Topic: RIP Boob Thread

[canyon750]

The problem I see is CENSORSHIP!!     It's the MAN"S way of controlling your mind and actions!  Just kidding Heffey!   

dont ban me, dont ban me dont ban me!!!
I think it was the exposed nips that got us.  You weren't the only one Outlaw but you were the last; so if we have to blame someone... 

Kidding again.  It had to happen sooner or later no matter who posted what.  RIP...

[xtalon]

The problem I see is CENSORSHIP!!     It's the MAN"S way of controlling your mind and actions!  Just kidding Heffey!   

dont ban me, dont ban me dont ban me!!!
I think it was the exposed nips that got us.  You weren't the only one Outlaw but you were the last; so if we have to blame someone... 

Kidding again.  It had to happen sooner or later no matter who posted what.  RIP...

Well I agree it's censorship, but I understand the forum has rules too.  I assume 'no nudity' being one of them and we were doing fairly well adhereing to that, but I also understand that some of the pics were borderline, so that's why I wanted to see a warning from the mods defining the bounds when someone overstepped them or came close to it, but nothing was ever said.  Even Outlaw 'asked' what was acceptable and rather than respond/delete the offending posts, the whole thread is deleted.... THAT is what I have a problem with.  You don't cut off a kids arm for reaching into the cookie jar, you give it a slap first.     I just think something should have been said first - 'clean it up boys or the threads going to be deleted' and/or explaining the limit (e.g. no nudity) and we could have policed it ourselves for the most part.   I agree with Heffay that this isn't and shouldn't become a porn site, but there is plenty of beauty out there without resorting to nudity that we could still share w/ our SOHC4 brethren... who seemed to be enjoying the thread.

If the thread was really a problem, then why let it get to 50+ pages or however big it was?

--xTalon

[cben750f0]

it is /was  sad day... many nights while on the site i diverted to this thread, but i have to admit was surprised it was aloud to go on for as long as it did, my misses wanted to know what i was lookin at one night, and i said the old honda site..... than when i went to my new replies to your post,  the boob thread came up.....   try explainin that one!!!LOL

RIP the boob thread.... you will be missed

peace

[DarkRider]

when i didnt see the thread on in the forum anymore i was looking straight at my pm box looking for a warning...was suprised to not find one..i would have been fine with a "ease off on the pics they are getting too risky" but nothing..

[edbikerii]

Hey guys, I've got an idea:  Let's post some nude pics in the "shameless post boost thread".  That way, it'll get deleted too, all the phony post counts will be restored to normal, and the site will recover hundreds of megabytes of wasted space.

Nah, I'd probably just get banned before the mods would piss off all those phony posters!

[BobbyR]

heh...Talon heffay himself said any future attempts at a repeat thread would be deleted..i tend to agree with the statement that was made earlier in that thread about an 18+ area being created...or somesort of control placed on threads like that..like say being only able to access with a certian number of posts..

Well I have been giving it some thought and honestly I think it was poorly handled. Very poorly handled. While I was careful about what I posted, I found myself deleting some posts since I missed something at first glance. I am contemplating options. Putting nasty pics in the shameless boost thread would be a terrorist act. I do not like broad brushed censorship, but there is good taste. What I expected to happen was the nip pics be taken down and go on with life.
Considering the popularity of the thread I think the membership supported it and it met community standards on that count and not one person's opinion. It was a diversion from the 200 questions about carb balancing, Oil, Clutch rattles, chain adjustments, etc.
While this was not my thread, my name was attached to it, so I felt I some pride in how well it did and how the fellas chipped in to keep it going. I am also offended at the word Pornography, I know what porn looks like and there was no Porn there.
Hot chicks and bikes go together, which is why you see more hot chicks a bike meets than you do at Chess tournaments, I also play Chess.
People who ride bikes are people who enjoy being a bit on the edge. WE are the exception rather than the norm. We go out on the road with everything against us. We stake our lives on two wheels that have a couple of inches contact with the road and nothing but air between us and that road. We try to anticipate the unexpected and deal with it as best we can when something happens. No matter how we feel about other issues in this thing we do, we are united. 
The boob thread was just a reflection of that edgy activity we have chosen make part of our lives. RIDE SAFE MY BROTHERS AND STAY EDGY, and you never know when a pretty lady thread may pop up in the near future.  Yeah I am a child of the 60's and still edgy.

