Just wondering what people's thoughts on this are.

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its an expression that someone should be allowed to make, regardless of how stupid and meaningless the comparison is.

second.

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Probably, as long as neither Obama nor Osama bin Laden join the forum. ((:

I say no. It's low-class and absurd. If someone wants to voice their opinion in that regard, sobeit, they can justify their claims with backing support in the form of words, but to pollute a civil discussion forum with such distasteful imagery and borderline libel without actually explaining why is just wrong.

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I would imagine that anyone who has that as an avatar wouldn't last long anyways and would be prone to low quality posts/threads.

thirded.

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My thought is no the use of such a avatar is beyond pathetic an makes a statement that will only invite a personal attack from others an distract from civil debate . If the use of the pics were a part of a post you could attack the opinion an not the poster .When you use it as a avatar you make the opinion an the poster one an the same ,an could invite personal attacks .

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I think they should. If I see such an avatar, I know not to take anything that poster posts seriously, which saves a lot of time and effort.

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What if somebody created an avatar that combined the avatars of two people who post on the forum with the same caption as above?