Erotic Art and censoring.


-lestat-'s avatar
There seems to a problem with what people do and do not consider erotic art. More and more frequently works that people are submitting are being kicked off the site, and as a result are pissing alot of artists off. The artists opinion is that they know they are submitting erotic art, they are placing it in the erotic art section where it should be, and for some reason they are being censored. From what I gather the Moderators of the site believe the work to be pornographic or rather unsuitable for minors, and must delete the work. There is a butting of heads of a sort. Personally I'm in favor of the artists. I don't think anything should be censored so long as it is legal. So I think a compromise needs to be made. What I suggest is a that the Mods create a warning page when browsing the erotic art section that says clearly that only those over 18 may view the following gallery. If I'm not mistaken this will release the creaters and operators from any legal problems. This is just an idea. I so no reason why peoples worked should be deleted and the artists banned when there are other ways to get what everyone wants.

Please everyone reply to this and show your support.
Thank you in advance,
Lestat
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-lestat-'s avatar
Yet again, another example of shit that shouldn't be on here while other stuff is deleted.
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scarlett-ohara's avatar
It may be shit, it may be tasteless and vulgar...but it's art in someone's eyes. We have to respect that. Bring on the warning page. Oh and the link to your page doesn't work.
-lestat-'s avatar
Sorry bout that
scarlett-ohara's avatar
-lestat-'s avatar
Which link are you talking about exactly? And where is it?
scarlett-ohara's avatar
to your user page...I was trying to see your gallery but it says something about some URL... or DNS entry...foreign language to me
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vangelius's avatar
having some serious case of brain farts or soemthing but i remember there being a true story about a museum that put someones nude photopgraphs up and the publice was outraged but the museum upheld there case and won in court the right to show it..... now since its 2am and i have no caffine left in the house i dont remember where i was goign with this but ^^....... ah hail... i agree with the warning page... keep up the good fight lastat
-lestat-'s avatar
Thanks for the support.
vangelius's avatar
please forgive the spelling and grammer... once again i say 2am and no caffine
-lestat-'s avatar
Yet another example of stuff that shouldn't be on here while other work is deleted from the site.
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realitysquared's avatar
You would get better results if you actually used the Report Violation button to bring this to the attention of the necessary staff.
-lestat-'s avatar
Why do that when I know your watching my posts?:)
realitysquared's avatar
I'm not watching your posts, I'm just revisiting this thread occasionally to see how the discussion is coming along.

Believe me, I have far better things to do than to follow you around.
-lestat-'s avatar
hahahahaha ok. Seriously though I was just screwing with you. No need to reply condecendingly *bad spelling?*.
eggnogg06's avatar
it is wrong to censor anything that is art, if it is truly art, then how can it be censored
emzcorey's avatar
The problem is that people are abusing the site and posting stuff that is no where near ment to be art.
-lestat-'s avatar
I can't tell if that was a question or an answer.
eggnogg06's avatar
i wrote: "it is wrong to censor anything that is art, if it is truly art, then how can it be censored" that is a statement, with a retorical question at the end, if you wanted to answer it, one might say "you can't farking censor art."

another way of saying what i said before would be true art shuld not, and really cannot be sensored
-lestat-'s avatar
aye aye. I agree with you then. Thanks for the input cheif.
eggnogg06's avatar
oh if you want to know what I think about censoship a warning page is great, my photo teacher, shoots fine art nudes, he has a warning page on his site, but the pictures are wonderful, check them out at [link]
-lestat-'s avatar
Nice site. He's a really good photographer.
wheels's avatar
its a body, we all have one... get over it
-lestat-'s avatar
Right on ma brotha.