CBS is backing away and apologizing as fast as it can, the NFL claims to be “outraged,” the network was deluged with phone calls, all over two seconds of boobage during a halftime show.
What the fuck is the huge fucking deal. Are we still so Goddamned backwards in this country that we fear the sight of a breast. Who are these bitches who call a TV network to complain? This is what these people need to do to feel fulfilled in life? This is somehow important? This is really their idea of an “outrage?”
Janet Jackson’s breast is a beautiful thing. I’d love to see much more of it and the other one as well. When it first happened I thought I was hallucinating. I figured it was one of those crazy little flashbacks from my “experimental” days. I get them all the time. Then my brother called and he saw it too. So I got on the 'puter after the game and damned if it didn’t really happen. I wish I’d have known it was real the first time, I’d have paid more attention, maybe even taped it. This was a great moment in Superbowl history. Why can’t people appreciate it for what it is?
Yes…there’s kid’s watching. So the fuck what? It does not harm a child to see Janet Jackson’s boob. Your kids are not going to fucking die if they see a little nudity. It’s only “nudity” by culture anyway. There actually are parts of the world where people think nothing more of seeing a breast than an elbow. Children see them and they all turn out just fine.
To the bitches who lunge for their telephones, flush with excitement and smug indignation, I invite you to suck my cock. Suck it long, suck it deep, suck it lovingly. Please lick my balls while you’re at it.
CBS, you’re a bunch of nutless cowards. Fuck you.
To the NFL, fuck you too. You should have stood up. You’re not going to get hurt. There is an extremely high correlation of football fans to boob fans. I can’t believe a single football fan is going to stop watching games because he saw Janet Jackson’s boob and any that do deserve to have their fucking asses kicked.
Boobs are good.
Uptight, puritanical scolds are not.
I’d agree with you, if you weren’t getting so wound up about it. Sure, nothing wrong with nudity. I’m an artist; I’ve drawn and painted plenty of nudity and I think it’s a beautiful thing. I still get shocked when I encounter someone who thinks that there’s something “wrong” with artistic nudity.
However, a lot of people simply aren’t used to it, especially during the SuperBowl, so they were . . . startled. And I don’t think they were all being “smug” and I don’t think they were all “bitches.” I am guessing they were thinking that there’s a time and place for boobage, and perhaps the SuperBowl wasn’t one of those times.
So, just calm down. Deal with the fact that some people are more uptight. Feel some sympathy for them.
I watched the whole halftime show (cuz my wife made me) and I didn’t even see it. I’m very upset that there was (perhaps) inadvertant boobage on the TV and I missed it :((I did see about 2 seconds of “The Streaker” though). I’m willing to bet that quite a few of these outraged people didn’t even see it (as I didn’t) and are getting all riled up about exaggerated third party information.
I don’t understand what all the hoo-ha is about. It was what, a second or two, from a faily good distance and her nipple was mostly covered anyway. You really couldn’t even see anything. I can turn on network TV any day of the week and see more skin than that. Uptight people who have nothing better to do than get all upset about seeing part of a boob (we’ve all seen em…some of us even have em) really need to get a life.
How is what happened during halftime any worse than the dozen or so mouthings of the word fuck that I saw?
I think that CBS and the NFL should have just ignored it.
Thanks. Now I can assure my wife that she wasn’t hallucinating. Sure, have Justin Timberlake do it, you’re bound to capture 10% of the male audience. I missed the Lingere Bowl, any drama?
Best. Superbowl. Ever. The only way it could have been better if it had gone to overtime. The best part, for me, is that the Carolina fans won money based on the pre-game spread I saw (7 points). Yet another example of why I don’t bet on football. I would have “picked” NE, sweated the point spread, and probably laid the points. It’s like setting money on fire, I tell you.
Meanwhile, broke NE fans celebrate their big win. If you lost big money on your team winning the Super Bowl, well, that would suck.
