Slut in the screenshots... -Sigh-

Published on May 24, 2003 By EventHorizon In WinCustomize Talk

I hate to do this, but....

I have noticed lately, that there have been a lot of unsavory additions to the screenshots library. I emailed Jafo about this and he deleted a number of them, but of course, they still keep comin' in. B1uesummers in particular with some others coming SS Goku etc. I am wondering if maybe screenshots arent obliged to go through moderation...That could be a prob.

To see what im talkin about go to... https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=13&SkinID=1973 Ok fine, thats just one, but ive been watchin the screenshots for a while and I dont like what I see...One IS worth removing so that we dont have little kids paying visits to the screenshots and saying, "Mommy, mommy, look at that!..."

Now some of you may not agree with me...(People's moral standards being different and all)...but I dont think its right for a "family site" to be displaying this kind of crap. Basically what Im asking is, could someone please remove the ones you see fit and to make sure these people dont do it again.

Comments (Page 1)

Doreen

on May 24, 2003

Doreen spanks Jafo for letting those in! hehe

grayhaze

on May 24, 2003

There may be others a lot worse than the example you gave, but I honestly don't think a child would even notice the one slightly dodgy element of that screenshot. I'm unsure whether you're opposed to scantily-clad anime girls, or whether you're honestly offended by that image.

Maybe I'm just missing something?

EventHorizon

on May 24, 2003

Yes I am opposed to 'scantily clad anime girls' and Ill admit that a 4yr old wouldnt do something like that...

"Now some of you may not agree with me...(People's moral standards being different and all)...but I dont think its right for a "family site" to be displaying this kind of crap. Basically what Im asking is, could someone please remove the ones you see fit and to make sure these people dont do it again." (Quoted from above)

So if you want to see girls in bikinis and the like, you should have to go to deviant art not here.

Magnus Knutsson

on May 24, 2003

So EventHorizon is opposed to anime girls. But who is forcing him to look at them? None. So why should he deny others that pleasure?

I think that they are nicely drawn and not the least pornographic. If that's what EventHorizon is aiming at, but don´t dare to say.

Magnus from Sweden

Jafo

on May 24, 2003

Darn it...that one was a close call.

No actual 'nudity', just that typical cruddy 'anime' imagery that is strangely popular.

2 admins were 'not sure about it' [me being one] and a third thought we were being overly cautious.

In fact, my concern wasn't with 'cartoon cleavage' but with the Japanese pre-occupation with depiction of 'uncertain' age/maturity of the figures....'little girls with boobs' if you know what I mean....THAT was my 'concern'.

Perhaps I am being 'conditioned' by years of life-drawing ... and am less affected by such as some...but if a concensus requests such be removed then perhaps it should...

KarmaGirl

on May 24, 2003

I have no problem with that image. I don't find it offensive.

Of course, I have also had life drawing classes, and can appreciate the human form.

If there was some sort of sexual scene or something like that, I would object to it. But, you can pick up a copy of people magazine and see actresses wearing less than that.

One IS worth removing so that we dont have little kids paying visits to the screenshots and saying, "Mommy, mommy, look at that!..

If a child were to say that due to that image, I guess they have never gone to the beach with their parents...

(Oh, and yes, I am a Mom of a 4 year old. So, I *am* looking at this as a parent.)

Jafo

on May 24, 2003

Another way to look at it is that the screenshot section is intended to show-off your brilliant/clever desktop environment, and not be quite as childishly immature as this one is...

Jeff Jones

on May 24, 2003

I can see the problem with the age thing but then you have to consider this:

Are there a bunch of rules that can be applied that will make sure anyone using anime drawings won't be whupped (certain boob size? wrinkly face? I mean come on)

The linked image does not look particularly young...or old..that is the problem with anime you cannot easily see ages (unless it has been drawn to be obvious)

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Jeff Jones

on May 24, 2003

Other thing

Possibility of a wallpaper with one of those young, yet professional, anonymous models (you know, the ones that usually end up in middle pages of magazines like maxim). Age 18 in a bikini or summat. Age cannot be verified, must that wall paper be banned? must all models in any wallpapers have age verification?

Zodiaq~

on May 24, 2003

I find Terragen images offensive, could you please censor and remove all of them too

paxx

on May 24, 2003

Personnally, I find strange that some people enjoy sensual looking cartoons, but Ihave nothing against it. There is no nudity, there is no sexual act; this is not pornography. At the most, one could find it erotic (although it is still just a cartoon); and some people do consider this art. I personnally find nothing exciting about a half dressed cartoon, but I find nothing offensive about it either.

MarkMcQ

on May 24, 2003

The wording of the thread title (i.e. the use of the word slut) says to me it's not really an attempt to sheild a 4-year old from something like that, but merely a prudish outburst.

Gregory2001

on May 24, 2003

Slut? In the screenshot? Am I missing something? And what is a four-year-old doing on this site anyway? Adults must be penalized because people have children? Who is this genius?

MrGupps

on May 24, 2003

https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?searchtext=terireme&sort=Name&order=Descending&library=8&People=on anyone find this inappropriate? This is a wallpaper, so this DID go through moderation *sigh*......what is this world coming to......

Gregory2001

on May 24, 2003

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