[QUOTE=dimadman]
I am just going by the the sarlacc pit guideline rules as I see them.[/QUOTE]

Pointed out a key part. You can see any rule however you'd like, however the rules have their intents that we try to make as clear as possible. And as I said, the way you see them is clearly not the way we see them or the way that the rule makers have seen them.

[quote]While it says moderation take no responsibility for moderation of the sarlacc pit[/quote]

We take responsibility for all moderation in the Pit.

[quote]there are still rules in effect. It's rather confusing.[/quote]
There are rules in effect, yes. However, there is a gray area which we can choose to enforce or not enforce.

[quote]I really don't see the difference between my posting of a picture with a man in a gimp suit with a strapon tied to his head in the sarlacc pit and the picture of the moose having sex with a statue or the graphic nature of masturbation posts.[/quote]

I understand. However, lets take a look at Animal Planet. Do they allow video of animals mating? Yes in fact they do. Why? Because it's not considered to be overtly sexual, crude, or offensive.

 Now, do ANY cable channels that have a potentially young audience (like we do) have pictures of people in gimp suits with strapons on their heads? No, because it's crude, sexually overt, and potentially offensive.

I'd also like to remind you that the post you're referring to didn't just have the picture you described. It had a picture of a human anus. Do you see the difference yet?

[quote]And calling someone a retard is just as offensive as the N word. As a person that has volunteered with the Downs community, I find it extremely offensive and borderline ethnocentric.(not really a case of being a different ethnicity, but there is a big enough community to almost call that)[/quote]

This is subjective. However, we don't go off of EVERYBODY'S subjective opinions. We more or less base our rules off of society. Now we can ask ourselves, "does general society consider "retard" to be as offensive as the N word?"

 Well first of all you found the N word to be so offensive YOU couldn't even type it all out. But of course, you COULD type "retard" out. Why? Because generally, society doesn't care as much about the word retard. You're right that it can be offensive, and IS incredibly offensive if you were to call somebody with an actual disability a "retard" (that would be attacking their character and we would give an infraction because of that), but based on society's standard's it's nowhere close to the "N word".

 I love that you help people with disabilities, and I find that personally admirable. I myself have two cousins with really bad disabilities. I love them to death, but I still can't wrap my head around the word "retard" being more offensive than the "N word". At this point I'm getting into my own opinions about the word, but I feel it's crucial to get my point across. The "N Word" has over 150 years of oppression, murder, and genocide linked behind it. Retard is just a word that started out as a medical term and then turned into a lame derogatory word for somebody who has a disability (sort of like the words "stupid" and "dumb").

[quote]I was banned for my picture and things a lot less offensive than this, so why shouldn't someone else be banned?[/quote]

I addressed this above. ^

[quote]What should I do? Repost the reports and wait for another person to enforce them? Or just make your job easier and not post reports at all? It's not very clear. I seem to get bans quite a bit on the forums, but when I report whether ingame or on the forums, nothing is done. What would you recommend I do? I just want to make SWGemu better.[/quote]

You should report posts that actually break rules. I can assure you, nobody on the CR team will be moderating the posts you have reported, so I wouldn't keep reporting those posts. They all share the same view as I do (if they didn't I wouldn't be PMing you right now).

 I'd recommend you keep enjoying the game, but you should also be mindful of what I've said. That is the best way to make EMU a better place and to stay out of trouble.

Best of luck,
Nedak