the banner is funny, but there's two problems with it:
1) it's animated, and an animated banner is annoying as fuck.
2) there is visible hoe ass in the banner and along with the hooker heels and slogan it makes it very nsfw-looking.
and i disagree that our current banner is nsfw. while it certainly is very in-jokey and most likely confusing for new members/occasional lurkers, the whole "burning flag anti-american sentiment" is kind of a silly thing to say. what with the maf head, cheesy image and photoshop effects, and the crying eagle, it's quite clear that it's a joke.
i don't think i'd be stretching if i said that if someone's boss disciplined them for surfing a site with our current banner, their boss is an idiot. however, a site with hooker ass and a "slam dunk'n hoes" slogan, well, that's a different matter.
i guess we'll let willco have the final verdict on this, but he usually sides with the people who browse at work.