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plcdude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 04:16 PM
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Nudity
good bad or indifferent? This is not a protest just an inquirery
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 04:17 PM
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1. It kind of depends on the context, don't you think?
Given that it's our natural state, you could hardly claim it's "bad'.

:shrug:
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MirrorAshes Donating Member (942 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 04:18 PM
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2. Tell that to John Ashcroft!
"Dirty titty...dirty dirty titty!!" - David Cross
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 09:48 PM
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30. why is that guitarist's head bleeding?
and who is it? Looks like Townsend.
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MirrorAshes Donating Member (942 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 12:58 AM
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31. hehe, its not real blood
Its Wayne Coyne from the Flaming Lips. They tend to work performance art into their shows, which are really wild. Hes done many crazy things in the past but playing covered in blood seems to be a favorite of his. The music can be dark but can also be very poppy, they cover a wiiiiide range of emotions :7
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 07:47 AM
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43. Interesting
though a real performance artist would use real blood. :-)

Never heard of the Flaming Lips. If I still had Kazaa I'd look them up. Sounds like a neat band!
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leeman67 Donating Member (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 04:21 PM
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3. if it pisses off the Religious Right, then it's GOOD.
:)
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 05:22 PM
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17. That's a succinct, accurate, and wondrous litmus test
for pretty much every situation we'll ever come across.

Nudity is just, you know, naked bodies. The WAY GOD MADE US YOU NITWITS!
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 04:23 PM
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4. I like to sleep naked
especially in winter
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Moonbeam_Starlight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 05:19 PM
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13. I swear I don't think
I've EVER seen Mr. Moonbeam sleep in anything. Summer, winter, doesn't matter. Hotel room, someone else's house, our house. Claims he can't sleep with clothes on. Been doing it since he was a teenager.

I never knew anyone who did that until I met him, LOL!
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politicat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 02:47 AM
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40. same here, both of us.
I can, if pressed, sleep in one of two jersey dresses.

Mr. Pcat... well, we don't share hotel rooms with others, and rarely have guests.

Pcat
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 01:35 AM
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35. Same here.
And when I'm home alone I sometimes kinda forget to get dressed. I just make sure to not use the deep fryer. ;-)
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 04:25 PM
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5. You're born that way, ya know
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Lautremont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 04:26 PM
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6. Emphatically good.
I still can't believe that Ashcroft thing. What a big hairy fuckin' weirdo.
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Terran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 04:37 PM
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8. Hrrrm, I never imagined Ashcroft as hairy...
That would be a good thing, IMO, so I always saw him as fishbelly white and hairless (and yes I do speculate about what politicians look like nekkid!)
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Lautremont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 04:51 PM
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10. I guess I meant hairy
the way you'd say "big hairy deal". On reflection, he probably oils himself up every night, shaves himself raw and rocks back and forth while weeping to the Lord about his sinful, sinful thoughts.

Sorry 'bout that, everybody...
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Mr_Lefty Donating Member (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 04:35 PM
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7. Bring it on!
Just kidding... It's ok with me. Although the Janet Jackson thing did piss me off. I was watching it with my daughter- the whole half time show was sleazy and the wardrobe malfunction was the last straw. I know I am in charge of my TV and I can change the channel but I didn't think there was any danger during an NFL halftime show.

There is nothing wrong with nudity in the right context for the right audience.
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 04:42 PM
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9. Oh, no, a BREAST...
yet another example of Puritanical prudery...God forbid that people should see a breast on broadcast television...think of the children (and never mind that most of them have seen a breast before, having mothers and so on)...
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Moonbeam_Starlight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 05:20 PM
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15. I think it was the context in that case Spider
I don't care if my nine year old daughter sees a breast, but that show was very sexual, the song was very sexual and HE rips her clothes off to reveal the breast.

Very different than a child simply SEEING a breast.

Funny how he didn't really bear the brunt of it, but she did.
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Mr_Lefty Donating Member (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 09:23 PM
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27. I feel sorry for your daughter
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Mr_Lefty Donating Member (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 09:46 PM
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29. Sorry I don't read
I re read your post and finally got it... sorry
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Mr_Lefty Donating Member (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 09:22 PM
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26. I guess you don't have kids
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 04:53 PM
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11. It annoys me that people make a big deal out of nudity
It's just a human body. Big freakin' deal.
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 01:00 AM
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32. ahem..ESPECIALLY supposed "liberals" n/t
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Moonbeam_Starlight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 05:18 PM
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12. context context context
generally, though, I am not hung up about it. It's just a body. Nudity doesn't necessarily equal sexuality.
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Ron Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 05:20 PM
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14. ...and sexuality doesn't necessarily equal prurience. eom
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Moonbeam_Starlight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 05:22 PM
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16. VERY true, good point eom
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 05:26 PM
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18. I'm all for it!
Of course..
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 05:28 PM
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19. good
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Cuban_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 05:45 PM
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20. A good thing, overall.
Depends on the context, of course, but generally-speaking, I'm all in favor of nudity.

:)
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 05:49 PM
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21. Nudity is good. I heartedly approve of it.
Edited on Fri Aug-27-04 05:50 PM by terrya
I have no qualms whatsoever about nudity. I go around the house nude all the time (in fact, ahem, I'm nude right now).

I'm considering finding out more about the naturist movement. :-)
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pagerbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 05:54 PM
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24. Woo-hoo!
I've thought about that myself. Then I realized I'd have to actually take my clothes off in order to gawk other naked people.
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 05:51 PM
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22. Do it all the time
OK, well not at the office.
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name not needed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 05:52 PM
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23. I wholeheartedly support it!
Just don't use machinery naked.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 06:09 PM
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25. Where? Where?
(heavy breathing . . .)
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DemWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 09:25 PM
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28. Nudity is a good thing
comfortable around the house, no binding elastic. Of course my neighbors complain when I walk to the corner to get my mail...

:evilgrin:
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 01:40 AM
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37. They probably wouldn't if you got theirs too.
:evilgrin:
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 01:08 AM
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33. Indifferent
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B. P. R. D. Donating Member (263 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 01:14 AM
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34. I Was Thinking Of Starting A Nudists For Kerry Thread.
Edited on Sat Aug-28-04 01:20 AM by B. P. R. D.
But chickened out. I'm already naked, so anybody else who wants to join in do so.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 01:37 AM
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36. I think DU offers an answer: "Nudity [View all]"
Indeed!
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Christof Donating Member (469 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 01:44 AM
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38. Nudity is always good, never bad.
We should be proud of our naked bodies. After all, didn't the Christian God create humans (if you believe that)? Aren't we supposed to love everything God had created, not be ashamed of it?
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tarkus Donating Member (780 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 02:38 AM
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39. Honestly, I think that clothing is a good idea and should be worn. NM
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onebigbadwulf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 02:58 AM
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41. If it's worth showing, It's worth seeing.
No fatties or uglies please.
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Quetzal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 06:11 AM
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42. I have no problem with it
In my world, clothing would be optional.

I would probably only put on clothes if I was cold.
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 08:03 AM
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44. Depends on whose nudity you're talking about.
I hate my body, so if you mean mine, we're talking VERY BAD here.

Anyone else's... I could care less.
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