Saint Wrote:You haven't even seen scary yet. I can do much better.
VileKyle Wrote:So people with guns have mental instabilities that turn them into serial killers? Wow. Our entire nation must be full of mass murderers then. Stop judging a book by whatever you think the cover may be saying. You really are ruining this thread with all that negativity that no one asked for.
SilverFrost Wrote:You came back, how sweet of you... You really want to ruin the thread?
I have returned! And I return, yet again, because your insensitive replies continue to be concerning. Perhaps my previous tone was aggressive and naturally caused you to respond in a defensive way. For that I apologize. I'm also sorry I had to bring up really sensitive subjects and cause a severe reaction. My initial response to your photos was one of slight terror and anger, which is why I responded in the manner that I did.
I can understand how you would think my comments are inappropriate in light of the fact that you believe you were posting in innocent fun.
I, however, am trying to get YOU to understand that images of shirtless dudes with lots of weapons, goths, and devil horns have the potential to be EXTREMELY LOADED images, and it's fun to make them and share them with each other, I understand all that, I've done it! However, posting it on a public internet forum is an entirely different playing field. If I interpreted these images as being threatening, then in all likelihood somebody else did too. OR WORSE: somebody else, perhaps an easily influenced teenager, could come across these images and start associating GUNS with COOL or GUNS with SEXY SHIRTLESS GUYS.
I don't think you grasp the extent of responsibility that comes with posting images online.
Especially on a forum that caters to a lot of teenagers, who are most likely dealing with a ton of tough shit at home, and at the same time trying to develop an identity for themselves.
I don't think a lot of people understand that responsibility, actually, I mean look at all the CRAP we have to look at constantly. It's so fucking awful. You want to know what's really fucking scary? is that "NO WONDER PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR SHIT" is a commonplace idea now days.
It sounds like I'm overreacting, but I'm really not. Just think about it a bit... Think about all the images you've seen since you were a kid, and what images you thought were cool, and how you wanted to make that cool stuff part of your identity. You see?
No one is immune to that.
So. I hope this explains some things. All that being said, your images aren't that bad. If we were friends and you sent them to me, I wouldn't have freaked out. It's the fact that they were posted by anonymous people online that put me on edge.