I just read that the US appeals court is bringing up the Janet Jackson Superbowl nipple flash. Again? Give it a rest already.
A) It’s old news.
B) The spin-doctored “wardrobe malfunction” was nothing more than a cover for a deliberate attempt to show off some elaborate nipple jewelry that misfired badly with negative public reaction.
C) It’s only a freakin’ nipple! We’ve all seen far worse with tv programing full of gratuitous violence. Show a little nipple though for a split second and the uproar that ensues seems a little warped in comparison to the lack of similar response over violence on TV. Weird. —It’s ONLY Nudity!
This article appears in Feb 18-24, 2010.
Ewwww….a nipple. They should bring up lawsuits against beer guts, male tits, and cellulite on women in spandex mini skirts.
Jeebus, all this commotion over this?
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CBS shows how many episodes of CSI a night?
Yeah but the FCC allows stuff like CSI, but not a nipple. The FCC is a funny thing.
The superbowl is rated G, What shows with violence are rated G?
If your kid was watching a cartoon, and an sex act ensued, would you be upset?
Did it misfire? No we’re still talking about it.
I’ll agree with your first point.
I agree with the Op I don’t understand why nudity is such a bad thing when on any given channel, any given night all you see is violence.
As Mayor of the city of HRM – errm Mayor of Halifax I would like to apologise to each and everyone for the gratuitous flesh display, it is appalling.
it seems it is okay to show graphic violence…but watch out for those boobies
Had it been a male nipple it would have been a non-issue. What is it about a female nipple that is seemingly offensive when said nipple is revealed publicly? Male nipples are G rated. Female nipples are rated R. What is up with that?
Good change of subject, Ocean.
I don’t think people are offended by a nipple, I think they’re offended being told they won’t see any then bam have it shown to them anyways. IMO
Yours are much more captivating, that’s all I know. I rate them A for awesome.
I beg to differ…I’ve seen that video on a big screen plasma TV…frame by frame & THERE IS NO NIPPLE !
I’ve looked again & again. There is some pasty type body jewelery covering the nipple.
So you get to see a saggy boob , with a nipple cover -big freakin’ deal !
haha, there was a big run on those nipple covers after that show…if you’re planning on breastfeeding don’t stick stuff in your buds
If anything, I think more nipple television appearances are due… also penises.
must be a, REAL slow news day somewhere.
oh, and fizz, any time at all, just for you, a private viewing.
LS, no one wants to see your creepy old man junk. Put it away and go back to polishing your gun.
yeah. it is pretty dumb. i didn’t know it was coming up again. that topic. i thought it was all pretty dumb.
it was a dumb stunt. and the reaction to it was dumb. it’s a tit. babies suck on tits. why can’t they see them on tv for a sec. why can’t the macho machine lessons be interrupted for a sec by a tit.
i find looking at a tit for a sec less offensive than watching a football game. it was during a football game, right?
people are crazy though. cray. zee. like maniacally crazy. generally speaking. i suggest that you just stop paying attention. it will never make sense.
I don’t know if anyone was an avid follower of Chicago Hope when it was on, but in their first or second season they were able to get away with showing nipple. The story was a TEENAGER (of all ages) who had developed breast cancer and they ended up having to do a mastectomy. One of the doctors reconstructed her breast and if I remember correctly the camera panned in on it for a good 10 seconds as the big reveal took place. And that was in the early 90’s! AND a teenager! The show continued on for another few seasons……
Who cares about Janet Jackson? Not only was she dressed like a friggin robotic Kling-on, but her nipple could not even be seen under that stupid looking…. I don’t even know what it was. And it lasted less than a second. In fact, it is so irrelevant in today’s world that I am considering suing the US appeals court for the last four minutes of my life.
“What is it about a female nipple that is seemingly offensive when said nipple is revealed publicly?”
I’m not sure nipples on their own will solicit a negative response from a surprised viewer but put that nipple in context and therein lies the rub. If Janet Jackson had shown a nipple in support of some clinical view (breast cancer awareness, breast feeding, etc) it would be a G-rated presentation. However, in the context of scantily clad, gushing pop star the nipple had sexual connotation written all over it (so to speak). If context is not sexual it’s G-Rated (and quite legal every day in Ontario). Out of sexual context the nipple is G-Rated everywhere.
even in sexual context, it’s only pg-14 here….
and really… how many kids 13 or less are THAT interested in watching the half-time show of the superbowl???
Justin Timberlake draws a young crowd.
Haha.. so then the only kids that saw the performance either have young nipples of their own to look at, or are were developing interests in the nipples that are accompanied by penises……
Ya know, the fact that The Who appeared at the most recent Superbowl and revealed themselves to be a faded, tragic parody of their former greatness was FAR more disturbing than Janet Jackson’s nipple decoration could ever hope to be.
Touché RubyJane…… touché
Too funny Rubyjane!
Kay, it may BE quite legal every day in Ontario but having been a resident of Ontario when it became legal and for many years afterward I can attest to the fact that women are NOT baring their breasts on the streets just because they can. Making this legal was a one-woman crusade and even Gwen isn’t that into it anymore. Society in Ontario, not the courts, decided that the female breast is not welcome on the streets. Even Ontario’s breast-feeding mothers are challenged in public to be discreet. Other than lactation, the original purpose of the female breast, the differences are negligible.
gee thanks for straightening that out for us, Lady, but I’ll challenge the law is not reflective of that society whether you see it in practice (from Nova Scotia) or not. You’ll also note it’s WINTER a lot of the time in ON. Do you think the bitches know that? Maybe we should tell’m *rolls eyes @ u*
I think the Ontario women can figure it out for themselves. Even in summer they keep their tops on. Careful you don’t hurt yourself with your innocuous little eyerolls.
I wonder if the greater point is being missed here.
I’d be even LESS “offended” (if that’s at all possible) if she’d ripped her OWN top off…and not the scummy little beat boy half her age and about half her height…
I don’t need to see that while I’m eating…
Awww yes ontario !!! ours to discover and also discover bare titties in public !!! Only province girls can go topless !!!! Shit i think i’ll go to ontario and have a trouser malfunction and show my dick hahahahahahahahha!!!!!
See? Example. If I had an obnoxious little punk ass testosterone producer watching the game with all his weed and his buddies at my house then, in one instant, the testosterone starts flowing out of their mouthes then down to their trousers causing “malfunction” I think I’d want to sue the network too!
You must get tired of seeing your bullshit removed, hog. You’re pathetic.
Nope Kay look its right there under yours still. !!!!! HAHA pathetic moron – did you know its been there for more then three days for all to see? And still remains there . Never get tired of seeing you pissed off after the fact and after everyone gets to see it for a couple days till you whine . Never disappeared and don’t care if it does . It already served its purpose !!!
Do you ever get tired of being a moron ? THought not
you were saying?
We LTWWB. Smarten up.
This is not “bragging”, hog. This is proof you’re an idiot. Now smarten’ up.