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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SHARK" data-source="post: 768682" data-attributes="member: 1131">Greetings!Thanks Bran! I'd like to think I am trying to look at this subject with as much dignity and common sense as possible!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I can see that the Europeans have a different view of pornography and sexuality than we Americans do. That's ok, really, and it doesn't mean that we, as Americans, are wrong, or need to change our views. However, just as much as we should be proud of our own cultural views, for to us, they are quite satisfactory and justified, it just seems to me that the concern over the Dragon covers seems to be an over-reaction. The covers are not Playboy, and in the bargain, there is and should be a distinction between viewing the naked human body in whatever form of undress and outright pornography. As my earlier post pointed out, there is a huge difference, and when seen in the proper presentation and context, even children can understand it.Thus, to point, what is so bad about the Dragon cover? If a child or your wife views the cover--what exactly is being communicated by the image of the cover? Is the context understood? If the context is understood--in this case, this is a Succubus, a creature of evil and enticement from an evil plane--then the cover isn't really offensive at all, and in fact, considering that we are dealing with Dragon magazine, after all, the cover is quite appropriate and makes good sense. The cover *fits* the subject matter of the magazine, and the genre. Scantily clad Succubi are *part* of the genre. Wives, children, and others alike, if they are int the hobby, should be able to understand this. If someone isn't a part of the hobby, the context of the picture can easily be explained.Am I making sense?<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Semper Fidelis,SHARK</blockquote>

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