I was looking at a Product Showcase pic of an upcoming Kiki texture. The product images had the chest pixelated to obscure it. And it just looked so odd on this clearly cartoony little character - I mean the notion that it even that needed pixelating. It made it look so much more like the character was involved in something "nasty" that needed covering than any idea one would have gotten if the chest had been exposed. That the person who created it had to go to that length out of not wanting to offend someone here (and because that's the 'rule') really is kind of incredible. And a product image is kind of clinical anyway - they don't often drip with Context and Content. I'm not against the nudity tag per se or that people want it here for some warning for art images whose CONTENT may be more than someone wants to see. But with all that's going on in the US right now about indecency and censored speech and the active BLANDING Down (Ryan Seacrest anyone?) of everything, it just caused me some overall wonderment and a little worry. And one thing I was wondering, for the people who do get offended here at breasts, etc. or who say, "My KIDS see this stuff", etc - I wonder, do these kids not see you work in Poser while you're working in it? Do they not the see the figures nude at that time? Or are the children dispelled from the room until you can quickly load and conform an outfit to the nude figure? To maximize the chance that these kids don't see the nude figure, do you plan beforehand what outfit you will quickly load and conform? ...How far could I go here?

I know that may come off as facetious - I don't mean it to be. I think those are valid questions really for any of the people who pipe in "Nudity! Nudity!" when someone neglects to use the tag - which this wasn't even about but is related. Because if this person hadn't pixelated the Kiki image someone would've said something about it. And I guess I can't believe it MATTERS that much. Here at renderosity, Here in the US, anywhere... We all have breasts, chests, genitals and even these children that must be shielded, have tiny ones. Did you know? Maybe these people who would cry havoc don't see that they're there. But they are... : ) Brother... Pixelated Kiki...

And the last thing I wonder I guess, is why does it really matter? Is there a concrete reason? A study result? Do people really organically think it matters or did someone TELL them it matters? I don't know...

Now for a little context on who writes this, I'm born and raised in NYC and I'll be 40 in a few weeks. So I'm not a hippie with memories of running nude in the mud and living devil may care. I'm fairly conservative and just slightly too old (or wise) for the Reagan and Bush (I) administrations to have had much influence on me. Later, Dave