Half the threads in this forum offend at least one member, it's likely all of them would offend a lot of non-members. Indeed an awful lot of them might offend the person whose picture is being posted. So where does the line get drawn?
For instance let's say the normal WNBR thread is fine by most, I hardly think those people who took part would like the fact that their pictures are being reposted in the context of a forum aimed fairly and squarely at men who enjoy pictures of semi-dressed and naked women. The argument "they appeared in public so they lose the right to object" falls apart when you consider the sheer number of sites devoted to such pictures. The men at such events rarely if ever get subjected to that level of scrutiny. These women are making a point about the naked female form being natural and NOT simply sexual. This forum completely upends that and goes on to make them sexual again. The whole purpose of the event is defeated if they want to shout "This is natural not sexual" and we hear only "Let's post them on a thread devoted to men who want pictures of naked women". We are, in fact, breaking the very tenet of their argument and proving them wrong - that men will always treat the female body as an object of lustful desire.
My view? Never think too much about the morals which separate you personally from other members of this site. Unless something illegal or clearly idenitficable who are we to judge what others enjoy? As the saying goes "let he who is without sin cast the first stone". I don't think many of us should be casting stones at other members - not while we stand in rocky ground and might easily be hit by a retaliatory blow. Live be let live. If we can't agree that as fellow members of this site, we are truly lost.
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