Shock and Bra

I don't see any immediate moral failure of this country, but there is a time and place for exhibitionism. The Super Bowl is not that kind of place.
I don't have kids yet, but I can imagine trying to explain to a young son why it isn't OK to rip portions of a woman's clothing off on a show being broadcast to 100+ million people around the world.
What would you think if Gnomedex were being covered by the media and mammaries were flying around with the normal complement of kids that I have seen the past two years? Probably not the best publicity…

I thought you were going to say “You got another teet coming.”

I'm with Vejadu. I *do* have kids (4 is the current count), between 12 and 8 months. And while we certainly don't have any problem with nudity in general (my 3 year old has adopted it as a way of life – and it's winter here in Cleveland, for God's sake!!), it's the act surrounding it.
Is it OK to see a naked female form (or partially so?) Sure thing. Is it OK to be proud of our bodies? You betcha.
Is it OK for a guy, as part of an entertainment act, to rip off a portion of a girl's clothing, whereupon she at least acts embarassed and, well, exposed? No. Never.
Taking it a step further, is it OK for a girl to whip off her bikini top and flash her headlights to the cheers of a drunk New Orleans crowd? Maybe it is OK for her, and maybe it is OK for the crowd. But it is not OK to broadcast that on live prime time national TV.
I was just as prepubescent as the rest of the slavering throng (moreso, I believe).
But we aren't those people, and our job is to first and foremost model appropriate behavior for those who haven't gained maturity yet. That doesn't make us hippocrites. It makes us grown-ups with experience and judgement.

OK, I had put braket-IMHO-bracket tags around part of the above, but it didn't show. So please understand that the previous post is my opinion, and when I say “Is it OK” or “we should”, that it is in the context of my personal beliefs and ideas, and not a forcible push on anyone reading my comments.

I didnt find the indicident itself to be offensive but I found it more offensive that anyone can be expected to believe it was accidental.
I mean really.

To titties, man's best friends…

It was just a stunt gone wrong, its not like they tried to do it (or did they?). I do believe people over react..

I like boobie. hehe

I'm glad you don't have kids Chris — Your entry does have me wondering though, since Gretchen left your pale ass… a titty on tv is probably the best you've received eh?

Chris,
Fantastic! I read this to some editorial board members. Your language is classic.

I agree 100% with Leon. Nothing wrong with the naked body. Well… HER naked body (definately a few things wrong with mine). However, for it to be splashed/flashed across my boob tube while I'm sitting there with my 12 and 10 year-old boys… that's just wrong.
You don't know how difficult it is to try to convince MY sons that abstinence is the best way to avoid disease and daddy-hood when ya got Flashy Jackson up there, shaking her groove thing. As David Letterman said last night, where's it going to end? Next year, we'll have celebreties having sex on TV during half time. No more music, just a half-hour of celebrety sex.
I thought it was poor taste. And just wrong.

I guess none of you guys have kids.

>>>people are having sex every minute of every hour of every day. Not the same people, mind you<<<
OH, ok. I was beginning to wonder there, Chris! ;D

Leon, I totaly agree with you! And I also think that it's not appropriate for a girl to show her face to strangers either! Only her husband is allowed to see her face.

i thought this jerk off said he wouol dbe back on tv “soner than you think” hes still not and leo still is. cool chris, cool

LOL The nipple wasn't even showing. She had some kind of piercing that coverd it up. This had to have been planned. Clothes just don't rip like that.

Its just a tit people. What gives it so much power?

To be honest, I don't think the world was that shocked, just parts of the USA! I have to say that it is quite amusing to watch the ensuing furore from afar (I'm in Scotland).
It has left me wondering what we'd do in the UK. Hopefully we'd manage to laugh it off!

Show me the other tits!

Football -> Beer -> Titties. Reminds me of a song. http://www.lunacytoons.com/titties.html

people need to get over it, this is just what they wanted… exposure, pun intended. “Wardrobe malfunction” my ass.
people need to find better things to do these days than oogle and argue over Janet's tit.

Strong words coming from a staunch republican such as yourself, Chris.
Ya know, the GOP – defenders of family values and morals.
You want this bullshit of Horrible daqmage from this awful” than vote that prick fuck Bush out of office, so we can get back normalcy once again in this country.
And for all of you GOp supporters, don't bother – you can kiss my anti-gop ass.

I just wish the left one had made an appearance…

I wonder how far down it would have sagged if it didn't have that support beneath it?

Ah, ha, ha, did you see? Little brown jug on your TV.
everybody…

Just another publicity stunt for in a neo-pagan society!

“prick fuck Bush”
Nunya, that's a nice command of the English language that you have there. Congratulations…maybe when you get out of “da hood” and get your education you can come back and talk with the rest of us.

The act was un-called for. As is Richard Hack's nudity on Survivor. It's a shame that so many have lost the ability to blush.

To George (and others who are focusing on the body part): I wanted to be clear because the point is worth making. I really don't have a problem with the body parts. Full frontal nudity is fine with me, IF IT IS IN AN APPROPRIATE CONTEXT.
My problem with the superbowl thing is that a man forcibly ripped the clothing of a woman and caused her to be exposed and (at least she pretended to be) embarassed. Whether the act exposed her breast or her bellybutton or her buttock, the problem is in the act, and in the fact that tacit approval was implied since there wasn't any form of immediate consequence.
Ditto the bikini-flinging coed. It's not her breasts I have a problem with. It's the objectification of a person down to their body parts that I disagree with.
While it is difficult to mediate in a large society what is “improper” (but that doesn't make the dialogue less important, just because it is difficult), I think we can all agree that we don't want our sons feeling it is OK to rip off the clothing of women around them; and we don't want our daughters to believe it's OK if it happens to them.
(end sub rant)

Lil Kim went to some shin-dig, and wore one breast uncovered with a pastie covering the nipple and areola. Nobody fainted over that. Leon is correct that the context was inappropriate this time. Perhaps some consider the nipple and areola to be sacred????

