Avatar Question!

[Russell Smith]

I had a PM last week from a forum user who said he liked his son to check out what he does as a hobby (nine year old) and he thought my current avatar was inappropriate and he wanted me to remove it.
I explained to him I did not think it was offencive and I would be surprised if his son had not seen a similar image in far more detail and said it would be staying.

I also explained how he could disable avatars or even bar my posts and because of that stop my avatar from appearing on his computer.

He sent me a reply thanking me for my advice and was disabling avatars, problem solved but he still did not see why that sort of avatar was allowed.

Well he pricked my conscience, and I keep asking myself - has he got a point, is it inappropriate.

I will come clean to why it has bothered me, I have been talking to a TV company and one of the points in their contract is inappropriate imagery
I sent them a link to the proposed Gun Whores shirt as a point of reference and they said that would be classed as inappropriate.

So if a non detailed print being classed as inappropriate are not some avatars....... including mine

Has it passed the bounds of decency, opinions please.


Russ

 

[RainbowShooter]

IMO it's nothing more than is on tv every night.

 

[spreadz07]

To be honest Russ, it has p1$$ed me off for months wondering how you got a pic of my Mrs anyway!
She told me she was at Bingo
Nige

 

[Russell Smith]

To be honest Russ, it has p1$$ed me off for months wondering how you got a pic of my Mrs anyway!
She told me she was at Bingo
Nige

No, she said she had a full house.....


Russ

 

[Devrij]

I get more stick for my avatar than you do for yours lol. I can imagine why your avatar would be considered offensive though, you need to replace it with one that has bigger boobs.

 

[spangley_special]

personally i donthink its inappropiate as a members avatar, as a representative of a tournament series, maybe? at least if you want to get more mainstream as a sport.

does it bother me? No, of course not (Devrij's does tho). But i am a 20 year old lad who spend most his time on here harrassing Kat, so it wouldn't now would it?

 

[Tom Allen]

My one is a bit more subtle, but i've used some good ones.

 

[spangley_special]

i think i'd go with the pbN rule of no nipple, which would makes tom's fine and dandy

 

[AL21784]

I personally don't see a problem, i could understand if it was a really huge image, but on my screen it's tiny and I barley even notice it

 

[spreadz07]

No, she said she had a full house.....


Russ

Could of been worse. Could of been 5 in a row
(but then she isnt from Bridgwater )
Nige