If I didn't know that this was a joke, I'd try to strike some kind of middle-ground by suggesting that custom avatars be allowed, but require them to be linked off-site. That and add some option in the user preferences along the lines of "Replace custom avatars with a white box with avatar in black letters", so people who don't like the custom avs don't have to see them. Later, Bleys (who would inevitably be forced to add this feature) would be forced to castrate me. Yay.