I personally didnt find anything offensive with that. I was just glad that I didnt have to give my credit card number. That still doesnt change my opinion about the both of them, they still suck…. but then again think of it this way, how do you explain to a 4 and 6 year old that thats not the way people are suppose to act in real life?

NOW i know why they call it the “boob tube” … titillating huh?

Chris,
I agree, it was just a tit. Get over it America. Now if they had shot someone in the audience with a gun, that would be a big deal.

I don't think I've ever seen a boob called as many different names as you've provided, Chris. :)
I think this boob shot has Janet beat by far, anyway. :D

Grrr, leave it to me to hit Post before adding the link:
http://www.jozjozjoz.com/archives/000905.php

Leon, I missed your point the first time. I agree with you in that it is not okay to force a girl to show her face.

Just look to the anagram to get the true story:
“Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson”
is an anagram of:
“Banal jerk announced JJ's tit; 'mistake'!”

See, i was thinking. I live in houston.. Houston whines and complains when people *stars* dont come to our huge city.. blah, blah,blah.. But think, whos gonna wanna come down now? If they are making such a big deal of this. I say just let it be, whether it was accidental or not. We made good money off the superbowl. Everyone was happy. Whats gonna happen when the next star comes here and we throw a fit? Heaven help the olympics :\

You know I love tits. I frequent the local gentleman's club, I love my porn, I love sex, and I certainly think the female body is the best thing in the world to look at… but you know what? I am an adult. I have the choice to be able to view women in all their nakedness. A Superbowl halftime show is no place to expose a woman's breast because it forces it on the viewer that is not expecting to see that nor may they want to see that (or their kids for that matter). That's the issue here, not the fact that there was a naked boobie on TV. It's that there was a naked boobie on TV that the viewers were not expecting to see.

Some thing like this is long over due. Think about it; sex (in one form or another) is used to sell every thing from gum to cars and that seems to be ok with every one. Why get upset when Justin and Janet use it to sell them selves?

Seeing a woman's boob for like 3 seconds is not gonna scar a kid for life! Jeezus!

Let's put this in a different context. I hate it when someone spouts off racial slurs in public or on television. I am not saying I don't respect their right to those beliefs. They can put up a website, write books, publish magazines, heck they can even gather in their own little gathering space and spout off all their racial convictions. It is not forced onto me in any way. That's the same thing with this topic. It's not offensive to many of you but it is to many others. They have the right to be offended and not want it forced onto them or their children on broadcast television. It's a simple matter of respect.

Thanks for the Mamaries, Janet!!

How long is the Media and Janet and Justin going to “milk” this story?
Actually it was nice to see Tito Jackson again.
Everyone knows she has a new CD coming out and this was the ultitmate
PR stunt to draw attention to an out dated singer that hasn't had a hit like forever. I still think it was really Michael
with a little dark make up.
If the media will let it go, she will fade back into obscurity from whence she came.

I think it fit right in with the horse farts,
crotch biting dog, erectile pills, bitchy wife commercials. Kinda set the tone for the new “SuperBowel 1″ next year.

I don't care about the Uberbowl. I don't care about Michael's lookalike (ok, they used to look alike) sister flashing a chocolate blob of flesh. It wasn't a wardrobe malfunction, an error in judgement, or an accident. It had to be deliberate and planned. How many women wear the tassle/teet appliance like she did, underneath a bra? How many women wear a bra where someone with the noodle-boy strength of J.T., is able to pull off the velcro attached, break-away fabric panel with one hand? Janet is an actress, in addition to a songstress. She was soooooo surprised.
I'd normally agree with Chris, except here. There is too much skin, too much profanity and too much crap on national television. it's all about using sexual situations and “permissible” foul language to lure kids and mindless young adults into thinking the giant corporations are united with them. They want to be the anti-parent. What is overlooked by the glossy-eyed kids caught in the bright spotlights, is a sleek, provocative ad/entertainment trying to empty the pockets and morality of the generation it pretends to befriend. Free television doesn't need skin shows, planned or accidental. There are abundant cable channels to watch porn, why does it need to be on a G rated show supposedly all right for young children to watch? It's one day closer to the fxxx word being as common everywhere as axx is now. Kids grow up way too fast, and I think television is a big part of it. Keep the G rated shows G. I'm all for coed showers, as long as we don't invite the children in with us.
Mad Dog Mike Powell, sic 'em.

Anyone know why all the so-called singers especially ones that can't sing are mostly naked during their videos? To get your attention away from lousy singing, bad lyrics and music. 99.5% of the music out there is crap. The only well to sell it is to take off the clothes and give a show. You ask any “good” true musician or singer and they will tell you it's not what you wear that makes the song, it's how you sing and play it. The music died a long time ago but people don't want to believe that. What happened, the baring of the breast wasn't the problem, at what event it happened is. If the NFL has to stoop that low rather than showcase itself….maybe they'd have been better off showing a clip of past Superbowls or something. I don't care because I don't have cable or outside antenna so I don't watch any TV. However, broadcast TV is just that, they have regulations, cable does not. It is the last bastion of boob free TV and really with cable it should be. At least parents should be able to say without any doubt that they can leave their children watching broadcast TV in living booblessness. Has nothing to do with morals really. A boob is a boob, just the wrong network, should have been on cable.

And wouldn't you know it? Entertainment Weekly goes and puts “Shock and Bra” as the headline of their news section.