I missed the live version of the incident - but, thanks to the media, I saw still shots of it on the noon news while working out at my local gym.
All I can say is…ouch. Do women really wear those things? My kiddos, thank goodness, are young and as such were in bed by that time…
Let it die, I say. It was an idiotic stunt, but the media hype is bringing far too much attention to the incident.
Since she has admitted the incident was planned (conspired to break the law), she should be arrested and fined, at least.
You’re kidding, right? What was so bad about that, to justify arrest? So her tit was exposed for a second. Big deal.
Why are we such a prudish society when it comes to anything even slightly sexual, yet violence, even bloodshed scarcely raises an eyebrow when it’s on TV?
It was no big deal. Let it go and by next…month it’ll be forgotten.
Oh, I almost forgot. What law did she supposedly break, anyway?
Well I could really care less if she showed up totally naked, it wouldn’t bother me. But there are rules and regulations for public television broadcasts. I would say there is a rule about flopping your tits out. I’m not sure exactly what law covers that type of behavior.
You’ve got to be joking.
Anyway, she had that thingy over her nipple. No law was broken.
Hmm, not sure what the law says about how much nippleness it too much nippleness. The entire nipple was not covered. gasp 
I’m glad to know that breasts don’t bother most of you. I’ve long defended the right of women to breast feed their babies in restaurants, but for some silly reason there seems to be an ick factor involved for some.
I think that network television had already sent a message to the public that says, “Trust us. We will warn you when violence, strong language or partial nudity is coming up.” That seemed fair enough. People had a choice. That has worked well until recently.
What really bothers me is how casually Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson have lied about it. Justin is now claiming that the “tear away” part was supposed to reveal the pink lace bra. Right. And her bra just happened to tear away perfectly and with ease and she just happened to have a cover on her nipple and she just happened to stand there for a couple of beats before covering her breast and “hanging her head in shame.” :rolleyes: Every genuinely surprised woman I know would have been a little more startled.
Continuing with nippleness …
Nippleness IS a big deal. If it wasn’t, then the women that dance on stage in my hometown wouldn’t have to wear pasties. If a woman here wore the Janet sun thingy on stage, she would be arrested. I’m not saying it’s right or wrong, let’s just apply the law evenly.
“Appeal to prurient interest” is, of course, essential to advertising and nearly all commercial programming. However, the line was crossed. Now someone must pay!
Probably a fine, or several. The FCC can’t permit this. To do so would open the floodgates to total boobification of the airwaves.
the only “wardrobe malfunction” involved was that both boobs didnt come flopping out. it was planned, it was fully intentional. and they sure as hell meant to expose both.
that being said it was in poor taste and a lame highlight to a shockingly good game.
For the nth time, the nipple proper was exposed. The star thingee went around it, not over it. The areola was covered.
Funny.
You don’t see boobs on French tv unless there is a little triangle in the corner telling viewers that they might see boobs.
You don’t see people getting popped off or any violent content at all unless there is a little square in the corner telling viewers that they might see it.
And the ratings are published in the tvguide.
(I may have gotten these symbols wrong, which has led to occasional embarrassment in front of relatives on my part in the past)
Much much stricter than the USA thing where they flash a warning before the show starts, or where it has to do with time of day.
Hell, you can’t even get onto sexual content on an internet site for M6France (tv station) until after 10 pm French time.
Funny. I never saw a boob on Italian tv.
Funny. I never saw a boob Dutch tv either. For all the Red Light district crap installed for foreignors and the tourist trade. In fact, sexiest tv I ever saw in the Netherlands was Baywatch, which, at the time, I was convinced was exported for foreignors in love with the California myth.
Funny how I never saw a boob on British tv, though I’ve seen a few bums in my day, all on public tv in America when I was a tyke.
See, I can see the argument for loosening the prudishness of our culture. You sure see a lot of boobs in European print media–which would make one think that it would lead to more boobs on European tv.
Well it isn’t true.
French people, iirc, were up in arms about 10 years ago because of the increasing street violence in the suburbs and they connected it to the increasing violence on tv. This was when the v-chip came out. It lead to a national rating system–squares, circles and triangles. So you can’t get surprised when you watch tv. You know what is coming.
French people are Very protective of their children. They don’t want them to turn into degenerate Americans.
Italians, well, pretty much the same.
Only boobs you see uncovered on Italian beaches belong to Nothern Europeans (those Protestants wasp semi-prude types) who think that Latinos are sex-driven maniacs so anything is permissable on their beaches.
I have, in fact I have seen what could best be described as an infomercial for marital aids, toys and clothes, with demonstrations.
I have also seen boobs on Turkish TV, pools and beaches.
