People from a country where Janet Jackson's nipple caused a national crisis...

[howard112211]

...lecturing Canadians on freedom of expression.

:rofl:

[Happyhippychick]

1. Don't forget, her nipple was covered!

[tblue37]

13. Why did people freak out over JJ's covered nipple, but not over

an otherwise bare breast at the MTV Video Awards show that one year? Obviously, neither one deserved a freak-out, but it just seems weird that one caused so much noise while the other was treated with humor and equanimity.

[walldude]

16. Big difference in viewership on teh MTV Awards and the SuperBowl

Lots of fundies watching the bowl. They can take their kids to watch Jesus getting whipped and beat to a bloody pulp and then crucified in a gore filled bloody scene in a movie, but show em' a nip and it's the goddamn Rapture....

[ecstatic]

2. a crisis among teabaggers...

I guess they've been among us all along, but now they are becoming more vocal. I would love to have them silenced once and for all.

[quinnox]

3. it wasn't a national crisis to everyone

Some of us were appreciative of the look see.

[arbusto_baboso]

4. Indeed, one wonders where belief in "American exceptionalism" ends...

and blind, psychotic chauvinistic American nationalism begins. Because holding up America as a "champion of free speech" after that incident is pretty damned ludicrous.

[NYC_SKP]

5. nipple rec.

irresistible.

[rem3006]

6. Hey, I liked Janets boob.

I've been praying for wardrobe malfunctions ever since.

[Bucky]

18. Have you tried looking for them on the internet?

[The Genealogist]

7. That was a real eye rolling moment in American TV history for me

A nipple at the Superbowl caused so much anger and gnashing of teeth among so many Americans. But the violence on the field drew nary a bit of social interjection from the morality police. Which caused more real pain? The evil evil nippy-poo or the slamming of bodies into each other?

[truedelphi]

8. Thank you for trying to keep us at DU

Abreast of this nation's trend to lecture other nations.

One of the few things that we seem to be really really good at.

Take that ability away from us, and what do we have? Our two main exports often seem to be our wars and our celebrity culture.

[iscooterliberally]

9. I just popped my

'rec cherry' on Janet Jackson's boob thread. I just figured out how to do this recommend thing. YAY!! :rofl:

[NYC_SKP]

11. We all remember our first "popping", figuring it out for the first time.

Not all are lucky enough to have a famous nipple handy, tho.

awesome.

[Initech]

10. Can't get enough nipples here on DU!

[NYC_SKP]

12. Indeed, it's the frequent dearth of nipple that brings the place down, IMHO.

[LeftinOH]

14. I'll never forget where I was at that moment; America lost her innocence:

:sarcasm:

[Vinnie From Indy]

15. Everything changed after JJ's boob was seen by most of America

:)

[MilesColtrane]

17. For most of our history America has felt safe behind two great oceans of fabric...

protecting us against mammalian protuberances.

But, with the spread of velcro technology, covering no longer means security.

[struggle4progress]

19. Wait. Nobody told me Janet Jackson has nipples. Why am I always the last to know?