Protecting Your Virgin Eyes

A video about the responsibilities of running a website:

Please, no hatemail, I’m just poking fun at the issue, from the perspective of someone with rather loose standards (I’m finding out). I just thought I’d let you know why I’ve censored the pics that were already up, and why no more are coming, at least for now.

It’s impossible to please everyone when you run a website, so I don’t try. I personally enjoyed the environment at John (Tapeworm)’s old blog, and am more than happy to host a new incarnation of it here, whenever he wants. That means high-quality posts about the markets, mixed in with pictures ‘of interest.’ :-) John’s old site was one of the first (if not the first) to use that combination, as far as I know. I don’t think the imitators have quite captured the quality of the original.

So, a few pictures went up over the last couple weeks. I imagined some existing MtM readers might not like that, and was prepared to field complaints. But, I didn’t get any (maybe he did, dunno). Then, a case I did not foresee arose, though, where the other MtM authors started telling me they did not like the pics. One even said he would leave the site, to avoid being associated with them.

So, in order to keep the peace here, John has decided to stop posting the pics. I’m kinda torn about that decision, because the idealist in me would almost rather see more pics, to wave the proverbial finger at the idea of censorship. That’s just my personality…

Even though I’m being sarcastic here, there’s no hard feelings from me, and I certainly respect everyone’s personal standards for decency. It’s tough when people with different standards need to co-exist, though. It pretty much means we all have to adhere to the moral code of whoever in the group is most restrictive. So, I’m just poking fun at the issue. A website is too insignificant to get upset about.