[Antoninus]

Because it is the opposite of this:

Bull cr@p. Is that how the West existed for 1000 years before the publication of Playboy?

[steve-b]

Touched a nerve, I see....

On some level, religious puritans realize that the current war will doom them in much the same way the war against Naziism doomed genteel anti-Semitism. The parallels are just too uncomfortable, even if not conscously considered.

[linda_22003]

No, there have been plenty of nudes in art throughout history.