Naked Twin wrote: But why should they, were they doing something wrong that the administrators thought worthy of taking up?
Sure, why should we? We weren't breaking any rule. But by the same token, why shouldn't we? As Mick said - he
asked. If he had've told... well, it would've been a long, fun trainwreck of a thread that would've degenerated into many NWS pics, and finally monkey porn
If I had a problem with what Mick posted, I would've either PM'd him privately, or responded here to discuss it.
He made a polite request. I read it, thought about it, and decided to remove my avatar (though I reserve the right to start a
labelled NWS thread to show off the rest of my avatars that I had lined up for rotation

). Isn't that how a friendly community operates?
FWIW, I happen to agree with him for several reasons:
1) There's plenty of places online where you can see pics like that (including threads here), so it's no trauma to not have them in avatars
2) It seems like it's only fairly recently that we've had avatars with that level of explicitness, so the concern about the way the site was going was very valid
3) We have a long-standing tradition of posting "(NWS)" in a thread title if it contains images that aren't work safe. Having NWS avatars defeats the purpose of that long-standing tradition
Naked Twin wrote: Just would have thought you might quietly email the admins or the owners of such avatars and get their take on it first rather then grandstanding
Grandstanding??? I'm not seeing it
And if Mick had've emailed the admins to ask me to remove my avatar, I would've felt awful. I know Mick well enough that I'd expect direct contact (either by PM, or the way he did it here) and would be weirded out if he felt the need to use an intermediary for such a mild request. And by putting it here, he doesn't have to send 3 PMs, plus it opens the subject up for discussion.
Why is his polite request bothering you so much that you felt the need to be insulting?
If it's because you were soooooo disappointed that you wouldn't get to see the next avatar pic I had ready... well, I'll PM you the link when I post up all my NSW sexy boy bottoms
