P3D Re: Alternative content

["Alexander Klein" <klein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 14 Oct 99, at 12:46, Bob_Maxey@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> How interesting this discussion should come up. I just now got chastised
> for having a Betty Boop coffee mug in my cubicle. A fellow worker said it
> was not appropriate. I also got chastised for having a reproduction of a
> poster used to advertise the movie Cleopatra I used as my Windows
> wallpaper. She is lying on her side, low cut dress.
> 
> Keep in mind, the poster is a  reproduction and depict things that were
> allowed to be publicly displayed in a time when any, and I mean Any of the
> nude / semi-nude stereo images would have got you thrown in jail. This
> shows that some segments of the public get too easily offended and want to
> control everything we see and show.


As a European, I'm far less concerned about "public nudity" than most 
Americans where it is illegal to even show any bare breasts in public 
advertising. In my humble opinion, US-americans are sometimes way 
too puritan ...

Regards from Germany,


Alexander Klein
Webmaster, http://www.stereoscopy.com
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