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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 596689, member: 15309&quot;]Okay, I will take the bait.&nbsp; I stated my position quite clearly in my previous posts, but will reiterate them for you again.&nbsp; A legal tender coin, IMO, should not be banned on a coin chat room website.&nbsp; This does not mean that the owners/operators of the site can&#039;t run the site the way they see fit.&nbsp; However, when you enter the business of censorship, you quickly find yourself in a quagmire of where to draw the line.&nbsp; Coins are either artists renditions or political statements.&nbsp; Both of these areas should never be censored unless doing so places the owner/operator of the site in a position where they may be exposed to financial liability for allowing the post.&nbsp; All I was asking was that if that was the case, the reason be explained to the members of the site.</p><p><br /></p><p>Asking that the website be a family site similar to that of a &quot;50&#039;s TV show&quot; is perfectly fine.&nbsp; And when it comes to the use of profanity, abusive language, or posting of inappropriate photographs, I completely agree that the moderators should edit posts in order to promote a fun friendly atmosphere.&nbsp; However, there is nothing inherently offensive about a coin that is legal tender of this country or any other.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as objectifying women, you couldn&#039;t be more wrong.&nbsp; Have you ever set foot in an art museum in your life?&nbsp; There are more statues of naked men than there are visitors of the museum.&nbsp; The reason you don&#039;t see men on coins (at least US coins) is that the female figure is used to represent Liberty.&nbsp; There is absolutely nothing sexual about the women on US coinage.&nbsp; The images are not meant to be pornographic or in anyway sexually arousing.&nbsp; Anyone who thinks they are needs to seek immediate psychiatric help.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, you find it ludicrous that someone used Castro&#039;s standards for propriety.&nbsp; Think of it this way.&nbsp; The United States culture is so sexually repressed that the communist regime in Cuba headed by Fidel Castro is more progressive.&nbsp; I doubt you will ever find a European who will post in this thread.&nbsp; They are all too busy rolling on the floor in laughter at the stupid Americans who are afraid that an artists rendering of the naked human female form will corrupt the morals of their youth.&nbsp; Give me a break![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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