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On 02/10/2013 04:17 PM, Patrick Shirkey wrote:

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> On Mon, February 11, 2013 7:55 am, Louigi Verona wrote:

>> "I think that including an image of a 'hot' female tacitly sends the

>> message that those who are viewing it are likely to be (heterosexual)

>> males, i.e., that this is a 'boy's space'."

>>

>>

>> Using that same logic, NOT including an image that is considered "hot"

>> by one sex or the other must then mean that we are tacitly send the

>> message that those who are viewing are likely to be asexual, that this is

>> "asexual space". And some asexual people might get offended.

> I've never met an asexual person. Are they are big market segment these days?

>

> On the flipside. I would rather see a sexy image than a violent image and

> as nearly all professional music these days is targeted at human sexuality

> - Love/Sex being interchangeable in the modern Pop music lexicon - maybe

> they should have more sexual images on their marketing material if they

> are trying to get to the kind of people who are making that kind of

> music...

>

I agree.  Unfortunately, the overly-sensitive portion of society has

decided that it is more acceptable to see a person's brains blown out,

or someone beaten senseless than it is to see a glimpse of boob.
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