The issue is not the over-zealousness and standards of the staff. The issue is the THREAT of legal action, by ANYONE. Any legal action would put this forum out of business. It would simply cost too much to attempt a legal defense.
This site is not linking the posting of pictures of girls under 18 with child pornography. It IS dealing with the reality that many people WILL, for reasons that have little if any connection to reality. This is a PORN SITE, someone, somewhere will link the posting of ANY picture of someone underage by some standard somewhere in the world (or even just their own mind) with child pornography. ("Its a kid, its on a porn site, don't that make it kiddie porn?!")
The Age 18 rule is simple, clear and (relatively) easy to enforce. It also avoids problems with different Moderators in different sections applying different personal standards of "acceptable". The staff has chosen to err on the side of caution. If you cannot accept that, then you should not visit here.
(And I'm not aware of any serious argument that we should stop posting any pics of someone because they had or have breast cancer.
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