I was thinking about this topic long into the day yesterday and ya know I'm a bit confused.  I've seen child nudity in a couple of films lately.  What in the heck is the difference?  I can't recall what one film was, but one I remember distinctly.  It was The Pacifier with Vin Diesel.  Now never mind the fact that it was a horrible movie with only a few good lines.

Vin is in charge of sitting 5 kids while thier mother is away.  At one point the second to youngest - perhaps about 3 yrs old gets left in the ball pit at a childrens play place.  Vin pulls him out and the child is without lower apparel.  The play place staff says something about the child being nude in the balls.  Child is passed over to the staff (still naked on his bottom) while Vin has to fish the lost diaper out of it the pit.  At one point during the passing you clearly see the boy childs genitals.

So I have to say I think this law stuff is garbage.  Why is it ok to show a REAL live childs genitals, when the situation is clearly NOT sexual - yet it is never ok regardless of situation to show a 3D childs genitals.  Forget the genitals for a second, even their butt crack.....

Bart Simpson showed his in the recent movie.  Why is it ok to show cartoon child "hip area", but not 3D.  Is 3D ruled by some law that no other form of art is ruled by?

Is the real problem that we 3D artists are just such ghastly perverts that special laws need to be made for us alone?    Maybe, maybe left to our own devices we would be reduced to a caveman sort of state and we need this sort of guidance.

Or it's that every posting site is a free for all. Perhaps we will all see the end of our arguements when a site comes along that DOES NOT allow free posting into galleries.  Where images are moderated upon upload and only tasteful art (obviously up to the discretion of the owner) is allowed.  Even then, there will be some idiot who complains about a childs rear - but I'll  bet my next pack of huggies that there is nothing preventing someone from setting this type of site up - nor are there any laws that would force it down IF all art was tasteful.

There really are two sides to this argument and those that fail to see both sides (people from either side) are a big part of the problem within this community.

I am:  aka Velocity3d