Six of one......... half dozen of another.

That said, let me make it clear, I will be totally upfront honest.  I like porn.  I have no problem with it, hell I seek it out.  I won't hide behind some goody good pretense of offense, so on so fourth.   However, I do believe, even though i seek things like that out on my personal time, no one has a right to thrust their likes (or personal opinions) in anyone's face.

However, if you could not take your image, verbatim, and post it with your name on it in the window of the local megamart, it would seem obvious, that perhaps there is "something" about it, that is unacceptable.  

Is it bad?  Evil?  No, but it does carry a stigmata.  A social stigmata that does not make society bad, only differentiated by its different opinions.  In this day and age, while some could argue parents should be upon their children 24-7, that ideal is unrealistic, and they do, yes, surf the web.   I may have MY Preferences set to not show nudity, so that thumbnails and whatnot don't show up when a child is looking over my shoulder......

You are crazy to think my 12 year old cant "undo" the settings i put on her, and view something else out of my eyesight.

I do not see the thumbnail issue as a censorship, a labeling of "nude" art, or any such thing, but as a saftey valve to a community with "MANY" users that cannot cater to only one clientel.  Renderosity is just that, a community, who's members come from many walks of life.  Children (the importance of the saftey valve is strongest here), those with strict religeous guidelines, or whom simply prefer not to see such things.

Renderosity is a business, a community, and a gathering place.   Though some might feel, and it could be true, that those that find nudity offensive are in the minority, does that give anyone the right to expose it to them regardless of their wishes?   We, as artists still can post nudity in images, just not the thumbnail.    Our rights are preserved, however, the wishes of others perhaps, are not.  It is a balancing act to make all of the community happy, not just one genre of individuals.

Sometimes, when one (or a group) become very comfortable with a set of rules, they are reluctant, and even angry at the change....... without seeing the whole scope of why the change was done.  A thumbnail is just a thumbnail, an advertisement for what lay within, not the image itself.  No one is asking anyone to not do what they enjoy, nor are they asking anyone to stop doing what they love, or curtailing their ability to show it.

Those that like nudity, or baseline sensual pornography, will find it regardless of the thumbnail.  Consumers of genre's have an uncanny ability to find what they seek, and it is an insult to those that would seek it, that they are mentally incapable of understanding what the image holds when it clearly has a "nudity" tag.  One does not require a breast, nipple, male apparatus package, or backside to understand the ramifications that a nudity tag means "there's something going on under there".  It is a disservice for those of us that look for these images (I admit, I sometimes do), that I can't find it unless its visually displayed in front of me as If i cannot understand the english word "nudity" prominently displayed.

Perhaps, those that require the litteral "shot* of something erotic in their face, are the ones not looking for artistic merrit, but a cheap thrill.

In a world where so much is thrown in our faces, and we become numb to it, the thumbnail rule to me is quite welcome.  Welcome, to me?  One who has no problem with the nude form, and paints them herself?  Yes, yes i tell you yes!.

I have said it before, even begged for it.  Seduce me...... allure me, tempt me, tease me....... give me a promise of something euphoric and rapturous under a veiled thumbnail.   Make me want to see it, not with an outgoing "in my face" there it is........ drape it in subtlety, and make me think what I am veiwing really is elite......  lustful, even erotic.  Give it some discression, give it the respect it deserves as adult.....   

In effect, advertise it in a way I cannot resist.