# ABC bows to PC. God I hate people sometimes... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 17, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-bows-to-pc-god-i-hate-people-sometimes/275277 "2004-11-17T15:57:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-bows-to-pc-god-i-hate-people-sometimes/275277/1 "2004-11-17T15:57:28Z")
From the MNF game this [commercial](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/football/nfl/11/16/bc.fbn.mnf.apology.ap/index.html?cnn=yes) aired. ABC apologized because “inappropriate and unsuitable for our Monday Night Football audience.” What?? A half naked woman is inappropriate for football? Who the hell do they think is watching? Hell the cheerleaders they show are almost as naked!! Ever seen the beer commercials during MNF? What is wrong with people… no really!?? Who the hell watches MNF than actually takes the time to complain about it? Who are these people? I just cant stand this kind of shit, the self rightous outrage just pisses me off!! So a big FUCK YOU to every ABC viewer who actually complained about this add. I hope when TV becomes 24hour white noise, which is the only thing I think everyone could agree on as NOT being offensive, your happy!! dicks… ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-bows-to-pc-god-i-hate-people-sometimes/275277/2 "2004-11-17T15:59:14Z")
All these assholes that bitch should just turn the fucking TV off. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-bows-to-pc-god-i-hate-people-sometimes/275277/3 "2004-11-17T16:01:13Z")
**World Eater** , but you’re asking illogical people to think logically. Can’t be done. Besides, if they turned the TV off, they might miss the next atrocity. If they don’t see it, who’s going to complain? Admit it, you _ **need** _ Big Brother. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-bows-to-pc-god-i-hate-people-sometimes/275277/4 "2004-11-17T16:01:24Z")
Stupid? Yes. But it’s not policital correctness, just old-fashioned prudishness. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-bows-to-pc-god-i-hate-people-sometimes/275277/5 "2004-11-17T16:02:33Z")
I love how the NFL bitched. I certainly hope that means none of the football players ever discuss their ‘bitches’ or ‘hos’ in the locker room or who they’re gonna ‘bang’ that weekend. I mean, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander, right? Ava ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-bows-to-pc-god-i-hate-people-sometimes/275277/6 "2004-11-17T16:09:53Z")
Wow, isn’t amazing how ABC makes a “mistake” and suddenly _everyone_ is talking about how ABC and this scandalous new show they want to promote? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-bows-to-pc-god-i-hate-people-sometimes/275277/7 "2004-11-17T16:12:02Z")
I hate half naked girls too. Make them go all the way. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-bows-to-pc-god-i-hate-people-sometimes/275277/8 "2004-11-17T16:18:26Z")
\Will you people get a life!!!\ ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-bows-to-pc-god-i-hate-people-sometimes/275277/9 "2004-11-17T17:15:50Z")
Talibs are so cool, calling the FCC and ululating like that. I think I’ll start a chapter in _my_ neighborhood! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-bows-to-pc-god-i-hate-people-sometimes/275277/10 "2004-11-17T17:28:31Z")
I was offended they used TO as the football player she bangs. Brian Westbrook or Donavan McNabb would’ve been a better choice. (You see, they’re pandering to the prima donna…) I was also offended because I would rather see Teri Hatcher as the nude girl. I was even offended by the blatent lack of bestiality. But, mostly I was offended at the poor placement of the ball on the 36 yard line after 2nd and 7 at the 11:48 mark in the 2nd quarter which caused Philly to have to use a run play on the now 3rd and 1, thus changing their almost perfect 2:1 ratio of pass vs run plays to a now 1.998: 1.002 ratio. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-bows-to-pc-god-i-hate-people-sometimes/275277/11 "2004-11-17T17:37:33Z")
I bet we didn’t hear shit-all about it if Terrell Owens was white. Some honkies are still pissed about O.J. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-bows-to-pc-god-i-hate-people-sometimes/275277/12 "2004-11-17T17:41:55Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > I was even offended by the blatent lack of bestiality. New sig line. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-bows-to-pc-god-i-hate-people-sometimes/275277/13 "2004-11-17T18:13:17Z")
I think **tremorviolet** ’s got the measure of it. Carefully orchestrated scandal is the hottest new advertising technique. It requires a minimum of effort; just drop some nudity (or suggestion of same) into a sports broadcast, sit back, and watch the offenderati and the news media saturate the public with your product for you! Apologize for the “impropriety,” pay some fines, and enjoy the new revenue the publicity has brought you. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-bows-to-pc-god-i-hate-people-sometimes/275277/14 "2004-11-17T18:30:53Z")
apparently, some MNF viewers didn’t want their evening of husky, brawny men wrestling one another in the dirt to be _degraded_ by the sight of a half-naked woman. Um, and which half was naked? The good half? Or the other half? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-bows-to-pc-god-i-hate-people-sometimes/275277/15 "2004-11-17T18:31:23Z")
You have to love the irony of people being offended by a woman’s naked back just before they watch the organized mayhem and grunting homo-erotic activity that is professional football. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-bows-to-pc-god-i-hate-people-sometimes/275277/16 "2004-11-17T19:02:42Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > You have to love the irony of people being offended by a woman’s naked back just before they watch the organized mayhem and grunting homo-erotic activity that is professional football. Fun-eee! Now that’s a sig line! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-bows-to-pc-god-i-hate-people-sometimes/275277/17 "2004-11-17T19:12:04Z")
Earlier today one of the talking heads on CNN said that the ad “didn’t leave anything to the imagination.” WTF? Did I see some bowdlerized version of the spot? Are these people who are all worked up complaining about seeing an ad that actually _showed_ eroticized bits of female anatomy? Was there penetration? Or was this guy so neutered that he’s incapable of imagining anything beyond exposed shoulder-blades? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-bows-to-pc-god-i-hate-people-sometimes/275277/18 "2004-11-17T19:18:59Z")
> [@Dob](#): > > A half naked woman is inappropriate for football? Who the hell do they think is watching? Hell the cheerleaders they show are almost as naked!! I don’t think it was “the sight of a naked woman’s back” that people were necessarily offended by. If I may venture a guess, it’s the tacit stamp of approval on adultery ABC makes with this commercial. After all, the show they’re hyping is “Desperate Housewives”, which (as I understand, I’ve never watched) glamorizes housewives engaging in adulterous affairs. As to the “who do they think is watching” question, I caught a caller on a local radio show this morning answering that very question. He didn’t appreciate having to explain to his 9-year-old son “what that woman was doing”. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-bows-to-pc-god-i-hate-people-sometimes/275277/19 "2004-11-17T19:21:47Z")
I’d have had no problem with her lovely nakedness but for the love of pig epidermis why did they have to pay homage to T.O., the posterboy for _Just Don’t Get It_, the numbnut that represents all that’s wrong with the NFL today? ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-bows-to-pc-god-i-hate-people-sometimes/275277/20 "2004-11-17T19:31:03Z")
> [@av8rmike](#): > > As to the “who do they think is watching” question, I caught a caller on a local radio show this morning answering that very question. He didn’t appreciate having to explain to his 9-year-old son “what that woman was doing”. So you’ve actually heard real outrage? All I’ve seen are articles that state ABC has _said_ there are complaints. I haven’t seen anything on the web. (definitely nothing even close to what happened after the Janet thing) Anyone seen any complaints (maybe from a freeper site or something) dated _before_ the articles started coming out? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-bows-to-pc-god-i-hate-people-sometimes/275277.md?page=2)