[WikiEN-l] The horror of it all (was: Suggestions for a work-safe encyclopedia)

Mon Apr 18 16:15:08 UTC 2005

> I think we've been 
> going around in circles for a while now.  To summaries, we 
> differ strongly about whether Ms Winslet's mammary glands are 
> so horrific that the world needs to be protected from them. 

"Horrible", as in the [[horror movie]] genre, would be something like
Nightmare on Elm Street, Freddie Kreuger, etc. Grisly action scenes of
impaling, beheadings, etc. There is nothing horrible about a camera
revolving around a half-nekkid broad draped on a couch while intervening
stage props repeatedly reveal and conceal her tits.

Horrid is when a man wakes up one day and realizing you have no family
life, because you focused too much on sex (i.e., with someone other than
his wife).

The problem with movie nude scenes is not that they "offend" or are
"horrible"; don't bother wasting our time as you knock down THOSE straw
men, with the easy grace of an outfielder catching a pop fly. It's that
they ENTICE. 

If your friend or co-worker was on a diet (perhaps for medical reasons),
how often would you amuse yourself by teasing him, "Hey, Billy, want
some ice cream? It's chocolate, yer favorite!" Knock it off, will ya?

Uncle Ed