Hello Titty
A happy day for lovers of naked nipples and naked free speech -- a federal court has sided with CBS and Janet Jackson's boob on exposure of the latter at the Superbowl. From an AP story by Maryclaire Dale:
A three-judge panel from 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled that the FCC improperly assessed a $550,000 fine against the network for the so-called "wardrobe malfunction" that lasted just over half a second.During the Super Bowl performance in Houston, Justin Timberlake ripped off Jackson's bustier, briefly exposing her breast and a silver sunburst "shield" covering her nipple. In arguments last year, the FCC argued that CBS should have been aware the performers might add shock value to the act.
"CBS had a duty to investigate," FCC lawyer Jack Lewis argued.
Right: "Miss Jackson, might you let Jason Timberlake rip off part of your outfit for shock value?"
The big question is: Why did the government pursue such a weak, stupid, and wasteful course of action?
And a complaint: We didn't even get to see nipple.
"We didn't even get to see nipple."
But didn't we? When I see the picture, it seems the shield itself is a ring around the nipple. So we can see the top of the nipple, but not the sides, and we can see much of the areola.
Now, I must admit, I'm not sure, if you or your commenters want to post pictures of their nipples or of their favorite nipples and discuss what it is we're seeing, well I am certainly we would all be much enlightened.
jerry at November 2, 2011 5:50 PM
Sincere props to CBS for fighting the good fight. "Green Acres" was a shitty TV show, and there were many thousands of others, worthless distractions squandering many lifetimes of precious American vitality....
But they could have let this one go, and no one would have been surprised or even cared.
This expensive legal battle has been going on for SEVEN YEARS, and the victory protects only their well-worn dignity. Can anyone doubt that it would have been cheaper just to pay the fine?
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at November 2, 2011 6:17 PM
Yes, the fine probably would have been cheaper. But they are standing up for a principle.
While I'm not a fan of Howard Stern -- I think his move to satellite was the best thing ever.
Unfortunately the FCC, and the SCOTUS, thinks they have a right to control content and speech, because they the control the spectrum. If the broadcasters just paid the money and leased the spectrum, the first time the FCC threatened to yank the lease for content, the broadcaster could put up a crawl on the screen saying "We are going to be shut down because <famous person> used the "F" word. Please call the FCC at 800-F***-Y** to support us."
Jim P. at November 2, 2011 6:38 PM
> they are standing up for a principle.
See, now, that was my point.
You should try to be more fun, especially when the topic is tits.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at November 2, 2011 7:36 PM
Fuck the FCC.
Their attempt to regulate content is a direct violation of the 1st ammendment, and I will be happy to piss on their regulatory grave when their power to control content is finally yanked forever.
Robert at November 3, 2011 2:42 AM
Of course Green Acres and its ilk were horrible. That's why we have Jersey Shore, The Bachelor, etc.
Real people, you see. We care about them!
Radwaste at November 3, 2011 2:47 AM
I've never understood our (as a country) obsession with preventing on-air nudity. It's OK for a Law & Order franchise to depict every imaginable way to violate a women, but Janet's nipple is a NO-NO.
Recently, I've been watching a show from the U.K. called Embarrassing Bodies that, in a medical context, shows every part of the human body in graphic detail. They don't shy away from any of it.
Glen at November 3, 2011 4:11 AM
> Recently, I've been watching a show from
> the U.K. called Embarrassing Bodies
OK, now THAT's funny. Guy comes home from work... Fixes a sandwich and pops a beer... Puts his feet up... Just wants to turn off his brain for an hour, y'know? So he tunes in Embarrassing Bodies.
The FCC is concerned with matters of taste. And now, stolen from The Onion in Summer 2000, here are some television listings—
_________________________________
On TV Tonight
Fox
8:00 Real Humans In Real Pain
9:00 Feral Dingoes Eating Children On Tape
UPN
8:00 The Unwatchables
9:00 Voyage To The Bottom Of The Nielsens
Animal Planet
8:00 Incontinent Rhinos
9:00 STAY!
10:00 The Best Of STAY!
Lifetime
8:00 How Can I Choose Between My Daughters?
