Nudity, Is It Sexist In This Forum?

[bennyboy]

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By the way, thanks to Losty and to SteelCurtain for not just face-slapping and banning me.  I couldn't disagree with you guys more about the issue of this thread, but I respect the restraint and respect for free speech that your responses imply.

I take issue with you blaming me for what you posted when I know you are smart enough to know that would not be ok. I have no issue with you disagreeing or doing so in a way that I might find offensive. Feel free to share your opinion and feel free to do so (within the rules) however rudely you please. I don't mind at all. And ps. I'm glad you're back

See, you're wrong.  I have never posted images of children before, but you said the forum allows nudity so long as it isn't sexual.  So I posted a non-sexual image, and got banned.  If you hadn't said that, I would have assumed that no nudity was allowed in the open forums at all. To me, there was absolutely nothing wrong with answering what you said (and posted) with what I said (and posted), and I think it made an effective point. Context matters.

You can choose not to believe, me, but if you go back and look at how the thread developed, and the fact that I've never posted such images except in a direct response to what you had just said, it's pretty obvious that's how it went down.

See, I've heard a lot of "Holy fuck.  It's kiiiiiiiiiiiiids!!!!!!!"  And I keep thinking, "So what?"  There's nothing in my moral system that sexualizes children, and your post specificed that non-sexual nudes were allowable.  So I posted some non-sexual nudes, and got a huge ban.

How about a warning?  How about some benefit of the doubt.  Nah. . . in this case, actual communication and mutual respect wasn't important, because "It's fucking kiiiiiids."  How about "It's fucking breassssssssts!" or for our muslim friends, "It's a fucking faaaaaaaaace!" Saying things in a shocked tone doesn't make them more legal or more philosophically correct, and none of you EVER have given any philosophical (or viaable pragmatic) reason why nude children should be considered sexual objects.

Just because you personally are hypersensitive about a particular issue or rule shouldn't mean that I face stiffer penalties than anyone else.  The fact is I did nothing illegal or immoral, but it offends you (and a few others) personally, and you fucking ran over me like a 10-ton truck.  I have feelings too, and have always abided by the rules, and had the rules been explained, I would have happily deleted my post and moved on with my life.  How does preventing me from either explaining myself, or apologizing, benefit anything or anyone?

That was a shitty thing to do, and while you can justify it to yourself and each other, I'm a person too, and I don't appreciate being treated like a perv or an outsider just because I don't have the same moral views as you.  So much for community-- I guess I'm just a visitor here.