IBTL!!
This board is a privately owned and opperated and is going to be the way the admin and mod's want it to be.
Love it or leave it, that's just the way it is.
Also I don't understand why you'd even bother to make a thread about it.(This is not a democracy with a majority vote deciding on the fate of your teddy.)
If they said it was okay last week and it isn't today, suck it up and get used to it.
OR
Make your own privately owned site and use whatever avatar you wish.
Sorry to sound so harsh, but that's just the way it is.
Edit:
The teddy makes me laugh, but might not be funny to everyone.