Quote - Well folks, before everyone starts pointing fingers at the Moral Brigade (or whatever boogeyman), maybe you should do what I did - ask why.

I'm not at liberty to divulge conversation, but I will say this: It wasn't a rash decision, and y'all are barking up the wrong trees. Please leave it at that.

/P

I'm sure it wasn't a rash decision; Thorne has long held a rep for being coolheaded in the face of flaming. However, this is the first two sentences of the announcement: "As long as Faeriewylde has been open, we have maintained a policy where tasteful nudity of faeries and innocent nudity is accepted regardless of the character used. Unfortunately, due to some unscrupulous people and wag-tongues on other forums, this policy must now be changed." There aren't too many ways to misconstrue that statement, Peng. If you have more specifics, cool. More power to you. But this is the official statement on the matter. And considering the number of times that I have personally read attacks against the Wylde for 'kiddie porn disguised as stupid faeries' across numerous fora in the Poserverse, it's not a question of pointing fingers. The suspect pool in that event is simply too bloody large. The Vienna Boys Choir doesn't have enough fingers and toes in toto to point at all the potential suspects. The point is that from the -public- info, it seems the Wylde was essentially harassed into changing its policy. If there had been a change in law involved, I have no doubt there would have been a reference, if not a link to said law for people to read. But 'unscrupulous people' and 'wag tongues on other forums' can only be interpreted so many ways....and in the latter, no interpretation needed. No names were named, no sites 'credited', so no way to know who was being talked about. Do I particularly want to see a royal flame war started over this? If I wanted a war, I'd go piss off Legume or give Jack's knickers a twist. Or start something with you and Sean, for that matter. But I do take umbrage at a nice group of people being backstabbed. The Wylders started here, more than anywhere else. They were harassed and TOS'ed until they took their toys and started their own thing. You know, like a few very vocal groups of people said they should. And the Crusade continued, albiet at a much lower volume. As we don't know who the unscrupulous people are, they could be anyone from forumites to those who heard about this place to post KP to local prosecutors looking for a quicky case to get elected by the church crowd on. In any event, it is backstabbing. That may be the way of the modern business model, and hench the world (so far too many think), but that does not make it right or ethical.