My stance (again!)
It seems to me that everyone here is of the opinion that the girls are clearly aware of where their images are being put. They are not. And you cannot deny that this thread sits along side clearly more pornographic subjects. That in itself gives this thread a bad connotation.
Your website has of course (because I have blogged about it) been picked up on by various people both connected and not connected to the rides. Yay for publicity for all of us I guess. But I was struck and strangely surprised by the number of horrified comments I received from women who had no idea where their images were ending up. I know that at least a few of them went on here to check they weren't included. At least one of them was and I believe it's been dealt with.
Now, yes maybe they are naive. I wasn't shocked or surprised to find out. And perhaps they shouldn't have been. But they were. And it does suggest that participants are very innocent about their reasons for attending the rides. I am sure many of the people attending are not naturists and are using it as an excuse for getting their kit off in public. Fair dues to them, have fun. And they probably don't care where their naked selves are ending up online. But for some people on this ride it's been a very brave thing to do by getting on a bike naked, or even in a bikini and support the message behind the rides. Some have said they won't do it again until things change, and some, like me, will not do it until things do change.
Which is a shame for everyone. Me, you (the legit photographers amongst you anyway) and spectators. And of course the event organisers.
I appreciate there are a million sides to arguments like this. I am just giving mine. And you have given yours and I've been surprised at how balanced some of the reponses have been. And no doubt (by some of the comments I have seen here) you may be surprised I have responded, published your comments on my blog (including Mike of the OCC who says he is going to jerk off to my naked pics even though there aren't any) and I will continue to publish comments that are useful to the discussion (possibly no more from Mike though).
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