Not actual Nazis, but they're acting like them apparently. Anyone that knows about Wallaroo Blacke probably already knows this, but I'd like to try and let more people know. Apparently he has a webcomic of his hosted on http://www.taur.net/~ottercomics/ and it is a christian-run website with certian rules all hosted comics are expected to follow. Now, that's nothing new, there's alot of websites like that, christian and not.

But here's where things turn sour. Apparently they have threatened to take down Wallaroo's comic. The comic itself has not violated any of their rules, infact, it's a pretty tame comic. The reason they threatened him is that he has posted artwork on OTHER web sites that do not follow their rules. You heard right. Apparently they expect him to follow all of THEIR rules in EVERYTHING he does. So, for fear of looseing his comic, Wallaroo has removed all art that he has posted that doesnt follow their rules.

I'd like to think that Im a good friend of his, and honestly hearing about this has me about ready to knock on this guy's door with a large sharp object in hand. To try and force someone else to follow your own twisted sense of morality in all things smacks of egotism, god-complex, and down-right meglomania. What someone posts to one website has nothing to do with what they do on a diffirent website. This guy, that goes by the name or Oren Otter, is just trying to force his controll over the people that have comics hosted on his website, and he's stepping way over his bounds. I would ask that people post to the forums there and give him a peice of your minds, but more than likely this guy would just delete the posts before anyone reads them and starts thinking for themselves. I will ask that if you can, let Wallaroo know what you think and hopefuly that he should tell this Oren Otter guy to go fuck himself.

I know Im starting to rant here, but I love art, in almost all of it's forms. I believe that art, while viewed publicly, is a personal thing as well. A person puts part of themselves in everything they create, be it drawing, music, sculpting, or anything else that involves skill and craftsmanship. And while I agree that it is the right of a website's owner to have control over what is posted to his site, that control in no way extends beyond that website in any form or fashion, and to try to reach beyond those boundries is an act of pure egotism and meglomania. For the most part, people do art to please themselves first and others second. If no one enjoyed drawing, then there wouldnt be sites like FA, honestly. Im pretty sure there's artwork on here that FA's owner does not like, but he hasnt made any attempts to remove it or to force an artist to remove all artwork everywhere that he doesnt agree with. This Oren guy is obviously trying to force others to conform to his ideals, which is frankly insane.

Please, let Wallaroo Blacke know that he doesnt have to stand for this, and that he's more than welcome here.
Thank you.