As I see it, the shrine fits 2 purposes:
1) For the general FTL audience to see diverse and often attractive liberty loving listeners and
2) To show people in the radio industry that the show caters to and has an active female listenership
A photo of a baby accomplishes neither of these. And to me, a baby isn't really male or female anyway. It's asexual.
When you look through pictures of the shriners, you see photos of women from all walks of life who enjoy listeneing to FTL. You can look through the shrine and sometimes read the brief comments and imagine: this student, this mother, this lawyer, etc. listening to the show. If I see a picture of a baby, I think, oh wow, it's someone's baby. So what?
Furthermore, I'd agree with Ian that one should be able to take one's own photo before it's admitted to the shrine. Think of it this way--how would you like it if YOUR parents posted pictures of you up on some pro-socialist website when you were a child? Or anywhere else with a message that went against your views? Hell, it's bad enough that they got me an SSN !
And if babies are allowed, we'll get into the whole Bridget transvestite argument again, because someone will post a pic of a male baby and start a whole new controversy...
I know Ian's smart enough not to simply "go with the majority" but keep in mind there is a large portion of people here who will be against any kind of "ban" or "restriction" just because they're total anarchists
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