It has been a policy of AR from the beginning what Avatars be "G" rated so we don't offend any of our member.

Effective immediately, anyone who uploads an avatar that is sexual in nature will lose the right to have one.

Thanks for your cooperation.

Don

So I read this message at 8:30 and went to change my Avaatar and find I can't have one anymore.

I guess I should check on this Forum more often.

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Originally posted by DRG:

Effective immediately, anyone who uploads an avatar that is sexual in nature will lose the right to have one.

Don

Well then, I guess the terrorist have won...

THanks, I appreciate the return of common sense.

Sounds good to me. Now if only the sig line pics could be made smaller for easier uploading.

While you're at it, go after some of the tag lines. There are some that are just plain disgusting. I would not want my teenager reading them. E.g, "Gunpowder and *****, one brings you into . . . . and I love the smell of both of them", "Handle every situation like a dog, if you can't **** it or eat it, . . . ."

Not sure why there is a need to allow these. I am not for censorship, but by the same token, no need to be offensive.

I agree. Thanks for the change.

I think all those offensive avatars should be posted in a hall of shame

lets all just relax, guys. im no free love advocate, but jeeze, if it werent for sex, none of us would be here! No question, it can be done in a tasteful way, but please dont slam sex!

well, I sincerely hope everyone is offended at mine.

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well, I sincerely hope everyone is offended at mine.

It doesn't offend me as much as that pic of that carpet muncher you have there though.

Maybe a "rating system" for avatars/sig lines can be implemented? Then everyone can pick to show or ignore them based on a G, PG, R, or X scale?

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Originally posted by COOL:
I think all those offensive avatars should be posted in a hall of shame

Your sig pic is a classic... I'm stealing it... Apologies in advance.

just testing avatar size

well with all due respect that's bogus. I thought this was supposed to be as close to a censor free place as possible. with the exception of open nudity (please send directly to me) why does the avatar and signature line matter?

Personally I believe the political views, racial views and other opinion expressed on this forum are much worse than any avatars and signature lines I've seen. if a person chooses to have that why would you dictate it? I was talking about this to an HR director the other day, expressing my view that it is just as offensive to me to see pictures of people's relatives that are fat and ugly. Plus all the signature lines now that have political bulls*#t in them, or religious. what makes all that more exceptable? just because it doesn't offend YOU?

What about my signature line for instance? does that bother you? and what in the heck do you think constraining those of us here is going to do to protect your kids? myspace, facebook, twitter, millions of other places online are much much worse, and if a kid is looking for it they're going to find it. even if they're not looking for it they're going to find it accidently. My oldest isn't quite 3, but looking to the future I'd much rather her read some silly line like that then read many of the narrow minded, moronic political viewpoints of some members.

Red

Hmm ,lets see, sex is offensive but pictures of dead animals are not. Maybe you guys spend too much time in the bush , or not enough time in the "bush"

Any new kid that want's to learn, I send 'em here.

I warn them it's a serious hunting site and they will see some hunting pics with blood and guts.
But that's hunting, really offensive sexual stuff is easy enough to find if you want, but doesn't belong here.

I find it sad that this has to be done, but necessary. Some people never quite get out of the "scatalogical" fascination or "porn is cool" stage of life. Arrested development can be fun short term...

It's amazing that a significant number of people post that they abhor censorship, and want an "open" forum: but would get really irate if you posted nude photographs of their parents or wife.

My parents always suggested that I not do anything I would be embarrassed to repeat in front of the police or the congregation at church. It's worked for sixty years.

Mark Twain always said that profanity is the sign of either a lack of imagination, or a feeble intellect; or both.

Rich

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Originally posted by Crazy Joe:
Hmm ,lets see, sex is offensive but pictures of dead animals are not. Maybe you guys spend too much time in the bush , or not enough time in the "bush"

Joe,
You are the problem, not the solution. Sex is fine, but sex is a private matter between married adults and is not a spectator sport. What you call "sex" is pornography and is sick, debased, denigrating to women and morally putrid. I hope you learn the difference between the two.

Well said dogcat!

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Sex is fine, but sex is a private matter between married adults and is not a spectator sport.

Hmmmmmmm, many of our finest Congressional representatives tend to agree, they just don't have sex with the one they're married to.........

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Originally posted by Gatogordo:

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Sex is fine, but sex is a private matter between married adults and is not a spectator sport.

Hmmmmmmm, many of our finest Congressional representatives tend to agree, they just don't have sex with the one they're married to.........

Several governors have the same problem, however, let's not condone it and call "wrong" - right.

I look at freedom of speach like speed limits. Sometimes its ok to go a little bit over the limit, and sometimes ya need to slow down. When in doubt, slow down.

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Originally posted by dogcat:

quote:

Originally posted by Crazy Joe:
Hmm ,lets see, sex is offensive but pictures of dead animals are not. Maybe you guys spend too much time in the bush , or not enough time in the "bush"

Joe,
You are the problem, not the solution. Sex is fine, but sex is a private matter between married adults and is not a spectator sport. What you call "sex" is pornography and is sick, debased, denigrating to women and morally putrid. I hope you learn the difference between the two.

I'm all for some censorship, but there's a difference between G and PG-13, and XXX.

I've pretty much grown up on this site and sometimes you just gotta be more mature than the people flaunting inappropriate material.

