SoulTaker opened this issue on Jun 08, 2015 ยท 50 posts
mrsparky posted Wed, 10 June 2015 at 4:17 PM
FightingWolf - Simple. Anything that's clearly meant to be a naked child and the context of that image.
For instance using your example about Planet 51 and Mickey Mouse, those are obviously not created for shock value or titillation, they are what they are - cartoon characters.
It also doesn't really matter if it's alien or human, or even the medium, it could be a abstract drawing rather than a render. If the artists intention is to say look here's a naked kid, then yes the artists motivation should be questioned.
OK as your 2nd image/post shows, yea sure it can get muddy at times and that's often down to the social situation in which an image is shown. Whats the answer? I'd say there isn't one, things have to taken on an indvidual image-by-image basis based on a set of general guidelines.
So yes there will be times when an image isn't going to be allowed. Some may argue that's censorship, but I'd say it's commonsense. Plus if an artist chooses to prod around the rules - as many of have done - then of course we're going to get slapped down at times, so should we surprised if that happens?