It's not unusual for the occasional shot that blatantly breaks the rules presented in FAQ #565... it's also not unusual to see some deviant post PORN that they got from another site, attempting to pass it off as their own "art".

What I think is a RIOT is the joker who tries to support this by saying that these people are "Pushing the Envelope". My favorite quote so far has to be this one:

"I think u all are dumbasses who are u guys to tell what's art and what's not? u didn't even gave the photographer the chance to explain what this picture means for her.
u make me sick! remember magritte? he pooed in a bottle and called it autor's shit to criticize people like u."

The photo in question was a closeup of a woman inserting her finger in her vagina. Which is a blatant breaking of the first section of FAQ #565. I really don't think we need the photographer's explanation. If you have your own server, website, etc... then perhaps you may poo in a bottle all you like. Just not here.

It's not a matter of what's art and what's not in this case... FAQ #565 spells it all out, what's allowed and what's not.

What many of these folks fail to recognize... is that dA is a HUGE house, and we are all renters and tenants. It's a house that comes with RULES. Yeah, they suck for some of us... but it's not our house.

Imagine if you rented out a beautiful home, and the tenants continually kicked in the cabinets and smashed holes in the walls when you specifically told them not to?

And imagine if said tenant said that they had the RIGHT to do it just by virtue of being an artist?

Yeah, I think that person would pretty much be looking for a new home.

Ya wanna push the envelope? Ya wanna be daring? I think it's MORE challenging to find ways to be bold and daring and remain within the rules of FAQ #565, than to continually break the rule.

It's not a rule of "art" that you're breaking... it's a rule of dA. No other way around it.