[heffay]

good input guys... i've put it to memory.

thru the thread there was a moderator remark or two that advised people of the need for less "pornographic" pictures.  the problem, i would imagine, was the fact that most viewers never even saw these pictures as they were quickly removed.  i know that i, myself removed many pictures that are against the rules.  it is up to the forum members to know the rules (they are posted prominently) and they are fairly explicit. 

simply put, the thread was promoting more and more pornographic material as the page count grew.  and, as i said before... its not a porn site. 

censorship sux, i know... but, eldar's comment was one of the reactions i was hoping for

Problem with an adults section is we have no way to actually make sure people are adults. Even if there would be a disclaimer, parents would still cause trouble over it if they found their kids on it.

and, right now... we don't have an "adult section"... sorry.

[mkramer1121]

I'm on another forum, where we have a relaxed forum that is password protected.  The moderators could deem who is mature enough to warrent being given the password, and issue it as so.  Those that have a problem should not ask for the password. 

[mrbreeze]

Alright!!!!!!.....................who's the wise guy that went over the edge???

[mark]

I'm on another forum, where we have a relaxed forum that is password protected.  The moderators could deem who is mature enough to warrent being given the password, and issue it as so.  Those that have a problem should not ask for the password. 

Hey, that's a good idea.

I have read the rules and do not have an issue with them.



On that note, I think I'll go play some pinball.

Happy trails.

[DarkRider]

Alright!!!!!!.....................who's the wise guy that went over the edge???

Uhhhhh sorry my bad....

and that is a good idea..

[BobbyR]

I smell rebellion.

[heffay]

Alright!!!!!!.....................who's the wise guy that went over the edge???

that was just the point... it was way too many wiseguys.  it was past the point of controllable... to ask the mods to police that thread hourly until the end of time (or the end of sohc4s whichever comes first) was an unreasonable request on behalf of the membership.  that thread was growing by leaps and bounds and boobies were flyin' all over the place...

send me a pm and i'll send you some really great web addresses    for now, let's keep this one nudity free.

i'll shut up now.

[neil young]

Boooo..i go to nova scotia for a week(great time by the way)come home and find this has happened (sniffle)it is a sad sad day im afraid

[Sam Green Racing]

It only seems like a few weeks ago that my post man said, "how cum the plain brown enelopes have stopped cuming"

I'll have to start them cuming again

Sam

[xtalon]

Alright!!!!!!.....................who's the wise guy that went over the edge???

that was just the point... it was way too many wiseguys.  it was past the point of controllable... to ask the mods to police that thread hourly until the end of time (or the end of sohc4s whichever comes first) was an unreasonable request on behalf of the membership.  that thread was growing by leaps and bounds and boobies were flyin' all over the place...

Heffay, not trying to point or even share blame, but I think the thread started getting more and more risque because the mods never stepped in and drew a line.  I remember the first pic that had a partial nip and I remember thinking... uh oh!  But nothing was said.  I saw a few pics disappear, but I assumed that was censorship from the hosting site (like photobucket).  Then I saw a little pubic hair and again I'm thinking... uh oh!  But again... nothing said.  People kept pushing the boundries and I think one of the reasons for this was to to see where they were.  We know there are forum rules, but when nothing is said, one begins thinking that maybe the mods are turning the other cheek and something is maybe allowed.

Had the offending posts been deleted and a warning been given with rules laid out and even threats if necessary, I feel the people posting and viewing the thread could police the thread and keep it clean so as not to have the thread deleted.  Granted we couldn't delete posts, but we could try to keep posters in the clear and also alert mods if rules weren't being followed.

I just feel outright deletion of the thread was wrong.

--xTalon

PS  GREAT, now when someone does a search on 'pubic hair', my post is going to pop up.  Thanks alot!!!   

[xtalon]

It only seems like a few weeks ago that my post man said, "how cum the plain brown enelopes have stopped cuming"

I'll have to start them cuming again

Sam

Sam, you are a riot!  LOL!

--xTalon

[Sam Green Racing]

--xTalon

PS  GREAT, now when someone does a search on 'pubic hair', my post is going to pop up.  Thanks alot!!!   
[/quote]

Thanks X, and you call me a riot.

