Quote - Alternatively you could contact Thorne and offer to pay his bills.

Hear Hear! That will be $100.00 per month for the last 5 years please, paid out of my own pocket.

The ban on so-called "underaged" nudity was discussed at length for some time among all the admin and moderators and was not my decision alone. It appears however to be a case of damned if we do and damned if we don't among some. Actually, we were NOT harrassed into anything, though considering the number of attacks we have had as Dale said, I admit it has made me very angry to have to constantly deal with the self-righteous moralizers whose idea of art is something you click- hence my statement about the "wag-tongues". The decision was also made in part because some people took advantage of our open policy, regardless of the number of times they were warned. Feel free to debate this same issue with the admin here and see how far you get with your arguments. 

We NEVER allow any sexual images at all at Faeriewylde; that has been in our TOS from day one. That includes clothed as well as nude images, and regardless of apparent age of the models. Some people tried to push the limits occasionally, but those images were deleted. A few may have slipped by, such as the one in the Free Gifts forum that has since been deleted. We aren't on a mad crusade to go back through 5 years of posts and delete images. Anything that has been posted and passed previously will remain. I am well aware of the current laws regarding this issue.

We feel this decision will make more people comfortable posting, and in fact I have already received messages from members telling me that they agree with the new policy and think it was the right thing to do. The very fact that there ISN'T a big outcry against this decision tells me that it was the right thing to do at this time. There were only ever a very few images that would be affected by this new rule anyway. We may change it back again at some time in the future, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Remember, this rule is still up to the discretion of my admin and mods, and they tend to be level-headed in this regard. I dare say you might still see the occasional cherub butt.

Bottom line- I am tired of dealing with the association of my websites and my work with something despicable. I don't make enough money doing this to have to deal with it. In fact, I should be working now instead of here making this post! It is those same wag-tongues that turn light into darkness, sweetness into bitterness, beauty into ugliness, and innocence into something putrid and vile. It is this sick and perverted  mindset, seeing evil at every turn, that is the problem, not the faeries.

Thanks for your understanding and support.