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It all about my constitution also

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You gotta do what you gotta do.

Hate to see you leave the forum over this issue.... but I guess you gotta do what you gotta do.
 
I would have to agree to remove the pic. I sit down every night when I get home from work and read with my 4 year old in my lap and read a lot of the new posts. she loves to ride the spyder around the block with me and when I sit down to read spyderlovers she loves to look at the pics and ask questions about them. So when we cant ride we can still share spyder stuff with this site. Family friendly is number one in my house. Thank you from me and my future spyderlover. I also think ataDude said it best:

There are two kinds of people: (1) those who can read, reason and apply the experiences of others; and (2) those who just have to pee on the electric fence. ataDude, 2009
 
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Again-- this really has nothing to do with a persons Constitutional rights.

Just because we have certain rights doesn't mean we can come into your house and express them---- and this forum is Lamonts house so to speak!
 
I am 70.

I remember the days before Playboy. I remember Playboy having to airbrush (I did not know what that meant at the time) out the important anatomical details including the navel :lecturef_smilie:. I remember with great pleasure how that all evolved into beauty and reality -- away from the absurd and outdated moral standards of those olden days.

I remember when Penthouse sluttied up the scene.

I remember when Hustler started showing more detail than there was in Gray's Anatomy (an important book, not a TV show) and started showing "art" that simply was simply PORN.

I admired and bought them all.

But, they have their place and it is NOT here. There is enough -- errrr too much -- soft and hard porn on the web. This site should not add to it.

Keep it in the bedroom and other appropriate places . . .

Hooray to Lamonster for his courage in not bending over inappropriately! :hun:

I'm sorry you took it that way but this wasn't the first time I've been contacted about it, it's just the first time I acted on it.

The rules have been in place since day one and the "art" on your hood is not what I would call family friendly Bro. Sorry.
http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4225
 
I guess as someone stated about Europe, I must have spent too many years there:gaah:I didn't even notice the avatar! But I agree if we are going to be in Lamonts house we must abide by his rules.:2thumbs:
 
Common sense came before the Constitution. The Declaration came before the Constitution because we did not want to be a part of or like Europe. Take a look at Europe now and see if you want this country to be like that. There are American headstones all over this country, and in Europe, to say NOT.

BTW, if someone had a picture of your grown up daughter semi nude on their frunk lid, how would you feel about their's... and yours ... Constitution?
 
Don't you remember the frog dissection in biology? Frog "goodies" don't show. :yikes: Actually to correct myself, that's a toad but the same thing applies. :p
You are right, I should have remembered that. I used to set up the dissection pin tests in high school. :opps: The original Annoying Thing illustration was anatomically (in)correct, however, so this is an improvement. I'm still sticking with the blue tights theory. :D
 
First, I am very sorry you have chosen to leave. I think you're taking this all wrong.

I don't pretend to speak for everyone here. This is just my perspective.

It may have appeared to you that there weren't any problems. But it is more likely that people here just didn't want to create an issue by pointing out the obvious and taking the chance of setting you off.

It is quite clear that you are very proud of that semi-nude woman on the front of your Spyder. People may have assumed your reaction to any complaint would not be well received, no matter how it was presented. And in fact they were correct, as evidenced by your response. So you can't blame anyone for not wanting to pull the pin on this grenade.

Even if you did not realize your 'Artwork' is inapproprite here, you must have known it would be offensive to some, and you did not consider that important enough to sensor it yourself.

Why is our right not to see it less important than your proclaimed right to post it? When I don't want to read or follow a post I just don't read it. But a picture is in your face and can't be avoided in the same way as text.

One of the reasons I come here is I feel realitively sure I won't have to look at that kind of picture. For one thing, my wife is too important to me. She loves me and I love her. And for us, what we look at is important.

So once again, Lamont takes the heat for those of us who appreciate the clean environment here. Believe me, he hates confrontation and this is neither easy nor fun for him. But he man's up and does what has to be done. And that is something that I have always admired about Lamont.

