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W∴ Balboos wrote:
That it can be exploited and misdirected, as has been done, doesn't make the consequences of the misdirection valid in any way.
I wouldn't claim the manipulation is okay but rather that dealing with the substance of what can be manipulated is a better approach to fixing then problem then rounding up the manipulators and getting them to promise to play nice. If you do that root cause fix then it is fixed for all types of manipulation.
W∴ Balboos wrote:
When I was growing up, it was easy for any kid to watch war movies, cowboys & Indians, etc., with massive amounts of killing going on. Even modern SciFi will only PG a movie with skillions of humans being killed by the evil aliens. On the other hand, watching two people love one another - from that we protect our children!
Again, you're pointing out what is legal and contrasting it with what is illegal and implying the legality of one says something about the legality of the other. At best, with this approach, you can establish hypocrisy but unfortunately for your argument the sting hits in both directions. Your approach could just as easily be used to outlaw violence on TV - appealing to a cultural norm can hit both ways. Someone could say, "Hey, we don't allow sex on TV so we shouldn't allow violence!" and they'd be just as rationally consistent as what you propose here. I don't think you can make an argument for 'tits in public' that isn't self defeating. Let's review the typical arguments: 1: Violence is legal, we're hypocrites, stop the hypocrisy. (See above) 2: Animals don't care - we can learn from them. (Uh, no.. animals also eat their young. Not consistent) If you don't have a good argument to allow tits in public then by what standard is the gross commercialization condemned? Can you establish that tits are banned in public as a product of advertising is wrong? I seriously doubt it - outside of personal preference. :-D
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MehGerbil wrote:
(Uh, no.. animals also eat their young. Not consistent)
And humans kill other humans (very few animals will kill their own kind) - We can still learn from them.
MehGerbil wrote:
If you don't have a good argument to allow tits in public then by what standard is the gross commercialization condemned? Can you establish that tits are banned in public as a product of advertising is wrong? I seriously doubt it - outside of personal preference
As good an argument as allowing woman to not where blue burkahs and peer through slits their entire life. The argument, clearly rhetorical. As for condemning gross commercialization, were I to start to be specific about a standard I'd start with a concept where commercialization is done at the expense of liberty. Any perceived harm from visual exposure of humans to other humans is a taught reaction. From the oxymoron, "Societal Norms". It may come down to this: it's not making an argument for 'tits in public' that in question, but rather, making an argument for 'why not tits in public'. (futile attempt at brevity)
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The US is obsessed with racism. That won't change.
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In the '80s, I was at a friend's house. His Dad was a police officer. I asked him, "The charter of rights and freedoms says that sexual discrimination is illegal. However, men are allowed to go topless in public, but women aren't - that is indecent exposure. Are they on a collision course?" I was told, "Yes, they are on a collision course." Well, the supreme court declare the indecent exposure law unconsitutional: result, women can go topless in Canada in public. I do not want my children exposed to topless women, so I can't go to a public beach. And, do any of want to see our daughters, sisters, mothers, grandmothers walking around topless for all to see?
That's absurd. Just because everyone can doesn't mean everyone will. It's just like unlicensed open carry of firearms. In Arizona it's legal, but the VAST VAST majority of citizens there don't do it. Another example - Facebook is free to join. Everybody can do it, but not everybody does. I could go on, but I think you get the point.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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Well, as an outsider, I was scared of saying anything. All I had on mind was, "Don't say anything remotely related to color and don't get shot."
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You said "color" and "shot" in the same sentence - that was clearly meant as a racist slur, you racist you! Oops, I just realised I did too! Me racist me! Sometimes this is all just too ridiculous. People, especially USians are way over sensitive about things that are said. What is said is way less important than what is done, usually.
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In truth, only racists are obsessed with racism. The rest of us shrug our shoulders and say "WTF?!"
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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Exactly, follow the money. So, the NBA will "force" him to sell. Being the bore that he is, they are in for one hell of a fight. Me thinks the team won't be sold for cheap...
