"It is a great representation of the modified community." (Cheesestix)

 

Ok. It's a great representation of the community, but it can't be a good representation of an individual. I get it.

 

"What ISN'T a great representation of the community is people whining about it." (cheesestix)

 

I can't agree more. And so did I one year ago, but whining people took the upper hand, and posting a genital as your avatar became a major offense. And a huge witch hunt has been organized ever since.

 

Still, when an individual has only mods in his genitals, I think that an image of his genitals is a fair representation of his existence as a modder.

 

Now don't make me wrong. I never said that I didn't want or was shocked by this picture on front page. Neither did I say that I didn't want this anti-cock and cunt avatar rule. It's just that I don't see quite well the logics. And if the logics are "it is Adam's website he can do whatever he wants with it", then ok no prob, but owning a site doesn't mean that you own my logics.

 

Now let's move to a little story.

 

 

 

Two bonze in Tibet walk in their monasterys kitchen garden. First one sees a slug on a lettuce, grabs it and throws it back to nature, out of the kitchen garden.

 

First one says "But brother, you can't do that !! That slug deserves the right to live and needs its daily lettuce ration."

 

Second monk answers "Brother, if we leave slugs eat our lettuce, we'll all die by starvation. And we are a life form as well !!"

 

They discuss their points during an hour, both defending their views, and after one hour of arguement they decide to submit the case to the venerable bonze.

 

Venerable master listens to first bonze, and after a few seconds thinking, says : "you're right my son, nobody has the right to deprive a slug from its lettuce".

 

Listens to second, thinks a few seconds, and says : "you're right, nobody should deprive us from the little food we need everyday to meditate".

 

 

 

as people have said, this is not a child friendly website therefore saying you can't go onto the homepage with children about isnt realy a good reason to have it taken down.

on the other hand though i am a little worried about what new people to the site and guests will think when they are greeted with a giant picture of a ball sack! lol.

 

Really, the uproar is because of the seemingly circular logic that posting an avatar picture of genitalia is forbidden because of the number of people who don't want a cock in their face when they sign on to the forums or posted on their profile in the recently viewed section, but when you hit the "return to BodyMod.org" link from the forums, it's there.

 

I have no issues with the picture in and of itself displayed on the homepage, nor do I take issue with genital avatars, but I do see a glaringly obvious discrepancy in the logic, and it seems that if you're going to mandate one, you should be consistant with both. That way, these inconvenient little debates won't be an issue.

 

As for the old "this site isn't meant for kids" it is true, but it's also used to excuse unacceptable behavior. There are those of us who are very open about the human body and don't rear our kids with physical and sexual taboos. I, personally, view modification as an artform, and just as I wouldn't shield my children from images such as the Venus de Milo, the statue of David, or Michelangelo's God Creates Adam, I'm not going to shield my children from any form of modification. I *do* take offense to obscenity that has been posted on the forums and in the mods, since it's clearly against the terms and conditions that Adam has brought forth.  So I take offense to the "this isn't a site meant for kids" adage being thrown out when the poster is indisputedly in the wrong. This may not be a site meant for children, but there are rules and accountabilities that have been put in place that are blatantly disregarded. I consider myself an extremely openminded person, but I don't want to see some guy sticking his fist up his ass in a picture that is supposed to showcase his mods, or a picture of someone pulling a chick's panties out to photograph her shitting herself. If I wanted to look at something like that, I'd google fettish porn sites, but the last time I checked, this site isn't porn, it's "art that we would hang on our walls."