It´s not the breasts, it´s the nipples, you should know by now…
As long as there are no female nipples at sight it´s all fine, just go to the beach and see for yourself.
Now, if you ask me what´s so inmoral about womens nipples, I don´t have a clue.
Here’s a shock – I’m gonna mostly agree with Diogenes – alert the media!
I mostly agree.
What you’re missing, Diogenes, is that something unexpected happened at halftime during the Superbowl! Not unexpected, like “ooh, they got another superstar with an album to promote”, but really unexpected.
What everyone except for you is missing is that there are exactly two organizations in the world that can make something “unexpected” happen at the Superbowl. Al Qaeda and the NFL.
Let’s take it as given that “having a Jackson flash a pasty” is not on Al Qaeda’s agenda. What that means is that we’re all being played by the NFL. This whole thing is an in-your-face to everyone who ordered the Lingerie Bowl or went into the kitchen to make more guac or flipped to cable during halftime. “See? You bastids will watch our ads next year, won’t you?” All for the (undoubtedly high) price of Janet’s right tit.
I’m all for joining our international brethren and showing more nudity on tv. Flashing a tit with the weirdest goddamn nipple ring in history during the freaking Superbowl halftime show might not be the best way to ease Americans into sex on TV though.
Just this morning I saw Bjork’s nipples on MTV2. Is MTV (who provided the halftime show) starting a new trend?
Anyway, I completely agree with the OP. The way CBS and the NFL are acting sends a horrible message to kids. A message that is much more harmful than seeing a nipple.
The funny part is that you couldn’t even see her nipple. It was covered by a big star shaped piercing. Even in closeup you can barely make out the nipple.
Immoral? Hell no, I think they’re swell.
Actually I think that it’s because many Americans can’t tell the difference between nudity and sex.
That was a damn fine game though…I almost turned it off midway through the second quarter I was getting so bored. Glad I didn’t.
But it’s not sex, it’s just a bare breast. Mere nudity does not constitute sex. A breast isn’t even a sexual organ. I don’t see what CBS has to apologize for and I don’t see how the sight of a breast is going to harm anybody.
I agree with Nightime, CBS and the NFL are sending a message to kids that a woman’s breasts are dirty and obscene and that girls should be ashamed of their bodies.
What crossroads did Timberlake meet at to make his deal with Satan, btw?
Money, fame, Britney Spears, and now he gets to tear Janet Jackson’s top off at the freaking Superbowl. That is way too much luck for one kid. His head should have exploded by now.
First, I think we both know a breast is more than just a reservoir of baby food. Second, I don’t think this is about denouncing nudity, or trying to make women ashamed of their bodies. It’s about a bizarre accident (or publicity stunt… the jury is still out) during a family sporting event. I think everyone involved was smart to distance themselves from this thing, legally and PR-wise. There is a time and place for nudity on TV, this was neither.
Um, and how is this different than the message people get from every other broadcast media? (not that I disagree with you, just making the point that this in no way separates the NFL/CBS from any other TV/radio station).
I don’t understand why people are up in arms about it. I mean, it wasn’t even the whole thing, and she wasn’t covered in bubbles, and Brittney Spears wasn’t licking it…what was I talking about again?
Some of the “experts” were predicting a boring game. You know, running and defense. Sure, there was some of that. With both QBs well into the 300s, I didn’t really see it as the smashmouth slugfest predicted. So, had I predicted the total points, I would have missed by about 25.
Super Bowl recaps. There have been some classics, but this is right up there.
I hate the idea of a moral victory, unless actual morals are involved, but I’ll make an exception for Carolina in this one. They just didn’t have the ball last. Both offenses scored too quickly at the end. You just knew when that kick went out of bounds. Not that the game was the kickers fault. Obvously it was a one play game at any point.
Carolina going for two early…?! I used to think that the one point conversion was boring. Now, I scream for it in the second and third quarters. The “list” does not account for five more scores in the game, for example.