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In the '80s, I was at a friend's house. His Dad was a police officer. I asked him, "The charter of rights and freedoms says that sexual discrimination is illegal. However, men are allowed to go topless in public, but women aren't - that is indecent exposure. Are they on a collision course?" I was told, "Yes, they are on a collision course." Well, the supreme court declare the indecent exposure law unconsitutional: result, women can go topless in Canada in public. I do not want my children exposed to topless women, so I can't go to a public beach. And, do any of want to see our daughters, sisters, mothers, grandmothers walking around topless for all to see?
Tim Carmichael wrote:
I do not want my children exposed to topless women,
Why the devil not?
Tim Carmichael wrote:
And, do any of want to see our daughters, sisters, mothers, grandmothers walking around topless for all to see?
Not particularly, but if that's what they want to do, why should one stop them? They are just breasts, for goodness sake!
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Apparently if you call an NBA star a nigger that is racism and an example of a 'plantation mentality'. It warrants 24/7 news coverage and swift action by local, state, federal, and private governing bodies. However, if you treat blacks like niggers by locking helpless black kids in drug infested communities with horrible schools and sub-standard housing that is acceptable. Hell, you can even blame the kids in the latter case. Unlike Oprah, who is a nitwit, I don't consider insults hurled at famous black mutli-millionaires to be an example of 'plantation mentality'. When I think of 'plantation mentality' I start to think about black children in segregated hellhole ghettos - children who live in constant fear and who are abused by all strata of society and left without any recourse. This whole drama is multimillionaires fighting one another. It's time we recognize - blacks and whites recognize - that none of the people who have a stake in this battle are on any of our sides. These guys would run over a white child as quickly as a black child and they are utterly disinterested in the plight of people who are really suffering. A couple of million in fines for a guy that owns the team (valued at 300 million) means he took less than a 1% hit - less than a 1% hit for being worse than Hitler. The outrage doesn't even match the punishment - everyone's hair on fire for a 1% hit. I'd gladly pay 1% of my salary to walk around my job and say whatever I want to say. So it is hypocrisy from one end to the other. I might move to Canada - do they take people who are tired of the USA?
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I may not be up with the news, but sure;y that's not all that he did? He was recorded telling his girlfriend not to bring black people to the games? or am I missing something?
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In the '80s, I was at a friend's house. His Dad was a police officer. I asked him, "The charter of rights and freedoms says that sexual discrimination is illegal. However, men are allowed to go topless in public, but women aren't - that is indecent exposure. Are they on a collision course?" I was told, "Yes, they are on a collision course." Well, the supreme court declare the indecent exposure law unconsitutional: result, women can go topless in Canada in public. I do not want my children exposed to topless women, so I can't go to a public beach. And, do any of want to see our daughters, sisters, mothers, grandmothers walking around topless for all to see?
Tim Carmichael wrote:
I do not want my children exposed to topless women,
Guess they weren't breastfed then, or had a bath/shower with mummy when they were younger?
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Fair enough.
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Tim Carmichael wrote:
And, do any of want to see our daughters, sisters, mothers, grandmothers walking around topless for all to see?
I dunno... how cute is your sister? Actually, I don't want to see the men topless. I didn't know it was legal to be topless in Canada. The only saving grace is that it's cold up there most of the time.
MehGerbil wrote:
The only saving grace is that it's cold up there most of the time.
Hard nips even with a shirt on. :-D
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Tim Carmichael wrote:
And, do any of want to see our daughters, sisters, mothers, grandmothers walking around topless for all to see?
I dunno... how cute is your sister? Actually, I don't want to see the men topless. I didn't know it was legal to be topless in Canada. The only saving grace is that it's cold up there most of the time.
I basically agree with your opening rant and the sentiments that you expressed in it. But this response is truly one of the best that I have seen here. Very very funny and respectful of Tim's statement, even though it was encouraging some flame. Just wish you had of inserted the word 'Kid' in front of 'sister'. I Enjoyed this... Thanks :thumbsup:
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