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# Given the fact the Mirror actually printed this horrific pic at the time, for millions of people to view,
it's a bit hard to identify 'the line' that this user's TOAP has supposedly crossed really.
I mean, it's not my cup of tea, but there's been far worse posted on here - with more photoshopping - which has had rapturous praise and chuckling

(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 11:55, archived)
# this is true.
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 11:57, archived)
# True.
And it is admittedly a THIS IS ___-AAAA I've not seen before, which really is something.
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 11:58, archived)
# I hate all those pics
I know nothing is sacred on b3ta (except maybe Tony Hart) but tasteless mindpiss is something we can manage without.
(I helped save b3ta! Hellzapoppin, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 12:01, archived)
# but where would the b3ta sick joke book have come from if we'd not had 'tasteless mindpiss'?
it's a staple of b3ta, whether we like it or not.
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 12:02, archived)
# If it's framed well then I can't argue
mostly stuff about jade goody and maddy can make me chuckle, but that is satire and mocks media and it's bullshit
(I helped save b3ta! Hellzapoppin, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 12:08, archived)
# ABSOLUTE HORSESHIT.
there, i said it.
(I helped save b3ta! my mum, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 12:09, archived)
# you did indeed, have a cookie
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 12:09, archived)
# Yes but,
if it's taken zero effort and isn't even funny, why bother?
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 12:10, archived)
# So it's a threadwaste then.
But I don't see the brigade out slagging him off for that.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 12:11, archived)
# well yes, quite, but then that takes it away from the realm of whether it's too tasteless or not for b3ta, and into the realm of quality control
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 12:12, archived)
# I have no problem with quick and shit when it's funny
But quality counts IMHO. People have to start somewhere though.
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 12:17, archived)
# aye, agreed
people DO have to start somewhere, and this could be this fella's 'start' on here.
and yes, imo quality counts as well, but the site does say that 'jokes are better than technique'. This may have been a cheap, throwaway laugh to the user, and expected the image to go the same way.
Differing senses of humour and all that
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 12:22, archived)
# i'm not a fan of text inside a white box
it's almost as bad as red text that's been jpegged to death in ms paint
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 12:27, archived)
#
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 12:33, archived)
# APOLOGIES FOR QUALITY GUYS I DID THIS WHILE I WAS TAKING A SHIT
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 12:39, archived)
# pfft
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 12:39, archived)
# I'm getting a bit tired of all this
"where's the line? You crossed the line" on b3ta recently regarding images.
If you want a line then you want censorship and as such I'd be asking for a whole slew of subjects to be off limits.
You can not have selective censorship on a site that has no rules.
If you don't agree with something posted that you find morally distasteful ( as I often do myself ) then you have the option to hide it, ignore it or possibly adblock it. Screaming about how wrong it is is like crying in the streets for Diana and is nothing more than a way for you to think you are declaring yourself morally superior to others.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 12:10, archived)
# I hid it and noted my objection
Your right in what you say about censorship but I'm only saying stuff so a boundary is drawn, if enough people feel the same then that type of image won't be posted as frequently, it just becomes an unspoken rule.
I'm all for pushing the boundries, but if I think it's a step too far I'll pipe up and say so, nothing about moral superiority, just what I think / feel about something.
(I helped save b3ta! Hellzapoppin, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 12:20, archived)
# those type of images will be posted every time there's a school holiday
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 12:24, archived)
# Yup
getting a reaction on the internet is always fun for teens, they learn eventually
(I helped save b3ta! Hellzapoppin, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 12:30, archived)
# That makes perfect sense until the 'if you don't agree' bit
which kind of fucks the other bit in the arse.
(I helped save b3ta! my mum, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 12:21, archived)
# If the general consensus seems to point to something
not being in good taste (as it appears with this post), then it does suggest a line has been crossed somewhere, regardless of there being no rules.
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 12:24, archived)
# but is it actually a general consensus, or is it just people following a trend from the first reply?
I've seen some posts on b3ta that have been absolutely fine, but because the first reply was "FAIL", there were plenty of replies following it also saying FAIL :D
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 12:29, archived)
# Bit of both
I'd say. But sometimes more one than the other.
(I helped save b3ta! Hellzapoppin, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 12:34, archived)
# Yes but what I'm getting at is
that if you say "we can't have that because some of us don't like it" then I and others have every right to call for censorship of anything we don't like. Then the question of "Where is the line" becomes even more important.

I think if you can't realise what is bad taste then it's just a limitation of your brain function. But I also think if you can't discern what is an utter shite piece of photoshopping and decide not to waste a thread with it then you are also a bit dysfunctional or so desperate for peer interaction that any attention will do for you.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 12:33, archived)
# Even severly autistic people can learn basic social interaction
but they have to be taught.

I think censorship is more an independent body deciding what is and isn't good for the general population (mods have that power)
So we are not demanding censorship, just letting somebody know we don't like it. If they post something good at a later date then I'll likely say I like it. Isn't that a large part of b3ta?
(I helped save b3ta! Hellzapoppin, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 12:42, archived)
# It's not like I disagree with your sentiment.
More that I'm trying to be devil's advocate. It's just not workable at b3ta. Plus we may have mods but we have no moderation beyond removal of spam and linking large images.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 26 Apr 2009, 13:09, archived)