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To: notsofastmyfriend

Wtf? Its a picture of a guy in underwear on a package of underwear. Am I missing something? Glad he didn’t go to the ladies section.


21 posted on 07/25/2010 6:29:06 AM PDT by goseminoles
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To: goseminoles

On the one hand- what need is there to show you how underwear look? If the buyer is wearing any they KNOW how they look-right? If you’re not built like the package model, the picture is misleading anyway. Is frustration a factor here?
Does the pastor wear underwear but not look at them?
On the other hand- seeing what you’re buying isn’t bad.

What’s dangerous here is that ANY image can ‘offend’ for some reason; does that mean no image of a product is safe? How about CHILDRENS underwear? Pictures of toddlers in Barney underwear might be a pedophiles dream! The pastor would have a better case complaining about that!
I’m not for salacious advertising,and huge posters would be over the top, but who sees the package images? People shopping for underwear, which is inherently suggestive. So should underwear move to ‘under the counter’ sales, brown paper packaging?
The hypersensitivity bothers me more than the underwear pictures. ONE man complains and a corp. recalls something? Would that work for any of us?
And if it was because of his religious affiliation, does this mean WalMart will react the same way to a Muslim’s offense? Since they are offended by everything civilized, what will that mean for retail shopping?


51 posted on 07/25/2010 8:17:30 AM PDT by ClearBlueSky (Whenever someone says it's not about Islam-it's about Islam. Jesus loves you, Allah wants you dead!)
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To: goseminoles
Wtf? Its a picture of a guy in underwear on a package of underwear. Am I missing something? Glad he didn’t go to the ladies section.

I get the impression that that section wouldn't bother him too much.
68 posted on 07/25/2010 5:15:55 PM PDT by aruanan
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