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Originally Posted by Truck Drivers United
Yoopr, the banners mentioned are in the right hand border on all but the index page. Two of the eleven links for other sites that are either sponsor sites or affiliates are adult sites, and a third contains marital aids and adult products without the XXX galleries or hardcore graphics for individuals and couples looking for these items that don’t want to visit the typical adult site. The links for the adult sites are clearly marked as Adults Only.
A couple things to the mods here. 1. Isn't promoting another site against the rules. 2. Isn't promoting SPAM against the rules.
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Greg, the site (EDITED)does not contain any inappropriate material. In fact, I make it very clear that I will post almost anything on the site, but I will not post any comments that contain foul language or other inappropriate content.
Oh yeah, just the porn sites. But technically speaking you don't. :roll:
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As far as adult sites helping to pay the bills, I’m sure if a Christian Book store, the Ku Klux Klan, the Black Panthers, or a particular Presidential Candidate offered to sponsor the site and I put banners up for any of them, there would be controversy as well. Remember, some drivers are Atheists, some are Buddhists, and some are Muslims, and a link for a Christian Book store would offend them.
I think lumping Christian book stores with the Black Panthers and the KKK is a little off the wall. :roll: I also did not ask you to or infer it in any way. I just said there are other kinds of sponsors, ie Amazon Associates, etc. Most if not all the big company retail site offer some version of an associate program. But you choose the easy way without doing any real work.
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If drivers get hung up on personal issues, and we cannot accept the fact that all drivers are not going to share the same views or moral values, then it’s going to be hard to ever stand together.
I don't know what planet you live on, or if you really are even a driver, but in case you haven't seen it, truck drivers are not quite the "brotherhood" it may have once been. Not to mention I don't appreciate the stereotyping you infere by assuming all truckers like porn.
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Ask yourself this: If ten drivers did take a stand at a dock and refuse to do business with a particular shipper, would you refuse to stand with them simply because they don’t share the same Christian beliefs as you do, or because they don't support the same political candidate you do… or even because their skin is a different color than yours?
Being against porn is not just a Christian belief and you're fooling yourself if you think it is. But as a consumer, no I don't have to buy or support anything from your organization. Not to mention the fact that having that kind of advertising speaks volumes about your morals and beliefs, because otherwise you would never had put it there to begin with.
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Judging others is far too easy for any number of petty reasons, including religious beliefs.
Who's judging who now?
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What’s important are the problems affecting the industry, not the fact sales from adult sites helps pay the bills.
You believe what ever makes you feel better about yourself. I'm not a religous zealot like you may believe, but I'm also not ashamed to tell it like it is.