So a football player hugs a naked woman as the TV shows her bare back.

[vet_against_Bush]

What is the big deal?

[DrWeird]

1. She wasn't wearing a Burqa.

nt

[jeff30997]

5. LOL!

Good one.

[andyhappy]

thats rich!

when will our fundamentalist xians realize how similar they are to all those fundamentalist muslims?

to quote will ferrel, "I feel like I am taking crazy pills"

[Goldmund]

43. LMAO!!!

[kodi]

59. nope, miscegenation.

'merka' don't really like it.

[Connie_Corleone]

2. Could be the message it sends to kids watching.

It's okay to blow off your responsibilities so you can get your freak on?

Or...

Big, black man with his arms around a white woman ticked some people off??

[eataTREE]

3. Exactly... she was white, he was black == red-state outrage

[mrgorth]

6. I was outraged and it has nothing to do with race

It was the wrong time and place to do that shit and we should be able to speak on it.

[DrWeird]

8. So then you were outraged because...

she wasn't wearing her burqa?

:shrug:

[Connie_Corleone]

10. So what were you outraged about?

The camera showing her back?



:shrug:

[mrgorth]

63. I was outraged because

I thought it was a racey spot placed at a time that a lot of people would be watching and not expecting such a thing. I would have been just as outraged regardless of the racial mixture and no, you never see me on here coming down on NYPD Blue because a)it's expected and b)it's tastefully done. It's not the skin, it's that I don't like the networks Pearl Harbouring the public.

[luaneryder]

29. Why don't you think it's about race?

You may have been outraged, but do you really not believe that most of the outrage is about a white woman and a black man? I do.

[spooky3]

38. I missed this, but why was she naked but he clothed?

[GumboYaYa]

45. I totally agree.

This outrage is the product of the inability to deal with a beautiful white woman having sex with a virile black stud. It is every bigots worst nightmare.

[Cheswick2.0]

39. I didn't see it so I find it hard to judge

so I can't say if I would be outraged or not. But if it was sexually suggestive then I think it was probably not necessary to show at that time.
I have no problem with the black white mix since I spent two years in a relationship with an African American man. But I do have a problem with overt sex and violence when kids are watching.

[Tomee450]

34. I believe it is the latter.

[mrgorth]

4. Working on that post count?

[DulceDecorum]

17. And HOW.

The PR agency said they will fire him
if he doesn't hurry up and start posting sh*t.

[Rockholm]

7. My 7 year-old son was watching that trash!

First, Janet's BOOB comes flying at his baby eyes (6 at the time) and now this. He is SCARRED for life at this filth. I might as well put my Hustler's on the kitchen table with his Cheer-i-fucking-O's.

SARCASM..........

Folks, I personally plan calling the FCC everytime I get offended at Viagra commercials, Dove soap commercials, et al. I can't believe the FCC and the way that they go along with the * administration are royally turning wlack to white, up to down and right to wrong. Sick and tired of this crap folks.

[DinahMoeHum]

12. I believe Jesus once called this kind of fuss as "straining a gnat. . .

swallowing a camel..."


:evilgrin:

[Oreo]

18. AMEN

This is all so ridiculous. I really think it's the black-white thing that made this an issue. I totally agree.. how many soap commercials are about 1/2" from being soft porn?

[seabeyond]

20. i could do without viagra commercials, women having orgasm

washing their hair..........i had a commercial of a woman having an orgasm watching her hair while boys were watching animal planet. 4 and 6 then. noth looked at me like what is up with that. silly girl i say

totally in appropriate. is it really necessary for me to give a four year old the sexual in and outs..........

[CTLawGuy]

61. it goes over their heads

most sexual innuendo goes over children's heads. Unless they know what an orgasm is already. If they dont they're like "that shampoo must make her feel good" and think nothing else of it.

[Contrary1]

22. Don't forget about

the gal who has an orgasm every time she washes
her hair.

[MADem]

23. Times have changed

It used to be that the dancing brassiere in the platex ads would make teens cringe with embarrassment. And then, when 'FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS' (such a term!) started doing TV advertising, the world was supposed to end.

We're such lucky lazy people nowadays...we don't even have to haul our asses out of the lounge chair to change the channel...push the button, and POOF!! The offensive images are magically gone! I find this very helpful when I see a Falwell clone on TV.

