Comments on: Obscenity? http://www.dolphinsdock.com/2008/02/05/obscenity/ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:30:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Southern Beale http://www.dolphinsdock.com/2008/02/05/obscenity/#comment-555 Southern Beale Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:40:37 +0000 http://www.dolphinsdock.com/2008/02/05/obscenity/#comment-555 Excellent post, Dolphin. It's the last gasp of a dying soldier in a war he lost years ago. The religious right has become increasingly irrelevant--the culture has won, won the war LONG ago. Even that Florida mega-church pastor getting all this press for his "30 days of sex" thing is more evidence of it. And you're right on when you say "this photo wasn’t singled out for the quarter inch of crack showing, but rather for who owned that quarter inch of crack." Of course it's fear of teh gay, always has been. Excellent post, Dolphin. It’s the last gasp of a dying soldier in a war he lost years ago. The religious right has become increasingly irrelevant–the culture has won, won the war LONG ago. Even that Florida mega-church pastor getting all this press for his “30 days of sex” thing is more evidence of it. And you’re right on when you say “this photo wasn’t singled out for the quarter inch of crack showing, but rather for who owned that quarter inch of crack.” Of course it’s fear of teh gay, always has been.

]]> By: A Stitch in Haste http://www.dolphinsdock.com/2008/02/05/obscenity/#comment-451 A Stitch in Haste Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:16:59 +0000 http://www.dolphinsdock.com/2008/02/05/obscenity/#comment-451 <strong>City Violates First Amendment, Property Rights in A&F Seizure</strong> It almost sounds like a sketch from Mad TV:Police confiscated two display photos of scantily clad men and a woman from an Abercrombie & Fitch store and cited the manager o... City Violates First Amendment, Property Rights in A&F Seizure

It almost sounds like a sketch from Mad TV:Police confiscated two display photos of scantily clad men and a woman from an Abercrombie & Fitch store and cited the manager o…

]]> By: nm http://www.dolphinsdock.com/2008/02/05/obscenity/#comment-450 nm Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:25:53 +0000 http://www.dolphinsdock.com/2008/02/05/obscenity/#comment-450 I would call that photo homoerotic only if you're using Latin (where "homo" signifies "male," not "same" as it does in Greek). Because, well, as a straight woman I, um, notice its appeal. Now, the tendency of A&F visual imagery is towards the male homoerotic, it's true. But that picture, in isolation, not so much. As for the attempt of the religious right to stage a scorched-earth retreat, you're correct. But I worry a bit about what they may finally accomplish before they are finally defeated. I would call that photo homoerotic only if you’re using Latin (where “homo” signifies “male,” not “same” as it does in Greek). Because, well, as a straight woman I, um, notice its appeal. Now, the tendency of A&F visual imagery is towards the male homoerotic, it’s true. But that picture, in isolation, not so much.

As for the attempt of the religious right to stage a scorched-earth retreat, you’re correct. But I worry a bit about what they may finally accomplish before they are finally defeated.

]]> By: KipEsquire http://www.dolphinsdock.com/2008/02/05/obscenity/#comment-448 KipEsquire Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:17:57 +0000 http://www.dolphinsdock.com/2008/02/05/obscenity/#comment-448 I still say we need to switch from "Virginia & West Virginia" to "Virginia & South Virginia." Thanks for the linkage! :-) I still say we need to switch from “Virginia & West Virginia” to “Virginia & South Virginia.”

Thanks for the linkage! :-)

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