Superbowl- now lets be honest

[gwcrim]

On one hand it's not a bad idea to desensitize ourselves, young and old, to something as simple as a bare breast. Geeze, we all have them. But to have performers, atheletes, and/or other public figures routinely grabbing themselves in vulgar fashion is just plain wrong. I'd whack any of my kids in the head if I saw them do that in public.

Didn't that white guy Michael Jackson start that crotch grabbing anyway? Could this have been the Jackson family's way of thrusting a big middle finger to the USofA on prime time TV?

Do ya think Anita Bryant and Pat Boone will do next years Superbowl half time show?

 

[Smit-Dog]

... Do ya think Anita Bryant and Pat Boone will do next years Superbowl half time show?

Only if they're doing the double-headed beast up on stage... :eek:

 

[mdkuder]

I think we should all dig a hole and jump in never to be offended again.

 

[Wolf]

Bundu, you are the man! I could not agree with you more...then again, I was raised in Europe and exposed to boobs frequently :ohmy:

 

[gwcrim]

I was raised in Europe and exposed to boobs frequently

Oh. You must have been in France then. :laugh:

 

[Jon K.]

Not that it matters, but looks like a nipple ring to me! :eek:

Wibby you scoundrel! This was all sort of fun before you pointed that out to me. Now it is ruined! I thought it was a pastie!

I hadn't taken the time to thoroughly inspect the photos, but you are right! :eek:

And not just a simple ring, either, but a demented sort of mechanical device! Help me! I'm blinded!!! :flame:

 

[whyzee]

it's not about being desensitized or offended by idiotic behavior. We are not in europe and this is not what our values include. To me it is a complete decline in morality. The whole "accept it or your not PC" is a bunch of bunk. I don't want my kids seeing it, period. There is a place for everything.

 

[Okiewan]

I'm against some org. like the FCC deciding what's okay for me to watch or see. I'm a firm believer in the notion that it's the parent's job to determine what their kids see, not the government or other group. The WHOLE problem with the halftime show is that no one had the opportunity to make that decision.

 

[Tony Eeds]

I haven't watched a complete football game in years and haven't seen a SB in so long, I can't remember the last time.

From the snippits I have seen, the halftime show was way out of line.

Nobody has said it yet, but we just gave a bunch of ammo to the "We hate the decadent great satan America, because of their morals (or lack thereof) crowd" around the world.

I'm no prude, but every major civilization that I am aware of from my studies of history has collapsed in it's own decadent morality.

 

[Smit-Dog]

... We're quickly becoming numb and desensitized to all this, so the media raises the "shock-value" bar. So what's next? < ADMIN: YOU'VE GOT to be KIDDING! >

If I would have told you 10 years ago that one day there'd be a performer baring her breast during the halftime show at the Superbowl, I bet you would of had the same reaction. And if you look at the content on public TV that has become socially acceptable over the years, we're not that far away from my edited comment.

And as far as the FCC, my point was that they *respond* to complaints, they don't initiate investigations without an uproar. If they showed b-gers during half-time, and nobody complained, they wouldn't investigate. And their investigation is based on the premise of "is it obscene?", which is not a cut-and-dry definition, but rather relative to the socially accepted mores of a society for a given time.

It's a slippery slope we're descending down...

I'm against some org. like the FCC deciding what's okay for me to watch or see. I'm a firm believer in the notion that it's the parent's job to determine what their kids see, not the government or other group.

Ironically, my post above was edited by an Admin who felt a word was obscene, yet I doubt there was a single specific complaint about it. Not agreeing or disagreeing, just pointing out the irony.

 

[Okiewan]

Dude, do you recall the phrase that was edited?

The ground rules of this "channel" we call DRN are pretty consistent, mentioning a sexual act will never fly. For the same reason some folks are upset because that wasn't expected to happen in the SB venue, folks also don't expect for that to happen here.

 

[Smit-Dog]

Agreed.... Just pointing out that the FCC, by itself, cannot and does not censor content. Now if only CBS would of had the same standards as DRN...

 

[Neil Wig]

I don't think it's that quick a decline....
1952 - Jerry Lee Lewis maries his 13 yr old <?> cousin, then two consecutive, overlapping mariages.....
Late '50s - Elvis (the pelvis) Presley hits the airwaves.......soon to marry another child....
I dunno. I don't agree with sexual content during a family event, but a semi-bare breast? Tacky, yes. Unethical, yes. It was obviously done as a publicity stunt. So was neckid tight rope walking in the '20s or '30s (from the Waltons ;)).
This isn't a new fad, it's just that we see more than we used to. We are no longer insulated by distance, and our information systems spread the word more efficiently.
What about Marylin Monroe flashing her bottom in the famous picture of her on a grate. It wasn't a bare bottom, but it wasn't a bare boob either.....

YMMV.

 

[BunduBasher]

Ironically, my post above was edited by an Admin who felt a word was obscene, yet I doubt there was a single specific complaint about it. Not agreeing or disagreeing, just pointing out the irony.

let's face it dude, your are the coconut tree, and Okie the Hurricane !!! :joke:

 

[Smit-Dog]

let's face it dude, your are the coconut tree, and Okie the Hurricane !!! :joke:

So BB... what you're saying is that Okie is blowing wind, running around in circles, and has a big gaping space of dead air on the inside?

:uh:

 

[BunduBasher]

So BB... what you're saying is that Okie is blowing wind, running around in circles, and has a big gaping space of dead air on the inside?

:uh:

Nah ... I'm just saying 'You're Nuts' !! :laugh: :moon:

 

[Smit-Dog]

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :think:

 

[Jon K.]

It wasn't a bare bottom, but it wasn't a bare boob either.....QUOTE]

No, it was something else entirely. :eek: