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Originally Posted by diaperboy187
I too think that the logo should be updated or at the very least put to a vote to see what others think of the idea as the logo can seem a little misunderstood ...
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I agree that the logo should be updated but not in the way that some of the previous posters have stated. I understand how some may say that the current logo might be misunderstood as pedophilia by some who do not understand the real meaning of the term ->
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia If someone does actually feel sexually attracted to the current logo, then they need to visit a psychiatrist for help before things really get out of control. However, just because those people view the artwork as sexually attractive, it does not make it so for everyone. Rather, others may view it as an fantasy journey back to youthful days gone by made partially possible by the wearing of diapers, the artwork itself and a vivid imagination (e.g. - The viewer through his or her imagination, becomes the diapered character in the artwork while wearing a diaper).
Art is subjective. Different viewers will examine a given artwork and form different opinions about it. For example, people even today have different views about Michaelangelo's nude statue of King David - Some say it represents one of the finest art forms of humankind ever created while others say that it is porn because King David's privates are clearly displayed in the open rather than covered with something like a fig leaf (BTW - The original statue is secured in the Florence Catheral while replicas of it are displayed in various prominent museums throughout the World). IMHO, the current logo artwork represents what the end result of the AR (Age Regression) process is about. The logo artwork shows a fully clothed girl cheerfully showing her diaper to the world with an expression on her face that says, "I don't care what the World may think. I'm back to wearing a diaper and I feel comfortable with it." No where in the artwork is there a shadowy figure lurking in the background waiting to grab and rape her nor is the character herself exposing her privates or is any part of her body naked - I'm sorry for the graphic details but I have to ensure that I get my point clearly across if the existence of a logo that's been here since the beginning is now being threatened by a possible handful of confused members that might possibly be misconstruing the logo artwork. DA will endure as it has for the last seven plus years with the current logo, despite the misunderstandings of a possibly confused few, just as one brave artist by the name of HamsterBurrito (aka. ImMMJ) has endured all of his four plus years of being misunderstood on dA ->
http://hamsterburrito.deviantart.com/?rnrd=84163 Granted, there are one or two of his artworks that even I find questionable but the overwheming majority of his artwork is not. Let me make it clear that I am not a big fan of his artworks (I may like only a few of them to a certain degree) but I still support his right to create his art. His secret for surviving all those years? He just ignores those misguided people (Or in extreme cases, reports them to the dA admins for severe harassment) and just goes about his business!
Now, I understand how some members of the other parts of the AB/DL/AR/Furry/BDSM spectrum here might feel long underrepresented by the current logo. Surely DA also represents full grown diaper gals or guys, full grown diaper furries (Including MLPs), diaper cubs (Also MLPs) and diapered characters being bonded and spanked. Not to mention diapered yaoi and diapered yuri characters. I suggest that we update the current logo to include characters from each part of the above mentioned spectrum in addition to keeping the current logo character which represents AR. Now, the AR character does not have to be the center of the "crowd of characters". It could be positioned on the sides if necessary, to appease the long underrepresented members but it definitely should be there as a representative of the AR part of DA! In that way, anyone visiting the site that sees the updated logo will have a better understanding of the vibrant mix of our diapered community. I know that there are some people out here that will not like their representative logo positioned next to the logo representing another part of our mixed community (e.g. - There will be a few people who will not like to see a diapererd yaoi character or a diapered furry character (or diapered MLP) gracing the top of our home page and etc.) But I believe that there are even more open minded people who will embrace this ambitious proposal.
I also agree that we should put this decision to a vote but inorder to keep things fair, only those members who have registered here no later than May 31, 2015 should be allowed to vote so as to prevent peeps from creating new accounts now and voting more than once, thereby unfairly "Stuffing the ballot box" (Not to mention overload the server with increased unfair activity) in favor of their choice of option (Perhaps we even need to vote as to what options will appear in the poll to be voted upon?). IMHO, I think that this compromise is the fairest possible option that we have available.
If anyone has a different view, you are welcome to calmly and intelligently discuss this matter with me and others who are like minded as myself here (If you are like minded, then now is the time to speak up!) as long as the discussion doesn't degrade down to a distastful shouting and cursing match. I have had my fill of one of those here (I can give as well as I can get!) but do not wish a repeat of such an abhorrent past incident (I consider that all in the past - Life is too short to waste on such petty matters). Please consider my words - I took a long time to draft it all out. Thank You all.
