Geneb - While I understand you are upset, I think you need to step down off of the soapbox for a minute and realize where you are and who you are talking to. This is not a publicly owned forum and the moderators and helpers here are not paid employees but volunteers. There is nothing of Misha's in question ... neither his politeness or his impartiality. Who, by the way, told you that anyone here is impartial? As I understand it, Misha brought to the attention of the moderators an image that he thought was an obvious violation of the letter of the TOS (it's there in black and white as the primary example -- not some vaguery that had to be decided upon) and they made a decision based on that. Seems pretty simple to me. How this brings anything about Misha into question, I don't know.

That said, I will also say that I agree that I don't think the photo should have been pulled, but that is just my opinion.

Ricky - I think that you can always explain away many things like that. If you'll excuse my candor(sp?), as a man I have had an erection when I am not aroused. For many of us, we wake up in the morning this way. In fact, if I saw a statue like that I wouldn't be thinking sexual but the "morning ritual" -- especially if there was water coming out of it. I think that, while having nice tidy "don'ts" in the TOS, they need to be applied in context.

Would a photo of the Japanese penis festival (I forget the name) - where they have the huge 10 foot tall erect penises and statues with erect penises all over the place - be considered a violation? How far do you go when talking about arousal? Where is the line drawn. I think that's the main concern for me.

Sensual Thoughts

Oh yea, the link above is to an image that I believe fits your description. The depiction is obviously (at least to me) one of a woman in a state of arousal with erect nipples. It is one of the most viewed images on this site (think it's in the top 20 or 30 of all image). I find nothing what-so-ever offensive with this image. I believe to some, her actions would be considered overt. I find it to be a sensual photo and not a sexual one. But again, my opinion.

-=>Donald