9:00 The Abused Wife Who Didn't Mean To Kill Her Policeman Husband In Self-Defense
10:00 The Boy Whose Mommy Watched Far Too Much Television
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at November 3, 2011 8:01 AM
My ancestors were Puritans. Their sick, twisted view of humanity guides our country to this day.
By the way, the BEST part of Fox's "Feral Dingoes Eating Children on Tape" is watching how smart the dingoes are to carefully remove the tape before eating the children!
Kudos to Fox for digitally blocking any accidental images of genitalia as they dingoes tear into their screaming meals. Keeps the pervos disinterested.
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at November 3, 2011 10:29 AM
> how smart the dingoes are to carefully remove
> the tape before eating
Fugger.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at November 3, 2011 10:46 AM
Offtopic: 'Know what the babes go for? A dude with a smokin' set of wheels.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at November 3, 2011 11:00 AM
"And a complaint: We didn't even get to see nipple."
See, it's this type of attitude that keeps me checkin' in!
Congrats on your recent momentum, Goddess.
Jay R at November 3, 2011 11:15 AM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2011/11/02/hello_titty_2.html#comment-2739315">comment from Jay RThank you. I plan to continue to fill this site with nipples and other joys of existence. Unfortunately, the software as of yet does not allow titty twisters.
Amy Alkon at November 3, 2011 11:25 AM
"This expensive legal battle has been going on for SEVEN YEARS, and the victory protects only their well-worn dignity. Can anyone doubt that it would have been cheaper just to pay the fine?"
That surprised me too... until I saw the announcement, I didn't realize CBS was still fighting it. Kudos to them for standing up for their First Amendment freedoms. Now if only their news division would do something more meaningful with said freedoms...
Cousin Dave at November 3, 2011 6:22 PM
Try "Credit Where It’s Due: Sharyl Attkisson’s Fast And Furious Coverage!"
bigjournalism.com/mchastain/2011/10/16/credit-where-its-due-sharyl-attkissons-fast-and-furious-coverage/
Jim P. at November 3, 2011 8:29 PM
Is this pony dead yet? No? One last kick, then...
> My ancestors were Puritans. Their sick, twisted
> view of humanity guides our country to this day.
It's not that this is wrong. It's factually correct. (Presumably.) Butcha know....
Other countries got it worse. Now, I don't actually know what the Puritans were about, but apparently they were into hard work and stoicism and self-reliance and responsibility.
There aren't NEARLY enough cultures with those habits on this planet. And cultures with some of those qualities, like the Japanese, are inhospitable to mavericks or even playfully different spirits, let alone other races... They're far more condemnatory of human differences than we are. And Europeans, like Arabs, tend to think of themselves as royalty whose names were inadvertently scratched from the castle paperwork, otherwise destined for lives of unearned luxury.
A little sexual tension seems like a small price to pay... Especially since, y'know, sex always carries tension anyway. (No culture escapes the stresses of religion, either.)
Consider our topic of the moment: Tits. Knockers. Chesticles. The Dairy.
For my whole life I've heard that in other cultures, exposed tits aren't a big deal... That in more evolved places, a woman's rack –no matter how alluring the proportions– portends no special feminine voltage.
And for my whole life I've wondered how that could be regarded as an improvement on the way we see things over here.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at November 3, 2011 9:24 PM
"For my whole life I've heard that in other cultures, exposed tits aren't a big deal...That in more evolved places, a woman's rack - no matter how alluring the proportions - portends no special feminine voltage"
So you honestly believe that if a red-blooded Pygmy in the Ooga-Booga Forest had to choose between a firm ripe pair of tits with puffy chocolate nipples pointing at the sky, and a pair of shriveled bananas pointing at the ground, he just couldn't make up his mind?
Someone's been pulling your leg.
Martin at November 4, 2011 10:32 AM
> So you honestly believe that if
Did mention Oogas?
Did I say those things?
Why do people do that?
What?
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at November 4, 2011 12:19 PM
The Puritans drank more beer and ale than we do today.
ken in sc at November 5, 2011 10:21 AM
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