At 4/22/09 11:18 AM, El-Cid wrote: Just wanted to chime in since the topic of censorship has come up. It really should be a non-issue on here. NG's is one of the rare institutions left that doesn't discriminate people's world views, artistic tastes, or ideas so long as they aren't outright malicious. Folks who are more easily offended by the obscene can simply opt out of viewing content here. You can watch regular television or a mainstream movie if you don't want to be bothered by the unfiltered masses.
But it's that notion of being unfiltered that makes this place so appealing to me. As an artist, you have a lot of wiggle room, and you don't have to adhere to any sort of rigid standards in art style, story telling, or cater to a specific demographic. "IloveEgg" coexists with Marc M here, and both have been received warmly by the community.
To want to impose censorship on NG because you don't like being offended, is . . . well, offensive.
At the very least, they do warn us with a maturity-level rating before we decide to watch.
I know my opinion in the vastness of newgrounds doesnt amount to a hill of beans at all, and far be it from me to want to censor your (as a community) artistic integrity. And yea, im aware that there's an age rating and content descriptor prior to viewing, but that descriptor doesnt describe everyone's entries to the collab. If i see an animation thats highly rated and it was done by an individual, and the description, say for example was 'excessive nudity, mature themes' at least I know thats what I know is all the way through it. But for something that say 100 people have contributed to, the descriptor is only rating the high end of what to expect, instead of what it contains as a whole.
I'm also not saying describe absolutely everyone's entry though, that would just be silly and a huge waste of time.
Anyway, I appreciate all your input on the subject, It's been very rewarding.
The reason I'm so interested in the collab and newgrounds though, isnt because of the variety of talent, its just because I like flash animation. But I suppose it has something for everyone, if you're into that sort of thing. That could be classed as something positive or something negative depending on the individual's moral standpoint. I - personally - find pornography distatsteful, but I know that I'm unable to stop it from appearing.
I hope I don't come accross as some sort of jerk: "ohh, you dirty, filthy people." If I do, I apologise, my intention wasnt to judge the individuals or the masses here. But it was something that was nagging at me from the last collab that I felt strongly about. I'm just glad Shadowii2 let me know there was a way to skip the scenes.
Again, I appreciate all of your maturity to my thoughts.
Prime.
