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Oh wait, I just realized.. I can't view MikeD's posts without his Signature pic.. It's like, his Signature..
I agree with the voluntary retraction fer now.. It hasn't really gotten out of hand yet. I think this is a quality community, so we are pretty good at not letting things get out of hand too often, and not ruining it for others.
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Here's my take. If someone just plain doesn't like my signature pic and thinks I should take it down, I could easily come back with me not liking their avatar. Either way, neither party would be in the right in telling the other person to take their particular pic down. Now if someone's cheap computer can't handle the upload of the pic, my first thought would be to just as soon say "too freaking bad, buy a quality computer", however because I'm not that kind of person, I'd be willing to meet halfway in order to not spoil someone else's enjoyment of the forum due to technical aspects.
The only matter that irks me is what Iain posted...a poll. Now would this poll just have come out of the blue with no basis? I don't think so. So the point is this (Iain): If someone has a problem with the pic...size, the fact there is one, what it is, etc, then simply come out and address that with me, I'm more than willing to work with anybody. What shouldn't be done is hiding the true meaning behind some poll, so the said poll results could then be posted presented as "...the masses have spoken, your signature pic has been voted off the island!" type of stuff. If someone's got something to say, say it; don't hide behind some candyass poll you come up with. So long as things are kept civil and professional, there's no reason we shouldn't be able to say pretty much anything to anyone around here.
Tenney, I assume that with the children/pic inappropriate comment, you're referring to the cigar Ripper is chomping on. If that is the case, I'd have to disagree that a pic of a cigar is damaging to children anymore than kids seeing the cover of Cosmo or Maxim in the checkout line of a supermarket. It's the same as saying that rock music somehow causes suicides, or that guns cause crime.