6/29/11 YouTube CENSORS MY NEWS STORY b/c It INCLUDED A DRAWING OF A BREAST ?
It was a news story , a true story ...if u take a look at my website u will notice I regularly report current news items & some of the crazier stuff as well ...nonetheless news ..and I added a little visual aid ..which was kind of funny I thought..it was NOT sexual at all..a picture of a breast or breasts is not necessarily a sexual image..and not all people think of breasts as "sexual"..simply functional (to feed babies) ..I myself as a religious person think of breasts as both functional & spiritual, but not so much sexual.
In fact, the Bible uses breasts as an analogy for the church, in the book of Songs in particular. Those who see the breasts solely as sexual and object to any and all images of the breast apart from specific "instructional" or "educational" videos ( I've seen some of the breastfeeding videos onYouTube and they seem to be posted for prurient interest, not anything truly educational, & some of the comments attest to such) ...but since I am a male, and maybe you have profiled me in a negative way, anything & everything that somebody objects to, you immediately place in a nefarious category, whether its a copyright matter or now a "community guidelines" matter.
I believe the body is GOOD and made by God in the IMAGO DEO (image of God) & that sexuality is good. I don't believe people need to be ashamed of their bodies, nor that the body should be used solely for pornographic or prurient purposes. Occassionally, the subject of sex & the body arises for various reasons & should be included naturally as such in a person's website (YouTube site) if it fits with their general theme & purpose .
I cover the news, some on YouTube, but also elsewhere, including www.TheDailyNews4U.posterous.com . This includes the Good News but also daily news: the good, the bad, & the ugly (as well as the funny, odd, unique, etc). In fact, I'm starting to get a little advertising income from another website where I post news items of interest. Just because I show a picture of a breast, you deem it to be "sexually inappropriate"? Is it because its a breast on "VanderKok's" site that would merely be an innocent breast on any other YouTube site ? If so, why ? I'm in good standing with my church & community. I'm not a sexual offender.
LITERALLY, 1000's of my vids are devoted to church & God...yet a pic of a breast (actually a drawing) , with a little "wink" about a somewhat harmless, kind of humorous story about a woman "shooting" a cop with her breast milk is considered a violation ? This was not pornography . If some people get a perverted, prurient interest out of a drawing of a breast, then what about all the breastfeeding videos ? I've seen some of the comments below them.
And searching other items, there are numerous examples of "sexual content" on YouTube that go far beyond my small depiction of a breast and a corresponding news story. It feels a little bit as if I am being picked on by YouTube, and also raises the question about why YouTube played "Mickey Mouse" with me re the copyright counter-notifications I've filed.
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From: "JP VANDERKOK" <vanderkok@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 29, 2011 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: YouTube Video Notification
To: "YouTube Service" <service@youtube.com>It was a news story , a true story ...if u take a look at my website u will notice I regularly report current news items & some of the crazier stuff as well ...nonetheless news ..and I a little visual aid ..whixh was kind of funny I thought..it was NOT sexual at all..a picture of a breast or breasts is not necessarily a sexual image..and not all people think of breasts as "sexual"..simply functional (to feed babies) ..I myself as a religious person think of breasts as both functional spieitual, but not so much sexual. In fact, the Bible uses breasts as an analogy for the churchm the book of Songs in particular. Those who see the breasts solely as sexual and object to any and all images of the breast apart from specific "instructional" or "educational" videos ( I've seen some of the breastfeeding videos onYouTube and they seem to be posted for prurient interest, not anything truly educational, & some of the comments attest to such) ...but since I am a male, and maybe you have profiled me in a negaive way, anything & everything that somebody objects to, you immediately place in a nefarious category, whether its a copyright matter or now a "community guidelines" matter.
I believe the body is GOOD and made by God in the IMAGO DEO (image of God) & that sexuality is good. I don't believe people need to be ashamed of their bodies, nor that the body should be used solely for pornographic or prurient purposes. Occassionally, the subject of sex & the body arises for various reasons & should be included naturally as such in a person's website (YouTube site) if it fits with their general theme & purpose .
I cover the news, some on YouTube, but also elsewhere, including www.TheDailyNews4U.posterous.com . This includes the Good News but also daily news: the good, the bad, & the ugly (as well as the funny, odd, unique, etc). In fact, I'm starting to get a little advertising income from another website where I post news items of interest. Just because I show a picture of a breast, you deem it to be "sexually inappropriate"? Is it because its a breast on "VanderKok's" site that would merely be an innocent breast on any other YouTube site ? If so, why ? I'm in good standing with my church & community. I'm not a sexual offender. LITERALLY, 1000's of my vids are devoted to church & God...yet a pic of a breast (actually a drawing) , with a little "wink" about a somewhat harmless, kind of humorous story about a woman "shooting" a cop with her breast milk is considered a violation ? This was not pornography . If some people get a perverted, prurient interest out of a drawing of a breast, then what about all the breastfeeding videos ? I've seen some of the comments below them.
And searching other items, there are numerous examples of "sexual content" on YouTube that go far beyond my small depiction of a breast and a corresponding news story. It feels a little bit as if I am being picked on by YouTube, and also raises the question about how YouTube played "Mickey Mouse" with me re the copyright counter-notifications I've filed.
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