As long as the two sacred principles of "No pictures!" and "Not censored!" stand in rigid opposition to each other, the conflict will continue. The "show" solution (with an appropriate note) or even putting all the images on the "depictions" page (again, with a prominent note) seem like reasonable solutions. As far as the "depictions" article is concerned, I can't see how that article can exist without images.
If this is a "slippery slope", it's because "not censored!" is often interpreted to mean "dare to be offensive". It is taken to be a highly POV-pushing statement about how public discourse is to be conducted. In the present case it represents a statement of defiance against "fundamentalist" Islam; more generally, it can be taken, with some justification, as the adoption of a particular liberal, secular, Western