AmbientShade opened this issue on Jun 27, 2005 ยท 107 posts
AmbientShade posted Mon, 27 June 2005 at 11:26 PM
Thanks Morrigan. I have no problem with any laws that require adult sites to furnish solid proof of legal age for all the models in their site content. Nor do I have any problem with another issue that's recently been addressed (or readdressed, as it may or may not have come up before) regarding all adult-oriented web sites to switch to .xxx domains. I think it could be a good thing for everbody involved. Just on the surface I can see where it would take some of the pressure off those who run adult sites, and it would make blocking those domains from children a lot easier. Its a whole lot easier to block an address that ends in .xxx than it is to try and filter every bit of wording and content for the slight possibility that it might have something remotely adult hidden in it somewhere, not to mention trying to filter all the clever respellings and hyphonating of words that could suggest adult content. What I have a problem with tho is that these laws are being passed left and right regarding adult content when what IS and what is NOT adult content has never truly been 100% determined and agreed on by everybody. So as it stands currently, the claim is it doesn't affect digital art and tasteful nudity, etc etc. Maybe not at the moment. But let somebody like Tipper Gore log onto a site like R'osity and browse just a few images in wolf359's gallery (no offense wolf), and they'd be wanting the entire place shut down and/or moved to one of those .xxx domains yesterday. Then you have the concept of child nudity vs art, in an era where anime is extremely popular and in the face most all anime characters look no older than 15. My earlier comments, about mid-way up the thread were more in regards to other issues posters here brought up. When you see a wasp's nest hanging in the tree in your neighbors yard, big enough to see from your porch do you say, "not in my yard, not my problem."? E.D.