deuces wild Posted December 18, 2005 Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 ......at least before I was told that this smilie was offensive: http://www.bestsmileys.com/pageindex.htm Go to 'mooners' then the Bart Simpson moonie. The messages I received? "Sorry but I was asked to remove your post" after which the entire thread was pulled." and "Please amend your signature as it has gone too far with the exposed rear end". So.............I have asked the person the smilie was addressed to if it was offensive in any way. The answer...........NO as the person understood it was meant as a joke. Afterall, it was a cartoon character showing part of his butt and shaking it. Oh my! Help me understand this.............We can allow a joke about an Irish coal miner coming home for lunch and getting a BJ acceptable yet find a smilie of a *cartoon* character mooning not acceptable? Oh my. What has this forum become? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 18, 2005 Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 Personally I can see absolutely NOTHING offensive at all. Someone was feeling a bit off I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted December 18, 2005 Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 I like the snowman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted December 18, 2005 Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 Personally I can see absolutely NOTHING offensive at all. Someone was feeling a bit off I think. I agree. We all have 'off' days though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thos Posted December 18, 2005 Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 I can see nothing offensive either.BTW, did the Irish coal miner go back for a BJ. I imagined it was for SI.Thos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadyassa Posted December 18, 2005 Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 I can see nothing offensive either.BTW, did the Irish coal miner go back for a BJ. I imagined it was for SI.Thos.Maybe cos there was no festive tinsel round it :w00t: Whatever was in the readers mind :wink: :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 18, 2005 Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 What I would really like to know is, was the thread offensive or the mooning cartoon smilie? We need guide line here as to what smilies are allowed. I really cannot see anything to worry about in a mooning cartoon. There's a lot more titillating things on here than that. Now that we all have said that the cartoon does not offend us, can we please see the thread itself, providing of course that it was not the thread that caused offence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted December 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 The thread was put back up sans my reply to Artist which consisted only of a quote of her post, the Bart mooning smilie and a smiling Santa. The thread in question is http://forums.neoplanet.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=22176&hl= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted December 18, 2005 Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 I was not offended............. :laugh: :harhar: :harhar: :harhar: :harhar: :harhar: Overkill was what I was on about........ :tongue: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted December 18, 2005 Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 I moved the post to a holding section after receiving a complaint from a member stating that it was thought offensive especially to a lady. Note that I didn't delete it, I just hid it from general view. I was the only one on the forum able to do this at the time and my intention was that Admins/mods should give their opinion in due course - with the option of re-instating it.I am sorry that this is causing so much consternation but, I'm sure you'll agree that if a complaint is received, it is incumbent on whoever is capable of acting on it to do so - which I did, as I have just explained.I shall now go away until things have settled down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted December 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 Pops, I am not blaming you in any way. I know you did what you had to do. My complaint is to the person(s) making an objection to my post in the first place, especially considering that the person who it was directed to took it as it was intended to be.....a joke. We can now close this thread please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted December 18, 2005 Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 You acted quite correctly pops, I do not know what all the fuss is about.I do not find it offensive, but if there is a complaint you have to act on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted December 18, 2005 Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 Just to round things off, I was the person who actually deleted the post after pops had flagged it for opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 18, 2005 Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 Amen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted December 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 We can now close this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 18, 2005 Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 We can now close this thread.You can do that yourself. Bottom left/Moderation options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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