12/13/2004: FCC investigates Olympics?

[Undertoad]

Apparently the FCC is looking at the Olympics broadcast now, having gotten "at least one" indecency complaint.

(At least ONE? Jeff Jarvis has recently showed how many, or really, MOST FCC complaints are generated by complaint farms, not actually written by outraged viewers.)

According to the full story and the official caption on the image if you click through to it, we learn that the broadcast MAY or MAY NOT HAVE...

...included male performers representing ancient Greek Kouroi, life-size stone figures of naked young men dating to the sixth century B.C.

The story says that the 2004 Athens WEB SITE includes these images, but it's not known whether the broadcast included them. Does this stop the FCC? Nope, they are requesting a tape from NBC.

If you look closely at the above image, it appears that these guys aren't showing their actual units, but wearing some sort of costume to simulate the real thing. Does that change the matter at all?

Ach, I know this entry doesn't have much factual information yet... I read the regular news sites, and end up in complete confusion as to what the wire writers intended to communicate. In this case the story collides with its own picture's caption. Hopefully someone will have more info on it... post away if you do.

[beavis]

what a bunch of pricks...

[busterb]

Small pricks

[jinx]

steroids?

[sniglet]

shrinkage.

[Wormfood]

Must be the cold mud.
Where are the real ones ? ..inside?

[Leah]

No wonder they all look so depressed and glum, I would look depressed also having to walk around looking like that, how embarrassing they all must be with such a little old fella's.

[Target]

I didn't think it was depression...I thought they were checking out the guy in front of them.

[Bitman]

I'm afraid to post, cuz I'd hafta admit to studying the picture. But it to me it looks like a photoshop job more than anything. Clearly the tops and bottoms don't match, but the one in the middle shows some artifacts that are just weird.

Oh and yea, small pricks.

[capnhowdy]

It is odd that the costume flaunts such a provocative statement. Someone should have known a crybaby somewhere would freak out. The costumes would have been much more realistic had the designer used a little creativity and revealed what the shower room at the "Y" REALLY looks like.heehee......
All men are NOT created equal Ahem........

[xoxoxoBruce]

Someone should have known a crybaby somewhere would freak out.

This was in Greece, they don't give a rats ass about the FCC. Actually we shouldn't have to either, but.....where was that damn lockbox
The uniform size and shape of the privates privates is supposed to represent a stone statue from the 6th century. Perhaps it does, don't forget that in the 17th century guys were about 5 ft tall, on average.

[Cyber Wolf]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

... don't forget that in the 17th century guys were about 5 ft tall, on average.

Just cuz a guy's short doesn't mean he sometimes has trouble walking in a straight line

And are we talking just the Meat or the Meat and Potatoes together? If we're talking about the total package then body size doesn't mean much...look at a male rat. His boys are HUGE proportionately. Of course, rats are kinda geared towards making as many babies as they can so he needs a large gene factory. But way back when, having a lot of kids was a good idea too what with farms to manage, kingdoms to inherit and the need for a non-fatal way to prove one's virility and higher infant mortality rates. Wouldn't be surprised if the stuff of a man 17th century and before (especially way before) were a little bigger, or possible the word is 'robust', than the stuff of a man today. Guys today need to try harder; there's fertility clinics and dildos to compete with

[richlevy]

The Olympic committee should have known that to comply with American standards of decency, you are only allowed to show male frontal nudity when coupled with extreme acts of violence. If they had only let Quentin Tarantino do the choreography..

[xoxoxoBruce]

In honor of the Olympics' birth in Athens, the ceremony featured performers dressed as classic Greek statues and as ancient Gods. There was also an interpretive dance segment featuring a pregnant woman and her apparent mate. It's unclear which of the myriad possibilities raised the ire of the FCC's complaining party.

Myriad possibilities?

[Karenv]

Given that the average erect male member is 5.4" (NOT 5-7") according to researchers who measure such things, they aren't all that small.

(There is a discussion on size at www.erectionphotos.com but be forewarned that it includes photos you couldn't post here- not a porn site but explicit.)