I have seen boobs on English TV on the Bennie Hill show. OK, it was a re-run shown on a station out of Kansas City, but there they were, unfuzzed boobies. 
That was back in the early '80s.
Given a choice between looking at mammalian protuberances and guys running around in tight pants, I’ll take the boobies.
On a side note, I remember back before '88, all bra comercials showed the bras on dummies, after I returned from Korea in '89, the same commercials showed women wearing the bras.
As for as kids getting adversly affected by see boobies, remember kids have been looking at them for thousands of years.
Thank you, Diogenes, for saying what needed to be said. Let’s try and live like grown-ups evne though we’re in a society apparently run by junior high school kids.
I also support the right of a woman to breastfeed in a restaurant. I do not support the right of a woman to have her boyfriend rip off her top exposing her boob after they have been grinding while they are waiting in line to order their Whoppers.
See the difference?
Should you act surprised if the restaurant has a huge XXX flashing on the outside?
They announced the halftime performers like 50 fucking times, and if people are too stupid to figure out that it wouldn’t be family safe, then they should go join the lemmings.
You assholes want the government and the networks to do the job the parent should be doing.
Just my .02 cents…
Having done some theater, I can see how it’s possible that part of her costume top was supposed to tear away and leave the lace bra underneath, yet Timberlake somehow got a hold of the whole thing and voila!, there was her boob in all it’s glory. I certainly see that as feasible with some of the really weak fabric that’s used on undergarments.
Furthermore, I’ve been in the position (when I was 15 and at a waterpark) where I’ve lost half of the top to my one-piece bathing suit and had a whole multitude of people (our softball team members) trying to motion to me, as discreetly as possible, about the situation. And even with that huge draft and all their help, I didn’t realize (Oh, imagine the puzzled look on my scrunched up face! Huh!?!!) I had anything ‘hanging out.’ So, for more than the couple of beats Janet wasted, I was exposed to that small part of the world and completely clueless.
Lastly, as has been previously discussed, the cover around her nipple was a shield used with piercings. My bestfriend wears hers quite frequently although she has exactly zero plans of exposing herself at all. She wears that thing to work (and no, she’s not a stripper or anything – she has a job at a regular ol’ 8:00 - 5:00 office type environment), out to the movies, grocery shopping, you name it, anything that one would consider your daily activity all without ever bearing a breast at anyone. Willingly or no.
Now, I’m not saying any/all of the above scenarios are feasible in this case, just that I can understand how more than one explanation could be applicable and some might fit. I’m also believing that Janet would possibly do anything to promote another CD. So, who knows? I like to hope for the best of all people (even celebrities) and mostly feel that 3 seconds of nudity of whatever ilk are dealable. And that the real travesty here is it’s over-saturation on the news outlets. They are the ones making all this so hyped and gratuitous, and should be taken to task for it.
Again, MHO.
No, we figured that the performers would moderate their acts a little in light of the audience and the venue. Beyonce figured it out - she came out and delivered a beautiful, respectful and moving tribute to the flag in a performance that is (I’m told) very different in style from her MTV-targeted stuff.
This “asshole” would like the government to keep the public airwaves, for which I pay with the money I make working with other “assholes” just like me, accessible to us and our families - at least, for god’s sake, during prime time. So, yeah, I want the government and the networks to do the job they told me they were going to do; and they’re not going to do it, let me know ahead of time.
No one here has complained about being injured by, or fearing the breast. The problem is that it was done, done outside the rules and removed any choice or sayso from the viewer.
Second, Jr High School kids would be ALL for having all boobies all the time. At least the boys would. The girls would all be gossiping about the boobs, how “eeeeeuuuuw” they belonged to “old” people, and how theirs were better because they were young and cute.
IF we are to change the laws and rules that are in place regarding how much and what kind of flesh should and will be shown, since this IS a democracy, people should have a choice in saying when, how much etc.
You know, that thing called “freedom of choice”? The viewers didn’t have that. Or, in other words, it’s the principle of the thing.
You either allow everything and anything, BUT you allow viewers the choice of what THEY want to see, and for their families to see. OR you allow them the choice of knowing some things won’t be shown, and what will be “censored” from mainstream entertainment.
As far as the “you’re hypocrits because the game glorifies violence and here you are slamming boobage”. No. Viewers know what football consists of, and they can make the informed choice to watch or not to watch.
That choice was taken away by the fact that this stunt was planned, not disclosed and was shown without any viewers prior knowledge in ORDER to have been able to make an informed choice (i.e., “oh, there’s going to be a burlesgue show at halftime, I guess I’ll take the kids into the kitchen for ice cream then”).