Posted on 07/29/2004 11:01:22 AM PDT by dennisw
By Val MacQueen
FrontPageMagazine.com | June 15, 2004
Sloggi, a womens underwear manufacturer owned by Triumph International of Zurich, Switzerland, is allowing itself to be strong-armed down the path to corporate dhimmitude. It placed its billboards, which granted, demonstrate a slightly obsessive interest in the female derriere after all, how many variations can a thong have, especially when viewed from the rear? near two mosques in English cities, and at many other locations throughout Great Britain. The photos feature four or five women, facing away from the camera toward cartoon flowers, wearing nothing but a thong and a sunhat. One model holds a watering can. The caption is: Its stringtime
Despite the fact that Sloggi had legitimately rented the billboard space and was not showing or promoting anything illegal, the mosques in the vicinities demanded that the offending posters be removed. According to Britains Sky News, the mosques complained to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which ruled the ads were unlikely to cause widespread offense in general, but it urged Sloggi to be more careful in the future. By any normal dealings in a democracy, this would have been the end of it. The company would have been irked by the ASAs officious advice about being more careful in the future, but it would probably have avoided renting billboards for its underwear close to mosques, just to avoid the hassle. And the complainants would have let it go and waited until the natural span of those particular posters was over. But not the mosques of Greater Manchester and Leeds. Insufficient respect had been paid to Islam. This is a traditional tactic of the Islamic march to domination. One fight at a time, one street at a time, one billboard at a time, one school at a time, one book at a time, one TV news report at a time. Islam must always be acknowledged to be above Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism and other ancient religions. The eventual state whereby Christians and Jews acknowledge Islams authority and superiority is called the dhimmitude. Dhimmis will be invited to convert to Islam, but if they do not, they will be allowed to continue to practice their own religions, although with restrictions, and they must profess submission to Islamic laws. Shamefully, Sloggi is marching down that road. According to The Yorkshire Evening Post, Earlier this year, Muslims in Bradford [another city] ripped down a copy of the Sloggi thong poster which had been put up near one of their mosques. Why? And how about the rest of the neighborhood to whom Islam is beyond irrelevant and who also might find the ad offensive? According to The Daily Mail, which thoughtfully provided its readers with a click to enlarge the image of the offending poster, the ad campaign only attracted two complaints the two from mosques in the north of England, which claimed the advertisement could corrupt young men and women of their faith. In a later ruling, June 9, the ASA changed its mind and agreed with them and, for the first time in its 40-year history, banned a poster from being displayed near places of worship. The Daily Mail reports: Media clean-up campaigners reacted furiously, however, because the restriction applies only to mosques. They pointed out that it resulted from just two complaints - from mosques in the North of England - while leaders of Christian churches have complained about lewd advertising for years. (Yes, but the advance of Islam is
one tiny fight at a time
Calls to worship Allah five times a day broadcast over amplifiers attached to the four corners of mosques forced on those who do not believe in this god, in Dearborn, MI
sharia law to mediate civil disputes for Muslims in Ontario
one tiny triumph at a time, in the march to dhimmitude
) John Beyer of the pressure group MediaWatch, said, 'There is no reason to believe that people attending a mosque would be any more or less offended by this poster than someone attending a church, or out shopping or taking their children to school.' He added, 'Christians are upset by this kind of public advertising. I know the ASA has been contacted about just these concerns for many years, yet it has done nothing. While we are delighted that Muslims are not going to be offended on their way to the mosque, the same rules should apply to Christians going about their daily business. 'Christian sensibilities are just as valuable and valid as those of Muslims.' Hark! The dhimmitude advances.
A spokeswoman for Triumph International said: We had our posters taken down as soon as we realized they were causing some offense. In future we will ask our poster company to make sure there are no mosques in the vicinity of any advertisement like this.
Oh BS. I already explained I was paraphrasing someone, whose name is Peter Kreeft, and I explained my response. Now let's just drop it!
"Then you are defining deviancy downward. If this is not soft-porn, then what is? Full frontal nudity? Actual penetration? S&M?"
I am only "defining deviancy downward" if I (not you) consider the nude female body to be "deviant," which I do not.
Depending on the venue, full frontal nudity MAY be considered soft porn. In other venues, it is art - in others still, it could be educational. For a billboard, that poster is sexy, not pornographic.
Also, I have three children - daughters, aged 26 and 18, and a son, aged 22. The eldest daughter has some reknown as a stage actress and model in the mid-Atlantic states. My point is this: I've raised three children,...and my views on what constitutes porn, soft or otherwise, haven't changed through the process.
I do respect your viewpoint, Pyro - just don't agree with it. I am happy that you and I, at least, have been able to keep this civil!
The accepted definition of "soft porn" is depiction of sexual activity short of penetration.
Your definitions of "soft porn", "alone", "sex", "is", etc, are not relevant.
Oh, man.. I am just teasing... Why are you so defensive anyway? ;)
As the Founding Director of Operation Porn Lift, in which I e mail pornographic jpgs to American Service members serving in islamic countries, I would firstly like to say that yes, this definitely qualifies as porn. Good quality porn. Nice professional lighting, and top shelf models. Yes this is porn and fine porn it is.
The second issue is should this be displayed near a mosque? To this I say most definitely. There are places where porn is appropriate (In private, at work on the internet, etc.) and places it is not (around children, waiting for jury duty, etc.).
Porn can do many things, titillate, expand horizons, serve as a proxy partner, or offend mongrel savages from the eighth century who have no business walking around civilized people without being on the end of a leash.
In fact, it not only titillates and offends, but it serves a third purpose in reminding muslims that their women are so ugly that they have to walk around in head to toe bags so as not to disgust others.
Guns Before Butter.
I really hope that you're a woman.
Pics?
Just kidding, just kidding.
You, sir, rock.
Check out my profile for your answer. I pray that God gives you the grace to see the sin in the way women dress these days.
I did. Kudos first of all for having such strong pro-life values at such an early age.
Anyhow, I just find it hard to imagine a dude preferring not to see cleavage and thighs. Maybe I just really like cleavage and thighs.
I like seeing them, but I'd prefer to only see them on my future wife, if I end up getting married. People often emphasize "physical" virginity, but hardly anyone these days are "spiritual" virgins too. For the Lord says, "Anyone who looks at a woman with lust in his heart commits adultery."
Jimmuh?
It would be a good start!!!lol
We have.
Sufficiently to rescue your sorry butts.
Twice (going on three times).
Maybe Harvey Fierstein or Barney Frank or somebody can explain it.
Perhaps. Who's "accepted definition"? Is that a legal definition? What's the source?
Your definitions of "soft porn", "alone", "sex", "is", etc, are not relevant.
Perhaps not to you. Fortunately, you are neither King nor God.
FReegards.. SFS
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