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Originally posted by Crazy Joe [new member from NJ]:
Hmm ,lets see, sex is offensive but pictures of dead animals are not. Maybe you guys spend too much time in the bush , or not enough time in the "bush"

Ahh, New Jersey. The most liberal and highly taxed state in the nation.

Fortunately, Joe, most of us are not as "enlightened" as you. As far as your "dead animals" comment is concerned, let me clue you in on a little secret......(whispering) this is a hunting website. Hunting involves killing animals. Dead animals on a hunting website is acceptable. If you want sex (porn) go somewhere else. Ok? Got it?

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Originally posted by almostacowboy:

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Originally posted by Crazy Joe [new member from NJ]:
Hmm ,lets see, sex is offensive but pictures of dead animals are not. Maybe you guys spend too much time in the bush , or not enough time in the "bush"

Ahh, New Jersey. The most liberal and highly taxed state in the nation.

Fortunately, Joe, most of us are not as "enlightened" as you. As far as your "dead animals" comment is concerned, let me clue you in on a little secret......(whispering) this is a hunting website. Hunting involves killing animals. Dead animals on a hunting website is acceptable. If you want sex (porn) go somewhere else. Ok? Got it?

Please don't lump all who live in NJ together. In
the north WEST quadrant of the state most are
quite conservative and Second Amendment
supporters.

DogCat and Almostacowboy are dead on target... if one wants the other stuff... there are other places that will welcome and are better suited to interests other than hunting and associated topics.

Prudishness, well that is one subject Americans and Arabs can agree on ....


When I go hunting in the bush, or to the farm with the kids, I don't want them exposed to animals having sex either! Shocking!

NitroX,
There is a difference between decency, manners and "boundaries" on what is decent and what is not.

As I stated previously, sex is natural, perfectly fine but is not a spectator event and not something sold or bought. In humans, it is an intimate act of consummation of a relationship established on love and mutual committment. The animals you refer to, use sex as a means of pro-creation, another perfectly acceptable activity without which the species die. However, it is not for entertainment or human amusement.

Call it pruddishness or whatever - to civilized and God fearing people (Christians, Jews and Muslims)watching others engaged in sexual acts is abhorrant and wrong.

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Originally posted by MJines:

While you're at it, go after some of the tag lines...



I am not for censorship...

Oh, the irony!

Two thoughts come to mind.

1. Don't be so open minded that your brains fall out...

2. Pedophilia is legal in many third world countries. How's having one live next door to you sound? We could have him post some of his enlightened viewpoints...

Rich
DRSS

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originally posted by Idaho Sharpshooter:
My parents always suggested that I not do anything I would be embarrassed to repeat in front of the police or the congregation at church. It's worked for sixty years.

Are you serious? Have you not read some of your own disgusting posts?

505gibbs,

another member of my fan club chimes in.

Take a serious look at your last twenty or so posts. If more than four or five are following on the heels of one of mine, or reference it directly you are becoming obsessed with me.

Following along somebody post by post is called stalking. Searching the URL here to dredge up every post someone has made since joining is a sign of a borderline personality disorder.

Here's a thought for the moderators and the entire forum to ponder, as well as you.

Let's just focus on the next forty-eight hours and see if you can refrain from this habit you are developing. I do not believe you can live that long without having to search the site to find something I have posted to whine about.


Check the time of this post and put yourself on the clock.

regards,

Rich

Fjold? Fjold? Are you still there buddy?

Censorship of any kind is bad. Sooner or later all see naked members of the opposite sex and in the overall picture this is good. Remember the site is owned by an Arab where porn, soft or not is forbidden and in some countries possesion is punishable by death. Sig lines on the other hand are printed words and there should be no censorship other than offensive profanity. Moderators should focus, especially in the political forum on fairness, not their own political views being pushed. It is absolute leftness to push censorship to preclude open communication. DRG and Walter are both guilty of this.

Palidun,
Censorship is needed and useful when the "freedom of speech" breaches the boundary (and there is a boundary) of moral and Biblical decency. Yes, I know the argument of - you can't decide what I think is moral or correct. You are correct, I won't decide that for you. However, there is a higher authority that Christians, Jews, Muslims all believe in that does actually set the moral and correct boundaries.

Our judgment is skewed by what you think is right versus what actually is right. There are absolutes in this world. There are "truths" in this world. The Bible, the Koran, the Hebrew Tanach all agree on this.

So, if we place ourselves above God and what He says is right and wrong - we are sadly choosing out of ignorance rather than choosing rightly.

My point is, censorship is good and can be good when we choose to censor ourselves from dirt, filth, pornography, profane language and other forms of communication that is contrary to the expressed standards of our Creator.

Open communication is great - when boundaries of right and wrong are respected. Censorship is used to enforce those boundaries.

Let me offer a suggestion - if you wish to post or view or say something, consider if it is appropriate for your wife, your 9 year old daughter or your God to see you saying or doing. If it is not appropriate - do not do it.

That would be a form of self censorship that would be truly needed here.

The Suggestions & Help forum is not a discussion forum, gentlemen. It is for requesting assistance with use of the forum and for (constructive) suggestions.

George

Well I hope you will forgive them for the great harm they have caused.

quote:

Originally posted by Wismon:
Well I hope you will forgive them for the great harm they have caused.

I'll do better than that and close the thread.

George