11/24/2004: Billboard coverup

[gregle]

"Lucky she wasn't showing any ankle or they really would have let her have it."

"Retards."

Come now. Different cultures have different standards, for any number of cultural, religious and social reasons.

Over here in the UK we were laughing our arses off at the (to us) ludicrous furore that erupted over Janet Jackson's infamous 'nipple slip' at the Superbowl – "Quick Marjorie! Cover the children's eyes before they're corrupted forever and damned to an eternity in the fiery pit!"

By the same token, billboards and TV ads for shower/bath products across Europe regularly show women's breasts and nobody blinks – it's normal.

The quoted kneejerk reactions above are ill-thought-out and emit a slightly unpleasant whiff of xenophobia. Don't sneer at what you don't understand.

[Troubleshooter]

Originally Posted by gregle

Come now. Different cultures have different standards, for any number of cultural, religious and social reasons.

Everything has a reason. That doesn't mean that it is a good reason.

Originally Posted by gregle

Over here in the UK we were laughing our arses off at the (to us) ludicrous furore that erupted over Janet Jackson's infamous 'nipple slip' at the Superbowl – "Quick Marjorie! Cover the children's eyes before they're corrupted forever and damned to an eternity in the fiery pit!"

As did I, I've done enough travelling to realize that stupid knows know bounds.

Originally Posted by gregle

By the same token, billboards and TV ads for shower/bath products across Europe regularly show women's breasts and nobody blinks – it's normal.

That just shows that they can't be wrong all of the time.

Originally Posted by gregle

The quoted kneejerk reactions above are ill-thought-out and emit a slightly unpleasant whiff of xenophobia. Don't sneer at what you don't understand.

1) Definitely not kneejerk;
2) thoroughly thought out, plenty of practice cuts down on the cycle time;
3) not xenophobic, see my travel note above;
4) don't berate the understanding of someone you lack knowldge of.