ElectricAardvark opened this issue on Apr 10, 2002 ยท 100 posts
ChuckEvans posted Fri, 12 April 2002 at 7:43 PM
Tks, Micheleh. I realize it's not any kind of an easy decision, especially when the forum is one for artists. Certainly, as I posted in (my) reply number 44, legal experts have been trying to define the limits for SOME time now. And even the existing law, as I tried to point out (feebly, maybe), leaves a lot to be interpreted. A comment above, by someone, suggested "erring" on the safe side when forming rules. Perhaps that is the prudent thing to do. I just get worried when people say that 'cause I figure it's going to be overkill. I think R'city has an acceptable TOS as it is. Not having read all of it again for the purpose of this thread, I would like to say that giving the "authorities" to right to remove any picture they think improper should be enough. I certainly trust the people in charge to decide, not only for the sake of their membership, but for the more far-reaching things that we are discussing here. I'm sure R'City will have enough morals to remove anything that they feel is improper without regard to dwindling membership. One final comment I "touched" on in my latest reply...I have now reviewed every render on Leomax's site (at my pathetic 28 baud speed...ugh) and I gotta say, s/he doesn't give me any impression whatsoever that s/he is obsessed with producing work that is intended to evoke any kind of sexually titulating (sp?) response. I am reminded of a joke (hears moans from the crowd): A patient of a psychaitrist (ugh, I need spell check) was asked to undergo a simple Rorshach (there goes my spelling again) test. The doctor drew a straight horizontal line and asked the patient to tell him what it suggested. The patient replied, "A naked woman lying down." The doctor then drew another line, this one vertical. The patient responded it looked like a naked woman standing up. Frustrated, the doctor then drew an oblique line. The patient responded that it looked like a naked woman getting ready to lay down. The doctor threw up his hands and proclaimed the patient had a dirty mind. The patient replied, "Me? Hey, you're the one drawing all the dirty pictures!" Hopefully, that old joke somehow made a point...grin.