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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:27 PM Original message |
Would people still be upset if the porn image were a Botticelli nude? |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Which "porn image"? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. The one in the upper-left-hand corner of your DU screen. |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
54. Have people on DU been offended by it?? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:43 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I think the big complaint is that it's problematic at work. |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:18 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Wouldn't surfing DU be just as problematic? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:29 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. I'd think so, but my job doesn't make it an option so I don't really know. |
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kerry-is-my-prez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. John Ashcroft would.... |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 06:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. Yes, he would put a curtain over the Neon Titty Girl... and oddly, |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. Doesn't upset me at all... |
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incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. How about a nude neon *guy* |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 06:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. I wouldn't have a problem with that. |
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incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 06:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Depends on who is naked |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 06:29 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. Okay, you win. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 06:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
47. You're exactly right, incap. |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. You're so right. |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Some pinups ARE in museums. |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Vargas is classic. |
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incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Big Vargas fan, myself. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
61. and Gil Elvgren |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Give it a few hundred years and they will be! n/t |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. what about Mapplethorpe? |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. I never saw his work. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 06:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. his work is pretty graphic- nudes that some consider erotic or homoerotic |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
60. The governor of my state actually posed for the image in my avatar... |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. The problem with DU is that we don't have ENOUGH porn images..... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's not a Botticelli nude |
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GrumpyGreg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. Nudes aren't pornographic. Your post is confusing to me. |
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MissWaverly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
12. Get ready for another right wing smear |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. What's upsetting is ANY story by Rita Cosby |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. Nope - |
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retread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
16. That's a "porn image?" You should get out more! |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. I have yet to see anything that looks pornographic in that ad. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
17. Like this? |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 06:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
41. Oh that is not fair! |
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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 06:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
51. BEAUTIFUL |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
19. Seriously, it's like the Christian Coalition in here. |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I was thinking that earlier. |
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Rich Hunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Good lord... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 06:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. what the complaint is, if you are interested. is not this picture |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 11:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
62. You make some points I tried to get across earlier today |
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RazzleDazzle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
52. Quit trying to equate or reduce the complaint to Christian morality |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:31 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. so nudity isn't bad, just imagery that men enjoy? i never understood this |
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RazzleDazzle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:31 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. Your emphasis is on the wrong half of the equation |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 09:46 AM Response to Reply #59 |
68. Um, has anyone noticed |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 08:44 AM Response to Reply #52 |
63. That's the point of the ad, though. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 09:40 AM Response to Reply #52 |
67. Well said RazzleD |
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MsUnderstood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
23. are you saying botticelli is porn? |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 06:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. if you are offended yourself, fine... but why hide behind the work excuse? |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 06:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
50. what if it wasn't flashing? |
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dusmcj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
26. I bet people whacked off to Botticelli's work in his day. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Lets just hope no one is doing that today |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 06:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. I'm not so sure they whacked off to Botticelli in his day |
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dusmcj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 06:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. where there's a will |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 06:27 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. gotta get those seat filled somehow, TG! |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 06:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. You never fail to give me a chuckle! |
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incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 06:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. Many so-called "Classic Nudes" |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
31. I for one could care less, EXCEPT... the very fact that |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
32. I'm still looking for the 'offensive' ad. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
36. how about the fact that the add is stupid and inaccurate? |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 06:25 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Porn has made technology affordable...VCRs + video, cable, the internet.. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 06:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. this is what originally started the whole complaint. it isnt just that |
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azureblue (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
42. it's not a nude! |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 06:30 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. i think the gripe is msnbc and what started this |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 06:43 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Gee I think some threads are about how offensive the stupid pic is |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
57. That Venus is a hottie... |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
64. Here's a REALLY pornographic image |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 09:12 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Georgia O'Keefe? |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 09:13 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. yes |
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
69. Locking |
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