"I do not want to start flame wars here."

Then why did you engage in needless USA-bashing? This was an absolutely terrible way to announce your upcoming store. Brag all you like about the allegedly superior German educational system, but what you did here was incredibly stupid as a business move. Jeez, I probaby would have been one of your first customers if I hadn't just read this post. Now ... I don't think so. You would have done better to separate the store announcement from your criticisms of Renderosity and the United States. However, I do understand that you're openly doing this to harvest offended merchants from this site and others. Still, poor form.

Fact is, I tend to agree with you about the climate of sexual hysteria in the USA. It's hypocritical and inane but the tone of your posturing is a real turn-off and betrays a foul attitude towards what is potentially your largest customer base. I mean, c'mon, "Please realize that the United States of America is not the center of the known universe..." I seriously considered risking my first-ever "warning" from the staff here, because the correct respone to that sort of creepy condescending bullshit is probably a TOS violation.
It would be so easy to turn around and counter-bash Germany on matters of morality and criminality, but hopefully just mentioning that will make the point so nobody has to go there.

You speak of your truthfulness and offer to provide evidence.
Please provide references to the case in which you claim someone is in jail for making Poser images. I'm not contesting your claim, but I haven't seen references to this case before, and would like to learn more. Thanks in advance; I look forward to pursuing the proof you'd mentioned.

Message edited on: 01/01/2006 12:37