heroart opened this issue on Mar 16, 2005 ยท 112 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Thu, 17 March 2005 at 12:37 PM
My, my, my.....how threads can grow overnight. Like mushrooms in the backyard. (I remember the Summer of Love and the feeling that we could change the world). Immediately following the end of WWII, during a brief (very brief) window of time -- a lot of starry-eyed people thought the same thing. Human nature -- including our own -- has a way of destroying our youthful "we can save the world" illusions about ourselves. The experience can be quite traumatic and devastating. It's one reason why a lot of people end up being so bitter in their later years. *********************************************************** As for the central point of this thread -- Renderosity can set their own rules, and the admins can then enforce them in any way that they see fit. For our part -- given that set of rules -- we can decide for ourselves whether we wish to participate in the community -- or not. It's entirely up to the individual. If they won't let me post images that they find questionable for various reasons -- so be it. I'm not going to get all huffy over the issue. Life's too short to spend it getting upset all of the time. Upset comes enough on its own. I don't need to help it along. My attitude about myself (and my "art" -- such as it is) shouldn't be affected by the attitudes of others towards me. If I allow them such power over my own well-being, then I might as well resign. So......if an admin chooses to delete my posts from the gallery......shrug.........who cares? Maybe somebody does, but I don't. I'll just go elsewhere, and post my stuff there. And not worry about it. *********************************************************** Starting "agenda" threads in the forum won't win you any Kewpie (cupie?) dolls.....except from the few people that happen to agree with you already. And that's hardly worth the effort -- other than to merely express one's rage against the unfairness of the world. Which accomplishes exactly nothing. .......other than to take a toll on your own health and emotional well-being.