I suppose if we really want everyone to just GET OVER all of this sexual salaciousness shit, we should pass a law requiring everyone to go nekkid...that'll either put people off the deed totally, or give everyone sufficient lookie-lookies so they ultimately just get it out of their system.....!!!

Just say no...to mindless TV!

[luaneryder]

27. Have you ever seen what passes

for daytime tv entertainment? I waited at the DMV for 2 freaking hours the other day and all they had on was soaps-the people never got out of bed. A neighbor is outraged by the MNF thing, but for god's sake don't stop the soaps.

[Arkana]

9. What? What happened? Did I miss something?

Clue for those who are, well, clueless.

[wryter2000]

11. Frankly

I was more offended when * did the "Are you ready for some football?" intro a while back. I thought it was illegal to show an asshole on TV.

[kranich]

13. Why?

are people outraged over this and not all the "crank medicine" commercials that state if you become roused for longer than four hours see your urologist?

[seabeyond]

14. i put on other thread, i didnt know what was up with this

these football team owners, sponsers, players and watchers are the ones that voted bush. first. secondly i saw my first coors boob twins commercial since coor ran for senate from colorado. he took his sexist degrading soft porn commercials off the football games while he was running for senate to present his family values. once lost the commercials are back

these are aired on saturday and sunday afternoon, certainly not a time to keep aways from little boys or girls

now, as republicans and christians tell me about moral value, until i see them go after their own, this man, screw em all

[CityDem]

15. It was a lousy stunt

I turn on MNF to watch football, not some lame assed promo for some lousy sit com / drama on ABC. If they want to promo the Desperate Housewives show, do it on the View or during the soaps.

[frylock]

19. word up..

MNF has become unwatchable, what with all the music videos at halftime, and these lame ass promos. Just stick with football for fuck sake.

[CityDem]

32. I agree

If people want to watch a bunch of videos and promos, change the channel to MTV.

[Tomee450]

40. I have seen far worse on television.

Some of those outraged parents allow their children to view all kinds of risque entertainment. They allow them to view vulgar videos on tv and even give money to purchase them. That stunt was far less harmful than what some of those teenagers see at the movies and on the television screen. No, the upset here is because the stunt involved an interracial couple. It's a matter of race just as was in the case of Janet Jackson. Janet was vilified whereas Timberlake was not.

[Warpy]

16. Every bigot out there gets his buttons pushed

The KKK has had a great run lynching, beating and running around in bedsheets on the theory that free black men would go after white women.

(No word, of coure, on what white women might want)

[Zorra]

28. You got it. You, Warpy, are today's grand prize winner. n/t

[pipes]

21. I will no longer take my kids to the beach...

It would be an outrage for them to see any bare backs out there....

Me personally, I was offended at the end of Shrek 2 because Donkey and the Dragon had babies...where in the hell would Donkey even be able to begin to get that Dragon knocked up? And what in the world do my kids think? I mean if two men can get married, now a donkey and a dragon what in the world would be next?

(Ok Sarcasm Off)

For the love of everything in this world, why is this taking up our news time and journalism, who da flack cares about some opening to Monday Night Football?

[seabeyond]

24. you dont get it. there is a difference

in healthy and balanced and children growing into it, so they can have a stimulating and exciting adn grand sex life as opposed to feeding it to children to young, inappropriately, degrading of one person, in and unhealthy unbalanced way

the job of the parent is to allow the child to do this, in an appropriate time, not force fed by a bunch of friggin screwed up adults perception of what sex is about

[Cross_and_Flag]

26. Republicans make a big deal out of everything.

Some people are just board and have nothing else to complain about.

[ventvon]

25. A lot of guys are probably outraged because it wasn't

Teri Hatcher http://abc.go.com/primetime/desperate/bios/teri_hatcher.html

[neverforget]

30. I say we outlaw women's backs and anything else anyone is

offended by the sight of, or words for that matter. Let's start a list and a government agency to keep us safe from offensive things. Let's call it the Ministry of Information.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

31. I Didn't Read All The Posts

So here's my untainted opinion...

They shouldn't be fined but it was in poor taste...


Kids watch football and don't need to be introduced to sexual innuendo....


In the privacy of your own home you can smoke what you want, fuck who you want, and watch what you want but the public owns the airwaves and can expect family programming during a sporting event....

