Posted by: San November 6, 2006
To San......Hypocricy?
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Bibas100, Sorry for being a cynic about the blog ads. It's nice to know that we are on the same page regarding advertising in kurakani discussions. As for the questions: "You have not answered a couple of my questions. Does a nude picture signify pornography? Are there such pictures in Nas's album? What do you think are the future implications of the poll you had? I know it was just for your feedback and the decision you took was already obvious long before the polls, but the way people think about the way you dealt with the situation is totally different." First of all I don't think there are any totally nude photos on Nas' album which have any private areas exposed fully. As far as nude picture and pornography is concerned, personally I think it depends on the pictures. Some nude portraits can be considered artwork which some nude pictures can be considered pornographic based on the degree of sexuality or explicitness portrayed by the image. This degree can be different for different individuals that's why it's fair to request no nude images uploaded in ramjham. Nas might be correct in saying that his album has been online for almost 7 months and noone really opposed it until he started voicing his opinion about a controversial topic. As far as models in bikini are concerned, we see them on TV all the time. We see them at the beach all the time. Which are both family oriented places, yet, we don't think twice about it. Also when you're walking along Times Square in New York or any big cities, you see posters and or images of models in bikinis, and we don't think twice about it. Do we need to protect our family from walking along the streets of big cities where there can be such posters? We live in pretty modern times where these things are taken for granted and not made a big deal out of. As long as it is not explicit, there should not be any problems. If in a family situation, the images on the front page absolutely bothers you then then the "hide" link can be clicked which will ensure those images do not show up anymore on the browser, so the family members would not see those if they used the same computer. Even in one of the largest Nepali news site kantipuronline.com they have photos of model in swimsuit in the front page. So this should not really be a big deal. I don't mean to undermine the concerns of all you well meaning visitors and I really appreciate you taking time to try to help make this a better site. Ramjham is a relatively new site, and I am trying to promote participation in the site. I found out that without having the updated images show up, users generally don't visit the site. Hence it's in the best interest of the site to have the updated images showup, with full control with the user to hide it effectively from their browsers with one single click! Thanking everyone for their patience and kind consideration in this matter.
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