What would pornographic images on barrel bags do to our sports credibility?

[RRfireblade]

Basically all these things are self regulating.SP is a business like everything else.If "most" people are against it they won't sell and they will stop making them.(Pump kits,Zgrips,slug bodies ring a bell?)
As I already stated,the more attention you all bring to it,the more people take an interest.Have you every heard there is no such thing as bad publicity?It's true.Remember the rap group "2live crew"? They SUCKED!If they had not tried to ban that CD it would have died a lowly quiet death.But instead all the uproar caused it to go Platnum!The sold 100x more because of bad publicity.
Simply if you don't like it fine,I don't judge anyone for thier own personal views,but this type of thing does not help your case.Don't buy one and if the majority agree,it will die on it's own.


Jay.

[Manning26]

Shartley, I hope I'm not one of the immature people you're referring to.

So tell us what we should do about this. Why exactly is this going to hurt our sport?

I'm a poppa, and I agree, I don't want my son seeing porn all over the field, but we're talking about bikinis! European kids see breasts all the time, so their deal is equal to ours. Are you going to complain to someone at the next tourney because they've got a woman in her undies on their gun? This argument carries over into t.v. and periodicals... do you cover your little one's eyes when you're changing the channels in case Bay Watch flips by? I suppose I'm just curious where you draw the line?

[shartley]

Originally posted by Manning26
Shartley, I hope I'm not one of the immature people you're referring to.

So tell us what we should do about this. Why exactly is this going to hurt our sport?

I'm a poppa, and I agree, I don't want my son seeing porn all over the field, but we're talking about bikinis! European kids see breasts all the time, so their deal is equal to ours. Are you going to complain to someone at the next tourney because they've got a woman in her undies on their gun? This argument carries over into t.v. and periodicals... do you cover your little one's eyes when you're changing the channels in case Bay Watch flips by? I suppose I'm just curious where you draw the line?

[daveymag]

It all comes down to one thing. If you don't like it, don't buy it. No one is forcing you to buy it. No one is forcing you to look at it. If you don't like something, the only good way to make it go away is by ignoring it, and it's pretty sad to see that so many of you don't understand that.

[shartley]

Originally posted by daveymag
It all comes down to one thing. If you don't like it, don't buy it. No one is forcing you to buy it. No one is forcing you to look at it. If you don't like something, the only good way to make it go away is by ignoring it, and it's pretty sad to see that so many of you don't understand that.

[Manning26]

My laziness is keeping me from quoting you, but it's actually unecessary. I say I DO agree with what you're saying, it is a respect thing. Here, I'll go ahead and say something completely absurd, I'd be more upset at seeing these at a rec. field than at, say, an NPPL event. I suppose that would be due to the kid to adult ratio. Although, I'd more than likely just roll my eyes at the person with it, and end it there. You must admit, it takes a special personality to actually use a nudie-girl ANYTHING at the field. The guy would probably hack ya' off doin' something else anyway.

Still, I suppose my point was that we shouldn't be seeing many of these topless versions over here. I was fighting my own fight off to the side of everyone elses'.

I'm blabberin' on now, need a nappy.

[daveymag]

See the thing is Sam, is that I would bring it to my local field, PGI, the field in which my team owns. The people that attend this field are the same people that play tournament paintball in Minnesota. I know just about every person that plays in the tourny seen in Mn, and I can honestly say that not one of them would be offended by this. Would I take this to a field filled with newbies? Of course not. I know better than that. Would I take this to a field where there would be children younger than 15 playing? No. I am possitive that where I play, no one would be offended by this. That is why I purchased it. I do have respect for people Sam, I know what is right and wrong. I guess that is just something that I didn't express in my other posts.

[shartley]

Thank you both. I think we came to a much better understanding of each others TRUE position on the matter. We may not all still agree on every point, but when a respectful and honest understanding is reached THAT is what it is all about.

[Manning26]

Big hugs all around.