heroart opened this issue on Mar 16, 2005 ยท 112 posts
hauksdottir posted Thu, 17 March 2005 at 7:19 PM
As far as I am concerned, there is nothing inherently wrong with most images of naked children (fur rugs, bathtubs, fishing holes). I think bras on mermaids are ridiculous and that clothes on a flying creature will probably act as a drag and get tangled in the thickets. Sexually provocative images are another matter. I find using and exploiting digital children in a sexual manner simply to get hits on an image as distasteful as I'd find exploiting any other type of pornography (including the pornography of violence). The combination of innocence and sexuality must be tremendously erotic to judge from the childish faces and childish bodies in full provocative display. There is a desire for such imagery, or else it wouldn't exist... and the people making kiddieporn would find something else to sell. Instead of pouty-mouthed Lolitas, we might get some mature character packs. HOWEVER, my own preferences aside, I am in favor of following the given, announced, and agreed-to rules of this website. I am here by permission of the site owners. I visit the other sites by their permission. Only on my own site would I feel free to say exactly what I want. Corporate property is just that. Property. Theirs and their rules. A website is property... and you are invited to enter or told to leave. My personal opinion as to nudity doesn't matter the least little bit. If I walk into the DeYoung or the Legion of Honor or any of the other world class art museums here, I am not allowed to hang my own images, photograph theirs, talk loudly, touch anything, disturb the peace, bring in food, walk around naked, have sex in the outside pool, yell through a bullhorn that they discriminate against x, or a hundred other infractions. Their property, their rules, and they have the right to remove anybody not following their rules... any claims to artistic freedom aside. Seven nude kids painted the colors of the rainbow wouldn't be able to walk their galleries, no matter how artistically painted or if Picasso signed each of them on the butt or if the Pope specially blessed them in their innocence. This website is a commercial property and has to follow the rules set out by many, many other companies and legislators. People who persist in violating those rules just make it harder for everyone else. People who persist in rousing the rabble to soothe their own bruised egos just leave a bad smell in the air. Carolly the Opinionated