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I'm glad your anger and frustration have gone, matthew. Your drawings are showing it, too ... love your 'memory game' in Showcase.

matthew

My anger was on that pic being censored... Not being voted down...

I have gotten very used to my pics being voted down...

Either way, I do not wish to visit the subject again...

That is why I said that I have no intrest in drawing the line...

My frustration over the censorship issue is gone...

I just want to have fun & draw...

I will not chose sides... I will not draw lines... I will not get in trouble by doing so...

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What I now find difficult to understand is why Ron, in his own way, has censored this thread by refusing to read our responses ... or have you, Ron?

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Matthew, I agree with you ... there is a thin line between offensive and obscene. My point is that, if sexual acts or lewd behaviour would be unacceptable in a public place, such as a main thoroughfare, a hotel foyer, a doctors waiting room or any place where it is not normal for such things to take place, then it is unacceptable here. I'm not a prude ... I simply believe there is a right and wrong place for everything. There are such paintings and drawings in art galeries ... we know they are there and when we come across them we are not shocked because they are not unexpected and are accepted as having a rightful place there. You could argue that this is an art gallery ... personally, I see this as a public place where I would be quite happy to leave children to play for a while.

Regarding your Jesus drawing, I believe that the majority of us did not find it offensive. (Forgive me if I get this wrong ... I've lost track of it all) ... It got a lot of votes and was very prominent. Then it got voted down, as has become the norm (more's the pity) and you were rather put out about that. You made quite a fuss at the time and made your feelings plain in the forum. Your comments were followed by varying views (and why not). Sadly it didn't end there ... it got more hits and a few opposing comments and you became very angry. In your temper, you put multiple drawings of the same picture up ... your anger was plain to all of us. It became a big issue. I assume that some had tired of it all by then and decided that if they hit the report button, they could put a stop to it. How wrong they were.

matthew

There are obscene pics & there are offensive pics...

I agree that this should be an obscene free sight (obscenity offends me... lol)...

Offensive pics to one group are perfectly fine to another group. Therefor a difficult line to draw...

For example, my Jesus pic was offensive to some & was censored, but to most it was not...

I just can't draw the line...