Site Admin-What's up with my avatar?

**Savage** · 07-18-2005

I logged in today and found that I had been assigned an avatar. It's not the one you are seeing right now-I had to change it right away. I guess everyone has to have one, as it appears a well-meaning administrator gave me one since I didn't choose one when I signed up. Unfortunately, it was a pic of Russell Means who is a no-good, wife-beating, politically confused piece of odat-though most non-NDNs just know him as an AIM spokesperson. I most certainly didn't want to be represented in this forum by his low-life self, so I just spent a whole lotta time resizing an image so that it would fit the requirements when I should be going to bed. I'm really not angry, but I would've appreciated an email or PM letting me know I needed to choose one to be on the site.

**XXPANTHAXX** · 07-18-2005

Warrior that former avatar was assigned by me, it was in solidarity Russell Means was the image..Warrior Leonard works for us too.. Uhuru..

**rebelAfrika** · 07-18-2005

Originally Posted by savage

I logged in today and found that I had been assigned an avatar. It's not the one you are seeing right now-I had to change it right away. I guess everyone has to have one, as it appears a well-meaning administrator gave me one since I didn't choose one when I signed up. Unfortunately, it was a pic of Russell Means who is a no-good, wife-beating, politically confused piece of odat-though most non-NDNs just know him as an AIM spokesperson. I most certainly didn't want to be represented in this forum by his low-life self, so I just spent a whole lotta time resizing an image so that it would fit the requirements when I should be going to bed. I'm really not angry, but I would've appreciated an email or PM letting me know I needed to choose one to be on the site.

I don't know who gave you the Russell Means avatar, but no, you do not have to have an avatar if you do not want one. Is Russell Means still a spokesperson for AIM? I'm not an Indian but when I think of Russell Means, I think of his affiliation with AIM "IN THE PAST" (and I was unaware of the more personal aspects of his life that you pointed out). I do not know what his current relationship with AIM is but I've had the pleasure of meeting Wa Bu Inini and Red Crow before and I am a supporter of AIM all the way. In fact, there are several of us in here who support AIM and the struggles of the indigenous people of the western hemisphere.