Eric our guidelines state:

"No depictions of injury being caused to any living creature. This includes, but is not limited to, injury from either piercing or edged weapons/tools, projectiles, fire/chemical burns, blunt force trauma, punching, kicking, slapping, strangulation or crushing. This also includes accidents and self-harm.
Weapons may be shown providing a) they do not have blood on them, and b) the injured victim is not visible.
Images of minor bruising, burns or bloody wounds that have already occurred are acceptable"

Pretty much all images portray something. To say V4 is nor alive nor dead just pixels could be said the same regarding any photo.

In the case of these images, no injury was being caused to a "living creature" in the image.

I understand your point, but the guidelines I stated above are what our staff goes by when looking at violence.

Thanks!

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.::That which does not kill us makes us stronger::.
-- Friedrich Nietzsche