Pornography In Avatars

[speeds]

Nobody has done anything remotely like that, and obviously nobody ever will.

We don't need to be policed because as you point out nobody wants hardcore porn here.

But we don't want it to be all My Little Pony either.

The first sign you have a problem is when you're trying to prevent a problem that doesn't exist.

Well the site should be work safe (at least), shouldn't it? And I don't mean every thread, but if I am browsing a respectable thread, I shouldn't have to hide anything from a passerby, right? Like a jpeg or a gif of a big wet ass in a thong?

 

[MARIS61]

Well the site should be work safe (at least), shouldn't it? And I don't mean every thread, but if I am browsing a respectable thread, I shouldn't have to hide anything from a passerby, right? Like a jpeg or a gif of a big wet ass in a thong?

Why would you be on here when you're getting paid to be working?

Why would you be wearing out your employer's computer that he paid for?

Why would you want your employer's customers to see his workers goofing off on sports sites when they should be working to help the customer?

Why would you want your co-workers to see you not carrying your weight at work?

Is personal responsibility a thing of the past?

 

[Денг Гордон]

Well the site should be work safe (at least), shouldn't it? And I don't mean every thread, but if I am browsing a respectable thread, I shouldn't have to hide anything from a passerby, right? Like a jpeg or a gif of a big wet ass in a thong?

Exactly. It has nothing about forcing morality on others. It's about decency. I could care less if the hardest core porn was posted on this site, as long as it was marked NSFW and I could avoid it. I don't have a problem with porn, hardcore or softcore. I just have a problem of having to move through it in a thread about basketball on a sports site.

And please don't use your ridiculous work or parent argument. I don't have a kid, and I don't go on the site while I'm at work. If I'm doing homework in a computer lab, having various websites open is something I do.

Does the ability to see a woman in a thong or a guy's ass on every page really make this site worth going to for you?

 

[Anima]

Right back at ya, Your Highness.

I realize you live in Kansas, and probably very well-travelled, and likely get your world-view from local folks like the Wizard of OZ, but there is nothing in any of these avatars that a normal person with a healthy outlook on life would find offensive. This isn't the 1700's and we don't burn witches anymore.

Wow, you have be down soooo well. I am sure you can immediately tell everything about a person just based on their location.

But just in case you can't there's a few things you should know, like I am a buddhist, I am very well educated, I am one of the most socially liberal people you will ever met, and I couldn't care less if I see two people fucking in the street. However, this site isn't about me, it's about ALL the posters who post here and making them feel comfortable.

 

[MARIS61]

Exactly. It has nothing about forcing morality on others. It's about decency. I could care less if the hardest core porn was posted on this site, as long as it was marked NSFW and I could avoid it.?

You are obviously lying, as it has been explained in great detail how simple it is for you to block avatars.

I don't have a problem with porn, hardcore or softcore.

We know that from the many, many times you have thought it cute to post porn links in your posts (including this thread).

And please don't use your ridiculous work or parent argument. I don't have a kid, and I don't go on the site while I'm at work. If I'm doing homework in a computer lab, having various websites open is something I do.

Since you can't follow simple directions on how to block avatars maybe you shouldn't be here when you're supposed to be studying. Again, take a little personal responsibility.

Does the ability to see a woman in a thong or a guy's ass on every page really make this site worth going to for you.?

The absence of censorship and control freaks makes this site worth going to for me.

I can't quite figure out why you occasionally drop by.

 

[MARIS61]

However, this site isn't about me, it's about ALL the posters who post here and making them feel comfortable.

If that were true this thread would have ended pages ago with a polite "Sorry Bulls fan, we don't censure avatars because it's obvious most posters here prefer it that way. You can block them as we have considerately provided that option for you".

Rather than the obvious solution of don't fix it 'cause it ain't broken, you want to control/upset many regular posters to please one occasional poster.

like I am a buddhist, I am very well educated, I am one of the most socially liberal people you will ever met, and I couldn't care less if I see two people fucking in the street.

Being a Buddhist would strongly suggest that you are neither well-educated nor socially liberal, but I am quite surprised to hear people fuck in the street in Kansas.

 

[barfo]

I am quite surprised to hear people fuck in the street in Kansas.

They must be pretty loud, if you can hear them in Central Oregon.

barfo

 

[JE]

Exactly. It has nothing about forcing morality on others. It's about decency. I could care less if the hardest core porn was posted on this site, as long as it was marked NSFW and I could avoid it. I don't have a problem with porn, hardcore or softcore. I just have a problem of having to move through it in a thread about basketball on a sports site.

