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Hi danso, I agree it's difficult to correctly gauge how others will react to any piece. For this blog post I had my three sisters read it -- as well as about half a dozen other people from diverse backgrounds -- and no one found it offensive. Of course, that's not a guarantee that no one anywhere will find it offensive.

The first picture is a bit edgy, I agree. Perhaps that colors the interpretation of the remaining pictures. But the following pictures are really not offensive at all. The next picture is of a woman molesting me (in a pretty PG way). Then there is a picture of a man kissing me. The last picture is of a monkey. That seems pretty harmless by most standards. But I can certainly see how the first picture may set people up to interpret the remaining pictures in a different light.



I don't mean to overstep my bounds here (and it's not any of my concern anyway), but when people are telling you that something's offensive [1], responding with an assertion that "it's not offensive at all" and an explanation of why that's so is a HUGE RED SIGN that you're ... not getting it. Whether you're right or wrong.

[1] I think the word "offensive" is overused these days — I wouldn't say I was offended by your post but I did find it very distasteful.




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