To all Kossacks:
I wish to state clearly and emphatically that I apologize for any offensive material that you have viewed in a recent post of mine.
I originally posted what I considered to be a humorous picture, but it appears that the image tag that I used, the URL of the original image was either changed, or the file name on the originating server was changed to something vile.
I regret that many of you have been exposed to indecent material, my original intent was to repeat an image that I had recently seen in Jon Stewart's book "America."
I have lost trusted user status and cannot view what you are now seeing and am relying on the comments that follow in the thread in question.
I appeal to all of you for understanding: I did not post an indecent, obscene or pornographic picture.
I appeal to webmasters who are online to remove the picture.
I regret to have linked directly to a file that could be easily manipulated and please accept that it is beyond my control.
Update [2004-12-31 13:13:6 by Gearhead]:
Thank you one and all for the kind words and MOJO. I got my TU status back (It took some doing). Again, I appeal to all of you to be careful when posting images - be certain that the site you are linking to is trusted.
-Gearhead