Web sites like this one are not common. And there are few who do it as well as Lamont does. He'll be the first to tell you he isn't perfect. But I certainly appreciate what he does and the way that he does it.

How about all of us grow up a little and do what we know is right to start with. Then Lamont can sit back and let us have good clean fun.

Bottom line is, this is not a democracy. Everyone is welcome but there are some rules to the game. And like anything with rules, if you don't follow them, someone has to deal with it. Maybe Lamont was hoping you'd take care of it without him having to get involved.

As for me, I say come back and stay as long as you like. There are plenty of other forums where they will apprecaite your trunk hood and you can post it there.

Well Said. Thanks Lamont for keeping a clean site that I am not afraid to look at with my grandkids looking over my shoulder....:2thumbs:
 
A lot of CLASS!

I would like to make a humble observation.

The people here have class... nojoke

Reading through all the posts it is clear there’s a pretty good spectrum of opinion. Understandable and expected.

Still, each person, regardless of their perspective, has come to the same conclusion. This is rare, very rare in the world today! :thumbup:

Understanding there are some that, if this were their forum, would have no problem posting the material in question. Certainly, some feel it is a bit prudish and over the top to restrict it.

Yet, not one post disagrees with Lamont’s action (not withstanding the original). And it isn’t like people here do not tell it like they see it!

I want to tip my hat and offer kudos! This is what makes us a community, not just a random conglomeration of Spyder riders. (Well, Doc and some others are pretty random but you know what I mean). :yikes:

This is why we enjoy getting together for Cow Town, Lamont’s BBQ or for no reason at all.

No, we don’t all agree. Sometimes we even beat on each other a little. But we always take time to shake hands and get it right before parting. I want to thank those who have put aside their preference so others can have it their way.

To each of you who may not totally agree with Lamont’s decision on this one, thank you for supporting him anyway. I know you are doing it on principal, it has not gone unnoticed.

And that, my SPYDER-LOVING friends, shows a lot of CLASS! :2thumbs:

It is not an ‘Us against Them’ environment here. I hope Spyder#353 comes back. We have proven that you can disagree and still get along; you can even be good friends… It just takes a little class...
 
As they say down here in Alabama with their one remaining tooth :roflblack:, "Them Rules is da Rules"! :yikes:

Thanks Lamonster! :2thumbs:
 
The right to free speech or freedom of expression does NOT give us the right to yell FIRE in a crowded theater. ~~~~ Justice Holmes


Chris PE# 0004
 
I never saw his Pic, I come here for the tech info. I would have though we were all grown and for the money we spent in these machine we have all seen it before. Hope you come back Bro. I like Old School Hot Rod stuff.:ani29:
 
The right to free speech or freedom of expression does NOT give us the right to yell FIRE in a crowded theater. ~~~~ Justice Holmes


Chris PE# 0004

:agree: Well said MouthPiece! My 11 year old daughter rydes with me and looks over my shoulder. I monitor what she looks at and don't want her to think I am not applying my rules fairly! :2thumbs:
 
The picture on your hood really didn't bother me so much.
But The first time i seen it, I wondered why would a grown Man ride around with that on his Spyder?? [In this day and age?]
''Shock Value''??
Guess it worked :(
 
Very sorry to see a valued member get upset over something like this and leave.

But like every other thing that involves humans... Change happens.

I for one feel if the rules say it, we follow it. We selected "YES" to agreeing to the rules here when we originally signed up. We have no excuses. Period.

I am a moderator on one of the largest and most successful "Aftermarket Computer" forums in the USA... We have this happen off and on. We cannot catch everything, and not everything is black and white. We live in the gray areas a lot. Is it art or pornography? Boy does that start up a lot of opinions!

When another member offers up an issue that can be a rule violation, we need to act. That is what happened here near as I can tell.

Just my $.02... :spyder2:
 
Just got back

from a bike show at Hannibal NY. Americam legion. A family fund raiser for vets. One guy had more profanity on his helmet than I would take the time to read. Not a good thing for a public event of any kind. We need to consider the situation and act accordingly, after all we are adults.

Don't much care what a person does in private, although things should be kept in private sometimes.
 
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