[Cali Panthers Fan]

@ Itse

It seems to me that the major objection, to anyone that actually has an objection, is the comments and not the pictures. Those who have objections to the actual pictures seem to be splitting hairs as to what's objectionable and what's not, and then we're down to subjective reasons for being offended rather than trying to be inclusive…then we're back to
Stephen Fry's quote and I cease caring.

I don't believe that the thread reinforces the point of view to judge women on whether they're hot or not, that assumes too much. If the commentary or the imagery becomes highly objectionable the mods should be stepping in to either make comments as to what's appropriate (still TBD) and give warnings based on that. I say again, we, as a community, can decide what the thread should and should not be, and then ask the moderators to enforce it. That takes out the self-policing issue which I don't like much anyways because it gets into public shaming which is also problematic.

No, not every forum has a thread like that, but this is a large and varied posting community and I would argue that even though it started as a hockey community it's now a community on every topic under the sun, including this one. This thread would never exist on another sports forum website because they wouldn't let such a controversial subject go on for so long.

I think you're assuming too much about the community at large on CP and we haven't really heard a lot of opinions from people who frequent the thread to hear how they view it and use it. This is why I think a poll is in order to really get a sense of what people actually think.

Then again, I can still remember from sexual harassment training the old adage, "It's not about your intent, it's about the impact." This is again why I suggest polling the female population on this site, and if the overwhelming majority says get rid of it, then do it. See my earlier post with possible solutions I mentioned.