GoN2GraceLand opened this issue on Sep 16, 2004 ยท 64 posts
lmckenzie posted Thu, 16 September 2004 at 8:59 PM
I agree there is waaaay too much of a tendency to jump to evil conclusions. I can understand that some people feel there are no circumstances under which anyone in any way could want an anatomically correct model of a child and not be some kind of sicko pervert. But, to use Cromwell's rather colorful phrase, "I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken." I agree with Byrdie, the way the request was phrased might seem to imply less than wholesome intent at first glance but consider that people don't always express their intent clearly as they might in dashing off a quick post here. Not everyone here is a native English speaker or familiar with the nuances of expression. Not everyone is familiar with the cultural taboos they might be treading on. I could go on but the point is, why immediately pounce on someone you don't know, whose background, motives and intent you don't know, without giving at least some small consideration to the possibility that you might indeed be wrong? And if we're going to start policing "implied" images, then and request foe Mike "erection morphs" is a priori forbidden because it "implies" the creation of an image that can't be posted here.
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