Topic: Removal of my sig pic

[el-Karnak]

Kranak, Need a reason to move back up north?

Lets just say --

Decriminalization of POT -- is about to happen -- wont make it legal but for anything under 15Grams you will get a fine and no criminal record..

Yea baby!!!
Only reason I can think of to vote liberal..and I still didnt vote liberal..

Nah it's OK, I like the US the way it is.  Lotsa cool people to hang with.

[FPF-SCM_TraceyG_XC]

Let me clarify something here. It was Frey who asked me to remove the sig pic and as I said in my original post, I presonally received no complaints nor saw any in the forums with the exception of the one complaint stated.

[Mazeppa]

You know, people who don't like what they see here don't have to come here. This is not Taldren anymore and there is no company image to be kept up here. As long as it isn't totally lewd, gross or OTT in some other way I couldn't care less what pics people post. In your profile, there is a setting to turn off signatures and images for you if you don't like what you see. This allows you to have your preferences while allowing others to enjoy theirs. And yes, I am talking to the same group of people who can't seem to physically change the channel when something they don't like comes on TV.   

DISCLAIMER:  I did not have a problem with the sig.  That sig was certainly easy on my eyes, fo sho.

I'm not comfortable with the idea "This is not Taldren anymore".  I don't know any of the details, but I presume a group of very mature people (who also had some financial resources to pay the bills) were given Taldren's blessing to continue to provide this community with a place to congregate.  I would thing that inherent in that blessing is an understanding to try and operate as Taldren would have done.  So I wonder if Taldren would have been comfortable with that Sig if they had received a complaint or two.

My sons played this game from 1999-2001.  Some of you may remember Malacoda, who was at one time probably the best 14 year old SFC player on the planet.  I was mindful of what he saw and read online.  At 13 and older, I was not too worried about most of the things that went on on Mplayer, Gamespy, and the Taldren forums, since I knew what reading material he had snuck under his mattress. 

But if my son had been 8, 9, or 10, and playing this game and frequenting the forums and gaming venues of the time, or if I had a young daughter...well, I dunno. 

Also, I can envision a situation where some poor schmuck is surfing the forums when he should be fixing a faucet or edging the lawn, and he catches heck from his wife as she walks by the computer and see a sig of a scantily clad woman.  My wife of 25 years just rolled her eyes when she saw the sig, especially when I mention Tracey's location on the other side of the planet.  But I can see a bad scene with a less understand woman. 

Like most of us, I felt bad for both Tracey and Frey.  But I think they would have done what Taldren would have done, and that is a good thing.

[Dizzy]

What I'm saying is this is Frey's forum.  He makes the rules and we have 2 choices.   Take it or leave it.

What r u? The f*cking forum police? I dont need to be reminded of whose forum this is. It's MINE. Frey is my lackey and waxes my car, so STFU!

EDIT: Ok, Tracey, we cant have you hiding in bushed anymore w/o a photo of you... so, which one of these sig pics do you like best?

The one BEFORE I gave you breast implants:



Or the one AFTER breast implants? Not like they wenrt big enough in the 1st place tho... Oh, and btw, It was all MY pleasure.



Love,
Diz

[Green]

So after all this I think we can sum it up
1) Tracey's sig was cool with alot of us
2) Frey makes the rules here
3)The US sucks compared to the Great White North.
4) Hexx is a p00py-head.

Anything I miss?

Nope, ya got 'em all.

Anyway,

Nice to see the pre-dyna flame-fest get going (and I got to add fuel too ).  Funny, since we are all flying the same race and no idea who is on what team (w/ 6 notable exceptions) we are focusing on other issues.

To summarize...

Hooch is right.  The first ammendment's protection on free speech is meant to restrict the government ( a good thing).

Age still doesn't play the game.

Kroma is p0rn.

[FPF-SCM_TraceyG_XC]

For some reason Dizzy, I havent been able to see your edited versions yet, only part of the pic displays. Your orion pic displays fine though, dont know why.

[Kroma BaSyl]

No sh*t sherlocks, this is private property and those that pay the bills can do whatever they like. But I am still sick of moralistic dumbarse that are to stupid to figure out how turn off sigs to protect their delicate sensibilities, and to lazy to monitor what their children see. It ain't societies responsibility to raise them it is yours. Anything I have ever seen on this forum is tame compared to the Guess Jeans ads that regularly run on broadcast TV, so I fail to see what the big deal with anyone?s sig was.

Personally I find the racist and sometimes backward arse opinions I have seen posted by some of those that seem to think they have the moral high ground on this much more offensive than a little boobies, but I don't lobby Frey and the other admins to squelch their speech and opinions.

