(June 30, 2016 at 11:57 pm)Losty Wrote:(June 30, 2016 at 11:08 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: On the one hand. I'm seeing justifications saying that the staff must be practical. On the other hand, I'm seeing justifications asserting principle as the motivation. Shifting defense from principle to practicality leads me to think the defense is rather ad-hoc and not thought out.
If the staff must be practical, appealing to free speech is irrelevant. If the staff is acting out of principle, then creating an aritifical divide in how nip pics are treated, on the basis of practical law, seems equally irrelevant.
I'll make this clear right now: I will accept whatever decision the staff arrives at (I have no choice!), so long as the process is thoughtful.
Well, the decision was already made. Perhaps some people voted for practicality and others for principle I don't know. I know only that, for myself, I have no interest in having rules that are not necessary or banning anything that is not either illegal or harmful to the forum. Morals are subjective, I wouldn't want enforce my morals any more than I want to enforce yours. Which is not at all. I don't even agree that banning images of men's chests would do anything to improve the forum or the equality between men and women on this forum.
And that's cool. My point here in this thread is to prod thought. I think Heathen has a fair point, and it should be heard.
But if you enforced my morals ... well, the end of the world would be nigh, there'd be nihilism and wallsex and cats and dogs mating.
Well, probably not. Except the wallsex.