EP CENSORSHIP | hewhopleasures's Blog


So I used this image for my avatar.  I put the word CENSORED on there and respectfully covered what society has deemed dirty.  Forget the fact that humans are the only animals stupid enough to think there is something wrong with being naked.  Forget the religions who blaspheme by covering up in shame the work that their own God created. Forget freedom of speech.  Forget freedom of expression.  And forget how beautiful we are.  Especially THIS guy. Shit, fuck, damn I would LOVE to look like him.  But I guess this blog post, like my avatar, will be deleted by EP.

Since I came to this site I have pounded my chest in respect for EP and the opportunity they have provided us for open community discussion and expression.  In return, they didn't even have the courtesy to ask me to take it down.  I did NOT get an email saying, "Excuse me, sir.  There are some who find your avatar offensive and would you please change it. For us. We wonderful EP people who believe in freedom of expression.  We respect your right to express yourself, but sadly there is a line and we respectfully request you play the game."

No.  No such respect.  They simply deleted it, and sent an email informing me about it after the fact.

I am ashamed of EP.  I am ashamed to be human if this type of censorship is considered acceptable.  I feel like deleting my account and telling EP to go fuck themselves. But I won't.

I will not be silenced.  I will not be shut down.   There is no graphic sex in this photo (not that there is anything wrong with that either).  There is nothing demeaning about it. There is nothing perverted about it.

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE NAKED BODY AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT EP POST A PUBLIC APOLOGY AND REPLACE MY AVATAR.

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Posted on 01:03PM on Aug 11th, 2008
My guess is that someone flagged me or complained about it. I'm pissed about it on general principle, but when I think of all the phallic avatars out there I am just livid. I censored it myself for ****'s sake! Maybe we can get a petition going so you can keep looking at it....
Posted on 01:09PM on Aug 11th, 2008
please do not leave EP, any freethinking person is of tremendous value here. I too was given an ultimatum today, not to cease from showing pics but to cease from calling silly little god wads, silly little god wads. My only question to you is how did you get a picture of me?
Posted on 01:11PM on Aug 11th, 2008
Let's see how long it takes for them to delete this blog. I set it to public and under 18 ok. They'll probably just delete my whole profile. Jesus is probably spinning in his grave.
Posted on 01:13PM on Aug 11th, 2008
Well godfree, ya see, I'm one o' them internet perverts and I stalked you and took that picture just last week. I'm still not sure why you were just posing like that on your front porch, but, hey... it was a nice warm day and you looked happy.
Posted on 01:24PM on Aug 11th, 2008
I would never purposely go looking for an image like that. But, to be honest, everytime it popped up onto my screen as I navigated around ep in the last couple of days, it felt just as if I had found a delicous piece of cake I had saved from a dinner party, forgotten about, and suddenly discovered behind the yogurt container in back of the refrigerator. MY GOD! Such an unexpected treat.
Posted on 01:27PM on Aug 11th, 2008
Try an experiment and use an image of Michelangelo's statue of David without anything covering him up and see what happens. I wonder if they would allow it feeling it is somehow more "artistic"?
Posted on 01:29PM on Aug 11th, 2008
Awesome point AC. I used a similar point in the Avatar Wars of '08 and that fell on deaf (close-minded??) ears.
Posted on 01:30PM on Aug 11th, 2008
Thank you, Annie
Posted on 01:31PM on Aug 11th, 2008
Yeah, JJ. At least until they delete this, too.
Posted on 01:37PM on Aug 11th, 2008
Hmmm - they censored an already censored picture...how odd and pointless. And - if he is coming to lounge on Suns porch then I must go book a flight over to visit her!
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