As I understand it, the present policy is that nudity in non-photographic art is acceptable at each moderators own personal discretion. Obviously, the moderator in question thought it was okay to allow Audrey's avatar under that rule.

Post edited at 7:45 am on Aug. 20, 2008 by Prince o palities

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no right answer." - Hans von Campenhausen

This is the philosophy of my life.

Post edited at 7:52 am on Aug. 20, 2008 by PhoenixFire613

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[olor=indigo]Quote: from Pardon my French at 9:42 am on Aug. 20, 2008

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So your criteria here is that it must be a 'famous' (and yet relatively obscure) artwork for the display of a naked body to be allowable and in fact moderator endorsed? And that a picture that is less famous but very comparable in subject matter is in fact not allowed?

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As I understand it, the present policy is that nudity in non-photographic art is acceptable at each moderators own personal discretion.  Obviously, the moderator in question thought it was okay to allow Audrey's avatar under that rule.

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Will you attempt to pretend to explain the decision-making process, or will you admit that it's a complete farce?

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The moon's phase on the day you were
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Oh wait, I forgot 95% of kids these days are whiny faggots.

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You guys are fucking pussys, seriously. They invented a thing called image block for a reason. You don't like it? Block it, and deal with it.

Oh wait, I forgot 95% of kids these days are whiny faggots.

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I have no problem with the human body, I just think it's absurd that anybody could pretend that there's a single logical, rational thought on this issue by the moderators involved.

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The moon's phase on the day you were
born was waxing crescent.

That it's a complete farce, you'll find, may very well be the motivation behind displaying it.

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"It is the wrong question to ask, and therefore, as one  might expect, has
no right answer." - Hans von Campenhausen

This is the philosophy of my life.

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Audrey is merely hinting that we need to do a bit of muff diving.

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nudity removed

Post edited at 11:38 am on Aug. 21, 2008 by Prince o palities

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Quote: from boothy at 7:43 am on Aug. 20, 2008

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Quote: from Prince o palities at 3:39 pm on Aug. 20, 2008

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Where's the culture, you guys. It's a famous 19th century paining by Courbet.

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 Paintings and kings, architecture and lords, that isn't real culture. That's just a load of old relics from the upper classes.  

 Real culture is shaped in the dingy streets where the ragged people go. Real culture of a country is from it's people.

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The upper class doesn't count because I feel alienated by and slightly envious of them. Yes, I'm comfortable in my self-serving beliefs because I only have to care about me.

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Is that speaking from my perspective?

I would never be envious of the upper class, as I believe it would give me a lot of the wrong values about life and how we should treat others. In general the upper class probably feel more alienated in their lives as the working class is one of the strongest communities out there, or it was until it was undermined by Margaret fucking Thatcher.

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Quote: from Pardon my French at 9:47 am on Aug. 20, 2008

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Will you attempt to pretend to explain the decision-making process, or will you admit that it's a complete farce?

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That it's a complete farce, you'll find, may very well be the motivation behind displaying it.

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I'm having trouble understanding what the position here is, then. Do you believe it should not be subject to the mod's discretion? If audrey820 thinks that nudity should be allowable in a certain context, why was my post asking what the difference was between her avatar and another picture of a nude woman sitting non-suggestively deleted for "...excessive use of vulgar, abusive or offensive language and/or images" when her avatar could be described the same way.
What is it that you're trying to say? And who are you trying to convince?

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The moon's phase on the day you were
born was waxing crescent.

Get the right mod and you can probably get that approved...under the current system.

Post edited at 11:39 am on Aug. 21, 2008 by Prince o palities

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"It is the wrong question to ask, and therefore, as one  might expect, has
no right answer." - Hans von Campenhausen

This is the philosophy of my life.