Warning: Idiotic Moderationposted Jun 18th 2009, 8:55AM
Mood:
I opened my messages and got this:
---------"Warning
Issued Date: Jun 18th 2009, 5:14AM
Subject: Sexually Explicit Material
Reason: SheezyArt does not allow pornographic or sexually explicit material on its galleries. This includes submissions in violation of the classification of "Content", which is found in part 5 of Terms of Service.
This submission has been purged from our galleries due to this violation. Please keep this policy in mind when posting submissions to SheezyArt in the future.
Please also review our Terms of Service as soon as possible via the link below.
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Thank you for your co-operation and for joining SheezyArt.
Additional Moderator Commentary:
After a lengthy discussion with other moderators we have decided to remove artwork #2081541: FFXII - Fran x Penelo and artwork #2081544: Bound and Gagged from your gallery. We feel that bondage implies sex or sexual acts and therefore crosses the line into Sexually Explicit Material.
Please do not submit images containing bondage in the future. Should you do so your account may be timed-out or banned.:-----
In addition to a gift art I did of an image of Penelo and Fran. Penelo (who is nude, save a series of bondage belts) is standing with Fran standing behind her with a hand placed on her hip. In the text, and in the image itself I depicted Penelo as she would be well into her twenties, so I won't be accused of loli bullshit (which thankfully, I was not. I want no association with that garbage).
Now, I went on to review the 'terms of service number 5', and found this:
5. Pornography: Explicit or implied sexual activity without artistic merit.
I'm sorry, but I poured my heart and soul into those images, and was very pleased with both of them when I did them. Bondage art is -not- inherently pornographic, and to think so is the result of an ignorant society that has no interest, and no experience with the subject. If this site is going to state otherwise, perhaps they should go ahead and state that something as innocent as a kiss, or a lesbian couple exists for no other reason than to provoke sexual activity. Bondage is -not- simply about sex, and telling someone it is would be the same as telling a christian that their faith is all about being on their knees with clasped hands.
I struggled back and forth with the notion of hanging around here, but ya know... I'm not going to tolerate what amounts to a slap in the face of my way of life.
No one will tell me what's art. No one has that right. It's a public site, and the mods can pretty well do whatever they want, but bondage art is not some base, disgusting outlet of sexual frustration, and I'll be damned if I hang around a place that tries to tell me otherwise.
no worries! not sure what i'm gonna do with my stories, i do wanna share 'em with you, but it took me months to get to the point where i could make DA work....
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