Sam Riot

[Rsnip988]

Alright!!!!!!.....................who's the wise guy that went over the edge???

that was just the point... it was way too many wiseguys.  it was past the point of controllable... to ask the mods to police that thread hourly until the end of time (or the end of sohc4s whichever comes first) was an unreasonable request on behalf of the membership.  that thread was growing by leaps and bounds and boobies were flyin' all over the place...

send me a pm and i'll send you some really great web addresses    for now, let's keep this one nudity free.

i'll shut up now.

So does that mean we can start a new NON Nude Boob thread?

I resent having my most notable thread to date deleted, however I see the point as to why.

RKS

[andy750]

Well said Bobby and Im in agreement with you.

The idea that there was anything "pornographic" about nude women is fairly repressive thinking. If you go to Europe you will see exactly these kinds of images on billboards  - in London for example they had a huge billboard of 2 young beautiful women in only bras and kissing each other. In France, Holland and Germany you see a lot more nudity in commercials, billboards etc etc. Its nothing to be ashamed of. So you see a nipple or some pubic hair, wow big deal. This is the 21st C not Victorian society although here in some areas of America (esp here in the puritan state of Mass) Im not so sure (think Janet Jackson/Superbowl).  I dont think Ive heard one complaint against the thread and after all we are adults here (and how many of us didnt look at nude women when we under-18?  . To ban a thread about a bunch of bikers admiring beautiful women seems to me like puritan thinking. Whats next? No more beer drinking while reading the Forum posts?   

I think for vast majority of us, the thread was something to look at in the morning and put a smile on our faces, as we admired the beauty of young beautiful women.  Where is the harm in that? 

cheers
Andy

[Rsnip988]

Well guys its our party, but its in their house, and if they want to toss something/someone out of their home it is well within their authority/rights to do so...

Its all good, Heffay was just doing his job, it's kind of like getting a ticket, the cop is only doing their job, its our fault we were going 20+ over the limit

 



btw where do all of my metric wrenches hide while i am asleep?

RKs

[BobbyR]

Well said Bobby and Im in agreement with you.

The idea that there was anything "pornographic" about nude women is fairly repressive thinking. If you go to Europe you will see exactly these kinds of images on billboards  - in London for example they had a huge billboard of 2 young beautiful women in only bras and kissing each other. In France, Holland and Germany you see a lot more nudity in commercials, billboards etc etc. Its nothing to be ashamed of. So you see a nipple or some pubic hair, wow big deal. This is the 21st C not Victorian society although here in some areas of America (esp here in the puritan state of Mass) Im not so sure (think Janet Jackson/Superbowl).  I dont think Ive heard one complaint against the thread and after all we are adults here (and how many of us didnt look at nude women when we under-18?  . To ban a thread about a bunch of bikers admiring beautiful women seems to me like puritan thinking. Whats next? No more beer drinking while reading the Forum posts?   

I think for vast majority of us, the thread was something to look at in the morning and put a smile on our faces, as we admired the beauty of young beautiful women.  Where is the harm in that? 

cheers
Andy

I will go you one better Andy. The Courts in NY have ruled that a Woman can remove her shirt and everything underneath it anywhere a man can. That means in the middle of Times Square at high Noon. This assassination of the one of if not the most popular thread was an overreaction to essentially nothing. Europe is way ahead of the US in honesty in that regard.
I will be posting a tip on bleeding master cylinders I stumbled across. I will be careful choose my words carefully as not to offend.

[333]

I appreciated the thread as much as any of us.  But we can't ask the mods to police threads 24/7.  This a recreational site.  The mods have more important things to do.  Like ride.  And work on their rides.  And after all, this is the internet- there are plenty of places to find boobs and a whole lot more.  PM me if you need some suggestions.

Boob thread- I'll miss you.

[UnCrash]

I appreciated the thread as much as any of us.  But we can't ask the mods to police threads 24/7.  This a recreational site.  The mods have more important things to do.  Like ride.  And work on their rides.  And after all, this is the internet- there are plenty of places to find boobs and a whole lot more.  PM me if you need some suggestions.

Boob thread- I'll miss you.

I agree 333.

Let's give Heffay a break, lessons were learned all around, and there's a ton o sites for a little t&a in the morning.

[oldfordguy]

Personally, I think the thread should have been killed once someone posted a pic of Rosie, now that was way, way over the line!