[RaleighNCDUer]

33. Personally, I don't think impressionable children should be

exposed to the organized violence and commercially engendered pseudo-patriotism of professional football.

Bring back baseball, a civilized game for a cooperative society.

[neverforget]

35. But they spit alot and grab their crotches, isn't that offensive to

somebody? I'm sure it is......

[DemocratSinceBirth]

46. But The Spitting And Crotch Grabbing Is Just Poor Manners...

It's not gratutitous like the "sex scene" in discussion...

[GumboYaYa]

48. Have you ever seen the shots of the cheerleaders during games?

They are far more sexually suggestive than the commercial in question, plus they show more skin. Should we be talking about banning cheerleaders?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

50. The Cheeerleaders Have Become Part Of The Game...

The stint was laced with sexual innuedo....


I don't object to the stint just it's placement....


Kind of like masturbating...

It's o k in the privacy of your home but verbotten in public....

[neverforget]

49. poor manners? how do you know that they aren't grabbing their

crotches sexually? (i agree that it's poor manners, i'm playing devils advocate)

[Cheswick2.0]

37. I agree with both you and DSBirth

They don't need to be expose to sex or rampant nationalism. But I see nothing wrong with football.

[sandnsea]

36. Watch Rear Windows

Watch some 60's Doris Day - Rock Hudson movies. Sexual innuendo all over the place. Alot more than I realized when I was a kid. I didn't see this, but if it was just her back then people are being ridiculous.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

47. Those Are Movies...

They didn't sneak it into a sports event...


I just don't think kids need to see that stuff...


Once you reach maturity you can look at whatever you want imho....

[sandnsea]

51. Doris Day movies????

Please, tell me you don't object to a kid seeing a Doris Day movie. I've never heard anybody object to a Doris Day movie.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

53. There's A Difference Between A Doris Day Movie

and a scene where a hot blonde tells an athlete to skip the game and use that time to fuck her...

Let's not be obtuse here....

[sandnsea]

54. Watch Doris again

Like I said, alot more innuendo in those old movies than I recognized when I was a kid. Don't be obtuse indeed.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

57. Innuendo Was A Poor Choice Of Words ...

Having seen that scene six or seven times it was more than innuendo...

I think a ten year old gets it....


Ditch the game and fuck me....

[sonicx]

41. We need to ban beer commercials during football games

kids might see em.

seriously, it was no big deal. the innuendo wasn't worse than anything in a network drama.

[Miami Liberal]

42. My only problem with it is

that the football player didn't have HIS shirt off. What about the eye candy for us gals?

But seriously, I've seen racier on the trashy daytime soaps.

[GumboYaYa]

44. I call it the Oreo Rule. Black and White can only be shown that close

together in Cookie commercials.

Am I the only one who thinks that there would be no outrage if she climbed up on top of a white athlete?

[AspenRose]

56. No, you're not

That incident brought OJ and Nicole flooding back to the subconscious minds of a lot of people, and we all know how much of THAT angst was race-driven.

I mean, it's even joked about in "Blazing Saddles" (a movie I LOVE, BTW):

"Where are all the white women at?"

Honestly, to think race didn't have anything to do with it is just naive.

[DuaneBidoux]

52. Here's a funny question: why do they cover the genitalia up

when you're staring inside the guts of a man or women on Health network? There's something fucking weird about a country that gets so upset about a boob, and then allows prime time brain splattering without a peep.

Totally the opposite of virtually every other industrialized country I've ever been in.

[DrWeird]

55. Mmhmmm.

Or surgery on TV. They'll show a lumpectomy and blur out the nipple.

[DuaneBidoux]

62. Strange isn't it.

Here is right wing morality in full view: breast=bad, sex=immoral

Blood and guts, dropping bombs on babies, lying thieving, changing the law just for your guy (see today's news)=moral and good.

My definition of obscenity is significantly different than theirs.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

58. It's the dumbass media testing the bounds again........

....they'll bend over and say "Thank you, Mr Powell, may I have another?" just like they have since Janet showed boob.

[Piperay]

60. He was black and she was white

:wow: that is what is sticking in these racist's craws. :argh:

[auburngrad82]

64. THAT is exactly what crossed my mind.

If the player had been white there wouldn't be near as much made about it. It's the slave state mentality at work.