According to the linked complaint by MG, he is not whining about the policy so much as about the deletion without warning:

> My problem isn’t so much with the fact that I couldn’t have a profile picture of myself giving everyone the finger — which I can and do on Twitter and elsewhere — it’s that no one bothered to tell me or warn me before they just went into my account and deleted the picture.

he does also take issue with the policy itself, but as an aside not as his main point:

> Bigger picture: this seems like a ridiculous thing for Google to be policing. [...]

> This also seems like a slippery slope. In certain cultures, various hand gestures mean different things. Is Google also going to delete my profile picture if I have my fingers up to my chin, for example?

On the other hand, lots of people in this thread are saying google's policy is the right thing in this case. Would they say the same if apple was refusing an app with a middle finger icon? A book? A song?

I think they're both wrong, but I understand that having something open for all, you'll get adults but children too, and as a parent your definition of objectionable content for your children may differ. But for me, simply removing the content is wrong. Maybe better parental control technology may make the situation better.

Which brings home the point: You are the product Google is selling, just as the apps in the App Store.

Oh, and :-)