Avatars, anyone else feel some are in poor taste?

dont really want to get into a Bible debate with you...... but the 613 laws of Old Testament Mosaic code have little to nothing to do with your missons for a modern day reformed Protestant (Penacostal) church.....

still dosent answer the question ...how can you "spread the word" in good faith..and then turn around and promote yourself as a Homosexual....

Simple fact of the matter is that you are either flat out lying to us , the poeple you mission to or to your Church....or who knows maybe all 3....

gonna stop this line of conversation now....... the Church dosent belong in a pool forum..besides its Sunday.. if anyone wanted to hear this they would go and get it from their church
 
showtime said:
avatars are expressions of an individual and are the cornerstone of what makes our OWN INDIVIDUALISTIC qualities.for eg. in 2007 2 guys kissing is politically and morally acceptable almost everywhere you go.then there is the babes,they are in every newspaper publication world wide (thier beauty is a reflection of inner peace, helthy eating, exercise and we are all born to be sexual creatures.I,showtime am a big fan of freedom of choice.I hope you think this out carefully. I believe it will be a step backwards if you ban freedom of expression on this forum.thank-you for reading, mr. wilson.;) p.s. i am getting addicted to this forum. you guys are great.
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huh huh

What about discriminating right and wrong?
 
SUPERSTAR said:
I don't know what the fuss is all about.

While i understand that there are rules, it is still amazing to me, that some people can't handle certain images.

ESPECIALLY when the same people that would gladly ogle a sexually suggestive avatar that depicts women in a certain pose or exposing a certain amount of flesh are all sorts of bent out of shape because someone puts up a picture of men in a sexually suggestive pose.
I mean, this is the modern age, and if people can handle one side of it, and not the other, that is completely on them.

There is really no difference between the 2 girls kissing and the 2 guys kissing, except the degree of discrimination imparted on each of them.

As for people that get upset at the objectification of women, lets not forget that some of those women AGREED to pose for those pictures, and I'd be willing to bet that they were more then happy to shove their assets into the camera and are proud of it. They are more likely then not, going to use their assets to try and open doors to gain an advantage if they can.

So if there is objectification of women going on, women have to take some of the blame for it. It's not just the men, despite whatever womens study courses might say.
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Unforunately, you didn't get the point at all.


Some people have morals, and they may want to read billiard forums, but they may not want to see sexually offensive pictures. And, even more importantly, they do not want their children or other people nearby to see these pictures and getting bad/false ideas.
 
It's all about freedom of choice. We have a choice to post our avatar and we have a choice to look or not look at others' avatars. If this avatar in question is that offensive, simply put said member on ignore. Squashing another member's freedom of choice is never the correct answer.
 
sky.. said:
While I do no approve of Marissa's intention in posting that avatar (I believe she's just trying to get even), her being bisexual is not relevant to her preaching the good word. Just because someone is a gambler doesn't make his anti-gambling lectures less valid.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem
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ah.... very true about about the gambler..... but judging by Marissa's responses, she isnt out there giving the Anti- Homosexual speech....

and it is relevant to her "preaching" .....very relevant..
 
Adanac67 said:
It's all about freedom of choice. We have a choice to post our avatar and we have a choice to look or not look at others' avatars. If this avatar in question is that offensive, simply put said member on ignore. Squashing another member's freedom of choice is never the correct answer.
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Freedom?


Human has a freedom to choose. If he/she decides to do wrong, should it be accepted just in the name of freedom?
 
Marvel said:
Some people have morals, and they may want to read billiard forums, but they may not want to see sexually offensive pictures. And, even more importantly, they do not want their children or other people nearby to see these pictures and getting bad/false ideas.
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Good post.

Unfortunately, nowadays there seems to be absolutely no concept of morality, or respect for another's moral code.

There was a thread a couple weeks ago in the NPR section involving the subject of incest. Most of the posters who responded to that thread did NOT regard incest as immoral.

So I guess, an avatar of a brother and sister, or even a father and daughter, kissing (of course provided they're all over 18) is absolutely fair game.

I say we just ditch the avatars altogether. It serves absolutely no purpose. It just provides another way to offend people or draw attention to oneself.
 
Adanac67 said:
It's all about freedom of choice. We have a choice to post our avatar and we have a choice to look or not look at others' avatars. If this avatar in question is that offensive, simply put said member on ignore. Squashing another member's freedom of choice is never the correct answer.
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NO, you have the freedom to do a lot of things, but getting on here and saying or doing anything you want is not one of them.

Someone is paying for this site, and in doing that they get to make the rules. You have the freedom to follow the rules they set or not and they have the freedom to ban you if you don't. If you want to make your own rules then all you have to do is start your own forum.

If you go into a public place like a restaurant, there are rules you have to follow. You can't throw your girlfriend up on the table and start going at it. Why, because it is a public place and because someone owns the business. If you want to throw your girlfriend on a table, you have the freedom to do that in the privacy of your own home. Why, because it's not public and you own it.

The rules here are not very strict and I have a seen a lot people get away with crap that they wouldn't on my forum. But there will always be people who want to cause trouble and there will always be people who want to yell Attica.
 
I really have to wonder about people who feel the need to "make a statement" on a message board.

Someone said that they found my avatar hard to handle with family members or coworkers present, so I changed it for them.

