Rutra: Of course you are.

What seems to be developing here is another TOS bashing session. It has always amazed me that so many consider the TOS a bad thing, prudish, nitpicking, etc etc etc, when in fact without the TOS there wouldn't be a Renderosity.

90% of so called censorship that people complain about is due to the fact that we have rules that only deal with Thumbnails: the rules for which are simple and straight-forward. They cover subjects such as violence and nudity. BUT they do not for the most part deal with the images thumbnails link to.

Renderosity exists because it is supported by advertising. Those advertisers do not want to be associated with subject matter that would be better displayed at sites like Renderotica. For this reason we have the TOS and abiding by this is a small price to pay for something you guys all get for free.

What is also often misunderstood is that Renderosity exists only in Tennesee and it is the laws of that state which apply.

However, Renderosity tries very hard to take into account the feelings, views and mores of folks from all over the planet.  But you can't please all the people all the time. The question of the validity of a 'festival' called Halloween is irrelevent because it it mainly an American thing, though gaining in popularity here in the UK. We should expect that an American company would wish to endorse this if only for commercial reasons.

If you don't like halloween, Christmas, Easter or whatever, nobody is forcing you to take part or buy anything related to those festivals. By the same token,  we don't expect you to take offense simply because people with beliefs other than yours do wish to take part.

As for the banner in question displaying violence the answer is simple: it doesn't. And as far as I can see the link doesn't lead to violent images and trust me, as a Moderator some of the stuff I've seen folks here produce makes me feel sick to the stomach. We have rigorous proceedures in place to deal with all complaints, be they nudity or violence or whatever, but again, most of what we do deals with thumbnail images that are dealt with by a number of Mods and Co-ords (and Admin for that matter) rather than just one 'blinkered censorship zealot '. On top of that, we actually 'patrol' this site looking for images that might be a problem.

JenX has already explained how the halloween image got there. End of story.

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