Why is America so up-tight about nudity? — Page 3

Welcome Guest. Please Login or Register.

#51

if plushies are not wearing outfits, are they considered nude?

Posted: 12/31/06 at 5:18pm

I think I need more visual examples.....

"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion." -- Author Unknown

#52

if plushies are not wearing outfits, are they considered nude?

Posted: 12/31/06 at 5:21pm

...I'll wait.

#53

if plushies are not wearing outfits, are they considered nude?

Posted: 12/31/06 at 5:29pm

Ok, I'll start.

Not a real "looker", but has he EVER worn pants?

#54

nudity can be tasteful

Posted: 12/31/06 at 6:00pm

one of my favorite sculptures ... musee d'orsay, paris

nudity can be tasteful

RIP glebby <3

#55

nudity can be tasteful

Posted: 12/31/06 at 6:03pm

Gotta love the classics

#56

nudity can be tasteful

Posted: 12/31/06 at 6:09pm

thank you, SSW ... i only have pix of the two outside davids ...

RIP glebby <3

#57

nudity can be tasteful

Posted: 12/31/06 at 6:10pm

When I went to Italy I was surrounded by naked men (sculptures and paintings) and I was perfectly fine, (thoroughly enjoyed it actually) but then, I'm mostly German, so it might be different in Farmtown, Indiana.
Where and how you are raised is a big factor.

~And let us try, before we die, to make some sense of life~

#58

nudity can be tasteful

Posted: 12/31/06 at 6:51pm

I've always wondered, what is David holding so dashingly over his shoulder?

http://community.livejournal.com/ltd_brands_suck/

#59

nudity can be tasteful

Posted: 12/31/06 at 7:17pm

There are a few theories as to what it is:
1. It's part of his sling which he'll use to launch the rock he's holding in his other hand at Goliath.
2. If you look at this as AFTER he has thrown the rock, than he's probably relaxing with his sling over his shoulder, however in this case, that makes the object he's holding in his other hand less identifiable.

~And let us try, before we die, to make some sense of life~

#60

nudity can be tasteful

Posted: 12/31/06 at 7:17pm

cturtle, that musee d'orsay is gorgeous! I don't think I've seen that sculpture before.

#61

nudity can be tasteful

Posted: 1/1/07 at 12:27pm

Someday i'd love to see those wonderful sculptures. They look perfectly devine!!!!

"Love the Art in Yourself. Not Yourself in the Art." -- Stanislavski

#62

nudity can be tasteful

Posted: 1/1/07 at 12:41pm

This is one of my absolute favorite sculptures: Canova's Cupid and Psyche:

[IMG] nudity can be tasteful

http://community.livejournal.com/ltd_brands_suck/

Updated On: 1/1/07 at 12:41 PM

#63

nudity can be tasteful

Posted: 1/4/07 at 12:21am

Because someone shot Bambi....

#64

nudity can be tasteful

Posted: 1/4/07 at 12:22am

there are too many ugly people in the world.

#65

nudity can be tasteful

Posted: 1/4/07 at 12:44am

It all goes back to the Pilgrims, I think. America is extremely religious, founded on the basis of being God's chosen land. When you look at the numbers, America is much more conservative not only in terms of strictly religious matters (belief in God, church attendance) but also in social matters like abortion, GLBT rights, and capital punishment than other wealthy, developed Western nations.

Since I'm not religious (at least not in any organized sense), the notion that a flash of a nipple that lasted a nanosecond will ruin a child for life makes me want to bang my head against a wall. What gets me is that all the "outraged" parents and crusaders for moral purity continued to play the tape over and over and over for months at a time. Chances are, if a kid *did* happen to see it, it was on one of the seventy billion replays we saw in the months following the whole mess.

#66

nudity can be tasteful

Posted: 1/4/07 at 9:17am

Ewan MacGregor did an interview recently where he hilariously was asked why the Brits and Europeans are more apt to show the dangle than the Americans, to which he replied, "Because American men don't have penises."

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali

#67

nudity can be tasteful

Posted: 1/4/07 at 9:26am

Ewan is great. I'm always happy to see his dangle show up time and time again, in film after film. It's really quite the beautiful dangle.

"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

#68

nudity can be tasteful

Posted: 1/4/07 at 9:28am

r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.

...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty

pray to st. jude

i'm a sonic reducer

he was the gimmicky sort

fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective

#69

nudity can be tasteful

Posted: 1/4/07 at 2:29pm

Seeing a naked, thin man or woman will make overweight people jealous and start thinking less of themselves. Seeing an overweight man or woman with fat rolls will make overweight and thin people alike throw up in their mouths.

#70

Nudity ruins lives....

Posted: 1/4/07 at 3:44pm

What would "we" do without you there to protect us?

#71

Nudity ruins lives....

Posted: 1/4/07 at 3:57pm

Because Lord knows I need to hump anything walking by the moment I see an artistic nude...

So much for His granting free will and self-control and all that fun stuff.

"You just can't win. Ever. Look at the bright side, at least you are not stuck in First Wives Club: The Musical. That would really suck. " --Sueleen Gay

#72

nudity ruins lives....

Posted: 1/4/07 at 4:11pm

because lord knows i need to hump anything walking by the moment i see an artistic nude...

hmmmmm, wanna take in a museum?

Updated On: 1/4/07 at 04:11 PM

#73

nudity ruins lives....

Posted: 1/4/07 at 4:14pm

Take me, papa! Take me now!

Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia

Updated On: 1/4/07 at 04:14 PM

#74

nudity ruins lives....

Posted: 1/4/07 at 4:15pm

why use a flyswatter when you can use a sledgehammer.

#75

nudity ruins lives....

Posted: 1/4/07 at 5:30pm

This reminds me of how many people reacted to BABEL. After walking out of one of the best films of the year with some profoundly interesting things to say about human communication barriers, all people could talk about was "OMG! A 15 YR OLD BOY MASTURBIZZATED!" or "OMG! I SAW DAT JAPANESE GIRL'Z SNATCHY WATCHY!"

← Back to Message Board

View all Videos

Tickets From $59

Tickets From $70

Tickets From $106

Buy Tickets