[likkerpig]

No sh*t sherlocks, this is private property and those that pay the bills can do whatever they like. But I am still sick of moralistic dumbarse that are to stupid to figure out how turn of sigs to protect their delicate sensibilities, and to lazy to monitor what their children see. It ain't societies responsibility to raise them it is yours. Anything I have ever seen on this forum is tame compared to the Guess Jeans ads that regularly run on broadcast TV, so I fail to see what the big deal with anyone?s sig was.

Personally I find the racist and sometimes backward arse opinions I have seen posted by some of those that seem to think they have the moral high ground on this much more offensive than a little boobies, but I don't lobby Frey and the other admins to squelch their speech and opinions.

Baby, if you weren't already in my stable I'd marry ya!
Good post, couldn't have said it better myself.
 

[FPF-Aurora]

Good posting Kroma

I have to admit, that I wasn't overly fond of Tracey's new signature pic...
However, I can make choices as not to look at what I don't like.
I am a little angry that I have now been stripped of that choice.
I can't believe that a cartoon is causing so much uproar...
Especially since any day of the week you can go to the freakin grocery store and see women with pants so low you can see their short and curlies.   
I'm sorry.. scrolling past Kromas grand tutu'd derrier just isn't the same for me...
I do acknowledge respect for the fact that Tracey did remove the picture.
Kudo's to you for that Tracey.
But unfair that there had to be a big uproar all the same...

[Kroma BaSyl]

Good posting Kroma

I have to admit, that I wasn't overly fond of Tracey's new signature pic...
However, I can make choices as not to look at what I don't like.
I am a little angry that I have now been stripped of that choice.
I can't believe that a cartoon is causing so much uproar...
Especially since any day of the week you can go to the freakin grocery store and see women with pants so low you can see their short and curlies.   
I'm sorry.. scrolling past Kromas grand tutu'd derrier just isn't the same for me...
I do acknowledge respect for the fact that Tracey did remove the picture.
Kudo's to you for that Tracey.
But unfair that there had to be a big uproar all the same...

I need to start shopping at your grocery store. Funny thing is there is more uproar about the censorship than the censored material. LOL

[likkerpig]

Especially since any day of the week you can go to the freakin grocery store and see women with pants so low you can see their short and curlies.   

Ummm, which freakin grocery store do you go to?
Mine has hirsute mothers with screaming (screaming... screaming.... will they never stop?) children and old folks who either can't figure out the 12 items or less line (hint: if you have a shopping cart you are probably in the wrong line) or they are arguing with the clerk about out of date coupons.
The next hottie with low cut jeans I see will be the first... and I've been hanging around the "long cylindrical vegetables" aisle waiting for them!

[SSCF-LeRoy]

Funny thing is there is more uproar about the censorship than the censored material. LOL

Hehe, yeah. I think most of us have found this whole censorship/anti-censorship discussion more offensive than the actual image in question

[Kroma BaSyl]

Funny thing is there is more uproar about the censorship than the censored material. LOL

Hehe, yeah. I think most of us have found this whole censorship/anti-censorship discussion more offensive than the actual image in question

Actually the "censorship" is offensive, not the discussion about the issue or the original censored material. I never found the expression of displeasure over the origal material offensive either, just behind the scences lobbying and the caving to it as offensive.

[Villa64]

I dont think the issue here is someone being offended by..a picture.

Regards
Villa

[FPF-DieHard]

Personally I find the racist and sometimes backward arse opinions I have seen posted by some of those that seem to think they have the moral high ground on this much more offensive than a little boobies, but I don't lobby Frey and the other admins to squelch their speech and opinions.

Would you prefer I ask "where da green woman at?"   

[Dizzy]

For some reason Dizzy, I havent been able to see your edited versions yet, only part of the pic displays. Your orion pic displays fine though, dont know why.

Im not an expert with pics, so I'm unsure how to retain bitmap quality when I convert to a smaller file size as either gif or jpeg. You prolly cant see them cuz they arnt 56k friendly. They are nearly 1MB each.

Want them emailed? If so, I need a pic of you backside. I have the front down pat.

[Kroma BaSyl]

Personally I find the racist and sometimes backward arse opinions I have seen posted by some of those that seem to think they have the moral high ground on this much more offensive than a little boobies, but I don't lobby Frey and the other admins to squelch their speech and opinions.

Would you prefer I ask "where da green woman at?"   

I would prefer you ask, "where the green lizards at?"

[Cleaven]

I dont think the issue here is someone being offended by..a picture.

Regards
Villa

It was more fun argueing about the morality of pay-to-play.

[Commander Maxillius]

I dont think the issue here is someone being offended by..a picture.

Regards
Villa

It was more fun argueing about the morality of pay-to-play.

oh God, not that again

[FPF-SCM_TraceyG_XC]

I dont think the issue here is someone being offended by..a picture.

Regards
Villa

It was more fun argueing about the morality of pay-to-play.

Kudos to you, Cleaven, for recognising it as a moral issue.

'Kudos'... a word not often used in Australia. I find it quite a strange word actually...