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Originally Posted by PhotosbyChuck
I think Ben is afraid of boobs. 
Seriously, though. I'll answer your question with a question. Who gets to decide what is offensive? |
It is not a matter of being afraid of boobs.
It is a matter of having respect for more views than my own.
I can respect a person's views on most anything, IF they will respect mine. To make it clear, I didn't say it offended me, but I can certainly see where a man or woman who might take their child into the mall would not wish to be exposed to this.
By the way, I find it most interesting that the other image has not even been talked about. The image of the girl with the side of her breast exposed, but covered by her arm. It did not offend me either, but I can assure you it would be offensive to some. The other very interesting thing I noticed is A&F has the same image of the girl on their website, BUT... they have cropped it up much higher than the poster.
Why would they do that?
As I say, why do people who want to force their viewpoint on others usually defend that view by claiming they have the right to express those views wherever and however they wish, but at the same time want to deny anyone else from having an opposing view, or value.
As far as who decides, would be like asking (as I did earlier), who would decide if an image posted on a forum was porn? I have seen that debate (not here), and there were so many ideas of what over what porn was and was not.
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Since we are having a civil discussion, please allow me to present this scenario, with no offense intended.
Is the thought of a man and woman having sex offensive? Is an image of that act offensive. Would it be offensive if it was on a poster at A&F?
Would it be an image that would be allowed to remain on most forums? Who would decide if it stayed on a forum? If I saw that image in a store ans asked that it be taken down, would that mean i was afraid of.... anything?
If I posted an image like that and it was removed, would you side with me and claim I had the right to post any image I wished?