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Originally Posted by photon
In the case of the YLYL thread there's a case to be made that the pictures themselves and the fact they're in a thread dedicated to such pictures is objectification of women (and that was explored to some degree in the poll thread), personally that's why I ultimately supported removing the thread; the thread, pictures, context, etc as a whole are sexist IMO.
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Never went into that thread or knew of the drama before reading this thread, but is the whole issue that there was a thread of sexy ladies and men talking about sexy ladies, and this is somehow supporting sexism?
If so, that's pretty laughable. Look at society as a whole, men, women, everyone is objectified and sex is pervasive throughout our culture. To think deleting the thread is helping society out in any manner is funny given the orders of magnitude of other things that go on on a daily basis. This is a discussion forum, and those whom it offends are free to avoid such discussions (I avoid the religion ones like the plague). All such moderation serves to do is alienate your supporting members by creating a culture of censorship and overmoderation without much reasoning. You're no longer simply moderating illegal or unacceptable behavior, you're trying to mold the discussions and topics to suit your needs.
Now, I may have misunderstood the situation, but thats my take. The better run forums I frequent understand they are a mode of discussion for a group of people, and moderation is limited. Trying to change people through moderation leads only to alienation and further troubles.