My avatar does nothing for me, and never will.
 
Sweet Marissa said:
I attend Evangel Temple, which is an Assemblies of God church. We have a group of young adults that meet weekly, also, which is called Veritas. Several members attend missions regularly, and we also support missionaries who live overseas. Last month, several members went to the Dominican Republic. In June, some of our member in Veritas will be going to the Utah Dream Center. This is the one I felt drawn to.

As for homosexuality, I struggled with my own sexuality when I was younger, confused to why I would like women, even though I liked men. I have dated both, but never at the same time. I don't believe in polyamourous relationships. Regarding it as a sin is hypocritical. While no sin is greater than another, I don't consider it a sin. Sexual orientation isn't a choice. I don't believe a person would choose to be ostracised from society and risk ridicule, and possibly alienation, from their family and friends. Love isn't based on outward appearances, but who we are inside.
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How is this related to pool?

It's apparent that Marissa is looking for attention. The best thing to do is ignore her.
 
Smorgass Bored said:
SmorgassBored axed:
What's an avatar ?



Whew, thank God. I thought it was a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
Doug
( http://www.miramax.com/aviator/ )
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Man, you gotta get back in stroke. Your jokes have been absolutely horrible lately.

But then again, have I ever thought your jokes were funny? :p
 
Sweet Marissa said:
Also considered "sins": cutting your hair, interracial relationships, females wearing pants or spaghetti strapped shirts, men wearing shorts, eating shellfish.
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Can you cite scripture (chapter and verse) that declares these activities sinful? The clothing restrictions might fall under modesty, but who determines what is appropriate. Show me the bible verse that prohibits women from waering pants, or men from wearing shorts.
I'm pretty sure there were plenty of interracial marriages in the old testiment. As a matter of fact marriages were often arranged to ensure peace between different tribes. The shellfish thing is part of old testement Kosher rules, and doesn't apply to the new covenant christians have with God. Since you profess Christianity, I think we should focus on the new testiment, as the old is meerly the roots or foundatioon that christianity built upon.

Maybe you'd also like to explain to me how I, a tiny speck of carbon in the vastness of the universe, can possibly gain the notice of or be offensive to God?

Banger McCue
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I Need Some Rest

jsp said:
Man, you gotta get back in stroke. Your jokes have been absolutely horrible lately.
But then again, have I ever thought your jokes were funny? :p
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Hey, I'm shaking it here boss, I'm shaking it.
Doug
( but nothings coming out :) )
 
I think it is a good thing to be able to place yourself in another's shoes.

And if I was to place myself in the shoes of the owner of a forum such as this, I would look at this forum as a business.

I would want to know what things I could do to get as many pool players posting on this forum and reading this forum as possible. Doing this would increase the value of the web site for advertisers.

In general, if keeping the posts billiard related made more players want to visit this forum, then I would try to keep things billiard related. If posts by certain people began to stray away from this, then I would take action to get things back on topic.

If there were offensive pictures being posted which would keep some people from visiting this forum (because friends or co-workers might see these, or whatever), then I would be concerned about this. Again the goal is to get as many players visiting the forum as possible.

Since these pictures might reduce the number of players visiting the forum, then I would want to either not allow them or set up some sort of "family friendly" option in the User CP (if possible).

Of course I would understand that while some people are offended by certain pictures, others like them, or others may not care.

Personally I don't care what pictures anyone posts on the forum. I've seen it all before and I'm reading this at home.

However if I was reading this at work or at a public library, then I would not want *any* naughty pictures. In the case of work, this is something which could get someone fired. With the library, I wouldn't want young kids to walk by and notice, then say "Mommy, what is that?" (Then mommy runs over to librarian and points to me - librarian comes over and tells me to leave, etc.)
 
Taste is in the mouth of the beholder.. :)

Dr Suess likes avatars to..

I like them on the screen I like them to be seen,
Boobies in the air, boobies everywhere,
Pics of girls in tights, pics of dogs in flight,
Pics of kids flipping the bird, pics of the absurd,
All pics to show the masses, all of us with very big a$$es,
Pics of guys doing brokeback, pics of guys being cuehacks,
Who cares about these pics I ask, being politically correct is such a task,
Most are done in jest, even the girls packing some chest,
If it bunches your panties and makes you hot, hit the button of avatars not,
Stop the whining and the malice, go shoot pool because you need the practice.. :D

JV
 
branpureza said:
there are plenty of avatars in poor taste on this board but i think its kinda funny that no one pointed it out until they saw one that depicted a white male kissing a black male. no one ever had anything to say about pictures of girls with their boobs popping out of their shirts or sucking on bananas or any other suggestive and perverted material. i don't think its fair to single out something like that claiming "poor taste" just because you're a bit of a homophobe. i also feel at this point that i should point out that i am not gay... "not that theres anything wrong with that"
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I'm getting tired of people labeling anyone who has a moral qualm with public homosexuality or public approval of homosexuality as automatically being homophobic. You can be against moral depravity and selfish behavior without being afraid of it and labeling all who oppose homosexuality in such a way is just an attempt at demonizing an opposition and is no different than non homosexuals calling homosexuals faggots, queers, fairies etc. If you don't like being called names by those who oppose you, it is hypocritical to call those others names in a fallacial attempt at winning an argument that isn't even taking place
 
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