Okay, lemme see if I have all the pieces here: 1. I take Victoria 2, give her wings, place her in a setting full of oversized mushrooms and flowers, call her a fairie, and she can cavort how she pleases... 2. Take SAME model, wings, and settings, reduce the breast size to say, oh, an A-cup, adjust hips and buttocks to a more slender proportion, face a bit younger looking...still ok...but eyes are narrowed... 3. Take same setting, change model to a Thorne fairie, or gods forbid the Millenium pre-teen I PAID GOOD MONEY FOR, and all of a sudden I'm bordering on child pornography???? I only have one question: What meds are these people on, and can we get the dosage increased for them, please? Shortly after the Columbine High School shootings, I wrote two editorials on video-game violence, and how easily the public at large points a finger at any convenient scapegoat, rather than looking in a mirror to find fault. Again I see the same scenario, with only a different topic, and different players. I have several of Thorne's free fairies, and planned on purchasing Wysteria (still do). I can, and will, use them and any of my other purchases or downloads as I see fit, and no legislature can stop me. Freedom of expression is just that...FREEDOM. Anything less is just that...less. However, this doesn't mean that I (or anyone else) should be allowed to distribute 'artistic works' that portray the kind of unsavory situations this whole hubub is about. Doing so isn't good for a community, but it's the communities responsibility to watch out for it, not the government's, and not the legislators who are older than dirt and have no grasp of anything past their next pay increase vote. The restrictions and reactions I've read of here and elsewhere are not a solution...they're a knee-jerk response to a gunshot of an issue. Persecuting Thorne for creating his wonderful fairies would be like persecuting Xena for creating Paloma to promote necrophilia ("A woman that pale must be dead! PERVERT!"). The solution is actually simple, cost-effective, and changes nothing of the status-quo...all it takes is a little more effort from each and every one of us. If you see an image that is patently graphic and/or offensive, report the creator of the IMAGE, not the creator of the TOOLS. If you don't believe that legislation such as this should get one step towards ratification, take the time to make the phone call to your state legislator. And above all, if you feel the view you have is right, STAND UP FOR IT...don't let anyone make you back down. Your principles are one of the few things you have that only YOU can throw away...and you can only do it ONCE. Thorne, if I may make a humble suggestion: You stated you don't want to stop releasing your Fairie magics to us all...nor should you. You also stated you'd like a firmer grasp on who is adopting your lovely sprites...a wise idea. Therefore, I suggest a free registration form. Fill it out, download a fairie. New fairie, new form. All IP's can be logged, and the download URL can be sent to interested parties via return email, meaning a valid email address would be required. Not much extra work on either end, and in the event of an 'incident' the IP's can usually be back-traced. Just my thoughts on the matter...I felt I had lurked too long. Now if you'll excuse me, there are several small winged ladies waiting for me to assist them in their own thoughts on the matter...it should be in the Gallery sometime soon. Respectfully, David 'ChromeTiger' Hebbe Webmaster/Creative Director Nexus http://nexus.telefragged.com PS: My mother has more naked tushy pictures of me and my brother than I can count...anyone tries to arrest her, they'll be dealing with a VERY angry Tiger...they have been warned...