From: cptnerd@access.digex.com (Captain Nerd)
Newsgroups: alt.supermodels
Subject: Re: gifs - do not ignore please
Followup-To: alt.supermodels
Date: 15 Dec 1992 13:45:25 GMT
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, Maryland USA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.com
Summary: Not intentional... Sorry!
Keywords: GIF sites underground

In article <Bz4r7I.9zH@ccu.umanitoba.ca> tvorst@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Tommy Che Vorst) writes:
>Hi! Tommy here.  I know alot of you have been here a while, but some of us
>haven't, and it seems to me requests for gif (ftp) sites go largely
>ignored here; that is, no one responds.  I know the last 2 guys asked for
>nude gifs, but are we that puritanical that we just blow them off?  I too,
>would like to know where I can download gifs of ALL kinds.  Maybe someone
>in the know could post a list of the better ftps (incl, but not only,
>wuarchive.wustl.edu)

	Well, from what I've discovered, there are very few "aboveground"
FTP sites which keep nude gifs.  Apparently, the sysops of the large FTP 
sites are very sensitive to public pressure to remove nude GIFs as soon as
they are posted.  Some of this pressure comes from religious groups, who
jump on the sysops almost immediately.  Other pressure comes from feminist
or other "PC" groups that don't like "exploitation" of women (the largest
percentage of nude GIFs are of women, doncha know).  I think other sysops
are concerned about possibly violating some federal, state, or local laws
governing pornography, especially transfering said pornography by wire, to
the point that they will not risk the slightest hint of violation.

	The point of all this verbiage is this:  If there are large public
FTP sites with lots of nude GIFs, they will certainly not advertise in the
Usenet newsgroups.  >>If<< they exist, the sites would be passed by e-mail,
or word-of-mouth.

	If you really want nude gifs, from artistic to profane, I would
suggest you start haunting Bulletin Board Services (BBS).  There is a montly
magazine called "Boardwatch" that advertises "adult" boards, most with
gigabytes of files.  'Course, >you< have to pay for the connect time.


>
>Thanks very much!
>

	Sorry I couldn't give a better answer.  And I'm sorry if you felt
ignored!  Sometimes no one has a response, or sometimes they mail to the
person who requested info to save net.bandwidth.  Sometimes you have to
try, try again until you annoy some regular into responding! 8^) 8^) 8^)


	Cap.



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>  Tommy ( Yogi )                              Dept. of English, UofM
>                (the REAL UofM - nyaaaah Vid! (Minn.)) 
>                     email:  tvorst@ccu.umanitoba.ca  
>            ....residences in Canada, France, and Holland.
>                       "YAAH! DEATH TO OATMEAL!"
>                   Remember: it's just my opinion.
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