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<p>[QUOTE="Volodya, post: 2993742, member: 19615"]Absolutely, your house, your rules. As far as I can see, no one has disputed that this is a privately-owned and administered board where any discussion of "free speech" rights is simply irrelevant. Maybe I missed something though; please cite any posts to the contrary.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can't help but wonder however where you might draw the line. If CT members of "strong religious beliefs" object to the blatant glorification of paganism on many ancient coins, will <i>that </i>discussion and <i>those</i> coins be deemed "inappropriate" as well? What some of us find <i>truly </i>"offensive" in the present dispute is the not-so-hidden homophobia underlying it, which takes it as given that "normal" heterosexual encounters depicted on ancient coins--no matter how violent and non-consensual--can be "safely" discussed and illustrated here, but consensual sexual encounters between two men (or, presumably, two women) cannot be shown or discussed here at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Phil Davis[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Volodya, post: 2993742, member: 19615"]Absolutely, your house, your rules. As far as I can see, no one has disputed that this is a privately-owned and administered board where any discussion of "free speech" rights is simply irrelevant. Maybe I missed something though; please cite any posts to the contrary. I can't help but wonder however where you might draw the line. If CT members of "strong religious beliefs" object to the blatant glorification of paganism on many ancient coins, will [I]that [/I]discussion and [I]those[/I] coins be deemed "inappropriate" as well? What some of us find [I]truly [/I]"offensive" in the present dispute is the not-so-hidden homophobia underlying it, which takes it as given that "normal" heterosexual encounters depicted on ancient coins--no matter how violent and non-consensual--can be "safely" discussed and illustrated here, but consensual sexual encounters between two men (or, presumably, two women) cannot be shown or discussed here at all. Phil Davis[/QUOTE]
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