I think we're straying here. I'll try to go back to the topic at hand. While art is a totally vague term and could take any shape or form, not every gallery is the same. For example, every modern art gallery has themes and rules, and you might not find, say, adult oriented art in a gallery for children. Just like you won't find any abstract art in a gallery of Flemish Primitives. Simply, they're the Terms of Service used to make sure the customers get to see what they expect. Now of course, many would claim that art banned from certain galleries is still art. Some even think that a picture of human roadkill can be artistic (it does take some level of detachment though). To sum it up, art is what you create - and rightly so, if you look at the origins of the word itself. It basically means "craft" or "creation". The topic of this conversation was originally the abuse of a certain type of art. There were no mentions of TOS or the such, so I do not see the need to bring up burkas or bibles except for humour (but since that has already been done several times in past threads, it is getting old). I have to agree that nudity and violence are much more popular than many other topics, but we should keep in mind that this is a public gallery. All a person has to do is create a login and upload their favourite Big Breasted Vicki. As long as they remain within the TOS, all is well. Renderosity is certainly not an elite artists' repository - and even such an elite gallery would eventually spawn some internal strife (again because of different interpretations of the word 'art'). So I am afraid all we can do is live with it, and occasionally bitch about it because it feels good. :) Cheers, Antonio (a.k.a. Amalthea)