And please don't use your ridiculous work or parent argument. I don't have a kid, and I don't go on the site while I'm at work. If I'm doing homework in a computer lab, having various websites open is something I do.

Does the ability to see a woman in a thong or a guy's ass on every page really make this site worth going to for you?

http://sportstwo.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1986856&postcount=76

 

[Ed O]

Well enjoy your one-man exodus.

Haha.

I thought that someone was just telling me two weeks ago that the exodus had already started.

I can't keep all the alleged exoduses straight...

Ed O.

 

[Anima]

Actually, some of the more educated and liberal posters here are Buddhists, Minstrel for example (sorry if I outed you!). There are also several very well educated and liberal people in my real life who are also Buddhists, including my mentor.

It wasn't just one person that complained though, we were having this discussion on the staff board long before it was brought here by a regular poster because some mods complained and an admin now refuses to visit the site while he's at work because of curtain avatars. This also isn't a Blazers board only issue, but a site wide issue. We were eventually going to come up with avatar guidelines, this thread just precipitated the issue.

 

[Anima]

Even though people fuck in the streets here it's way more entertaining a little to the east, in MO, as it normally involves animals.

 

[Денг Гордон]

Even though people fuck in the streets here it's way more entertaining a little to the east, in MO, as it normally involves animals.

Only in Kansas City.

Columbia and St. Louis are normal. Haven't been to Branson, but they have Yakhov Smirnoff, and he was on King of the Hill, so they must check out alright.

 

[Minstrel]

Actually, some of the more educated and liberal posters here are Buddhists, Minstrel for example (sorry if I outed you!).

Not anything that I mind others knowing.

 

[MARIS61]

Actually, some of the more educated and liberal posters here are Buddhists, Minstrel for example (sorry if I outed you!). There are also several very well educated and liberal people in my real life who are also Buddhists, including my mentor.

It wasn't just one person that complained though, we were having this discussion on the staff board long before it was brought here by a regular poster because some mods complained and an admin now refuses to visit the site while he's at work because of curtain avatars. This also isn't a Blazers board only issue, but a site wide issue. We were eventually going to come up with avatar guidelines, this thread just precipitated the issue.

What is a "curtain" avatar and why doesn't the prudish admin know how to block avatars?

Inquiring minds want to know.

 

[Minstrel]

What is a "curtain" avatar and why doesn't the prudish admin know how to block avatars?

Inquiring minds want to know.

She probably meant "certain."

 

[rocketeer]

Hard to believe a fourth board exodus is in the making but that's what happens when people refuse to learn from past mistakes.

shouldn't it be the posters learning from the past mistakes, not the new message board that was not involved in any of the other exoduses and played no part in them?

if you really were preparing as a community to leave your fourth message board, i think that says a lot more about you than it would about any of the message boards.

 

[MARIS61]

shouldn't it be the posters learning from the past mistakes, not the new message board that was not involved in any of the other exoduses and played no part in them?

This board should learn from other boards' past mistakes is the point, rather than repeat them as seems to be imminent.

 

[ucatchtrout]

Exactly. It has nothing about forcing morality on others.

No.

Maris is right.

The real issue is you getting on your high horse and attempting to force your way on the blazer community. This isn't the first time you've tried this either. You tried to control the nature of the topics when most of us came here and put up a big fuss about the political stuff ADP and I posted.

 

[Natebishop3]

Don't mind Maris. He's an anarchist who rages against any and all forms of law and order (even the one on TNT).

 

[Anima]

Only in Kansas City.

Columbia and St. Louis are normal. Haven't been to Branson, but they have Yakhov Smirnoff, and he was on King of the Hill, so they must check out alright.

You are going strictly on KOTH with regards to Branson, and thereby Yakov Smirnoff?

Smimoff is actually a pretty cool guy. He has a masters degree in physiology, teaches at MSU, taught art in his native Ukraine, and did a huge mural for the 9/11 site that stayed there until 2003 when it was taken down because of storm damage.

 

[MARIS61]

No.

Maris is right.

The real issue is you getting on your high horse and attempting to force your way on the blazer community. This isn't the first time you've tried this either. You tried to control the nature of the topics when most of us came here and put up a big fuss about the political stuff ADP and I posted.

Lots of young guys have "control" issues.

Explains his supposed aversion to avatars, but inability or refusal to simply avoid them by turning them off.