he is supposed to be moderating. If, instead, he had come forward and made a statement that there was currently no mod for this forum or that matters were being looked into that would likely have gone a ways toward diffusing the situations.
Thank you again for taking time to actually address my specific post vs just trying to sweep what I have said under the rug like it was never said.
Towal