Women in various states of undress!

**honest muz** · 23-02-2007 11:33 AM

Giday Guys,
Let me just couch my following comments with a clear statement that, I do not now, nor have I in the past, bowled from the Paddington end. Similarly, I have a firm view that this lifestyle choice will continue for the foreseeable future.

My topic here relates to the apparent out-moded views of some of OzHonda's members with respect to affirmative action and respect for the roles of women in the wider community. Some of the thought leaders and senior members of OzHonda have a penchant for displaying avatars of women's breasts, cleavages and generally the décolletages. I don't find this personally offensive but just wonder about the sensibilities of any women that might want to become members. I know the site has a code of conduct. I just wonder how the members would react to my proposal to show avatars of myself in the near-buff?

**Q_ball** · 23-02-2007 11:36 AM

It is an issue that we have looked at in the past,
Having so many members doesnt help us monitor EVERY single avator.
If you see something that is offensive, or could be perceived as offensive, PM a moderator with the member's username, and we'll have a look at it.

**dc2dc2dc2** · 23-02-2007 11:44 AM

i sorta agree to an extent with his comments. Not that i have a problem with them...people who are browsing website at work or at uni could get them into trouble. Thats my main issue with avatars that some ozhonda members have.

**Mr_will** · 23-02-2007 12:21 PM

as long as the avatar does not show something which would be considered offensive to a reasonable person , with respect to the fact that ozhonda must be appropriate for an audience under 18 years, there is no legal obligation for ozhonda to censor them. its similar to tv, which can show a cleavage, swimsuits, etc etc but not full on frontal nudity.

this being said, ozhonda would be perfectly entitled to impose its own set of rules, provided they fell within the bounds of the law - eg they could say no cleavage, but they couldnt say no asian girls.

its an excellent point though, im glad you brought it up. we all need to think about whether what we're posting/doing is sensible, and how others would feel about it

**joyride** · 23-02-2007 12:25 PM

someone snitched on me. my previous AV was a crowd favourite.

**panda[cRx]** · 23-02-2007 12:38 PM

if you dont want to see them or dont wanna get in trouble from them turn them off (in your user CP)

it'll make your page load faster too

i say leave it as it, we are relatively tame compared to other forums. anything overly offensive gets removed.

however i do believe that sort of nude/semi nude sorta content should be kept to 18+ threads

**bennjamin** · 23-02-2007 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by panda[cRx]

if you dont want to see them or dont wanna get in trouble from them turn them off (in your user CP)

it'll make your page load faster too

i say leave it as it, we are relatively tame compared to other forums. anything overly offensive gets removed.

however i do believe that sort of nude/semi nude sorta content should be kept to 18+ threads

says him with naked boobs under a racing harness lol.

perhaps start takign steps in the right direction

BTW if anything is offensive - we as mods wait for you as members to point it out and then we can act

**aaronng** · 23-02-2007 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by honest muz

I just wonder how the members would react to my proposal to show avatars of myself in the near-buff?

This used to be my avatar, serious: http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/992/gacktxf3.jpg

**panda[cRx]** · 23-02-2007 04:26 PM

Originally Posted by bennjamin

says him with naked boobs under a racing harness lol.

perhaps start takign steps in the right direction

BTW if anything is offensive - we as mods wait for you as members to point it out and then we can act

like i said, if you dont want to see avatars you dont have to. just like if you dont wanna see any of the 18+ girly threads you dont have to.... but just coz you might not want to see it dont ruin the fun for the others

**Bayani** · 23-02-2007 04:36 PM

LOL, Thanks guys. This so needs to be NSFW. -_-; Especially you, Arronng! LOL!

**S92** · 23-02-2007 04:38 PM

whats wrong with the display of women's breast and clevages? those stuff gets displayed on TV all the time advertising bras, undies and deoderants all the time?