WHAT !? A 7 square inch nipple ?!
Captain Amazing, thanks. That link and your comments make things quite a bit more clear.
I find it interesting that the Billie Jean King look-alike in the front row in the Miss Universe photo really enjoyed the show.
Y’know, what’s weird is, I barely registered the tit. It was so fast, and even on a wide-screen HDTV LCD projections system (lucky bastard my friend is, grumble grumble) I was like “Did I just see that? Was that Janet Jackson’s tit I just saw? Did you see that? You did? Am I right? You got broadband? You do? Race you to the study? Go!” I mean, it took a couple days and some concerted googling before I got to see the tit in all it’s sun-adorned glory. I mean, there must be at least 15 unscripted nip-slips and see-thru bodices at your average Oscars celebration, and nobody seems to make a big deal out of it. As it is, J-Lo has very little left to reveal if she wants to get any attention.
As usual, I tend to have more questions than answers: Was it planned-what did CBS know and when did they know it? Somehow I doubt that the divine Miss J daily threads her nips through Kia wheel covers.
Was it an overreaction by the viewing public? Probably not, because they’ve become accustomed to watching sanitized shite that claims to be entertainment, as oposed to TV in other lands which is genuinely entertaining and occasionally features nudity. Hey, they figured the most to be seen was the cheerleaders-it wasn’t like tuning in the Sopranos and checking out the Bada Bing girls.
Is the American view towards nudity healthy? For me, the answer is no, but I’ll stick to educating my child with what I feel is healthy. I refuse to depend on the school system to deliver the straight dope, plus I take that as my responsibility.
Should CBS pay the fine? If it was going to spent on something worthwhile like changing public opinions about nudity, or beer and firetrucks, then yes-but some oaf at the FCC will probably put it towards a pamphlet about the badness of titties.
I say give the FCC Dan Rather and a first round pick next season. 
I think the real reason the gubmint went ape shit over this was it gave the talking heads on TV something to bitch about other than Iraq and the election.
DINGDINGDINGDINGDING!
We have a Winner, folks!
I think a bared nipple was pretty unexpected. Should we start tape delaying every moment of live television to make sure that no one flashes a news reporter on the street? (Or do they already do this and I’m betraying my ignorance?)
Interesting, isn’t it? If she’d just worn something which showed lots of cleavage, it’d be OK. If she’d worn something with big armholes that showed a bit of side of tit, that’d be OK. If she’d worn like a bad fitting bikini top that showed a bit of the lower parts of her tit, I’m not sure but I think that’s be OK.
So what it comes down to maybe is you can only so much of any given set of tits at any given time. If you show it all at once, the moral fabric of society is ripped apart.
I guess.
Anybody remember the TODAY show that had a woman fully flash the camera? I missed that one but heard about it on that nights news. NBC never got a fine and it just went away. Let it go people.
Nobody in Tape Delay Land remembers it because nobody there got to see it.
I just wanted to mention that I think Pander, Titillate and Shock would be a great name for a law firm.
[George Carlin]Betcha can’t eat just one![/George Carlin]
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Used the diameter instead of the radius…my bad…
The correct prices are:
$311,236.33 per square inch.
$44,818,031.97 per square foot.
$1,952,273,473,000 per acre.
Ack, even Donald wouldn’t consider this a bargain.
The clip of that would be here. (Note to mods, it’s not a direct link to the clip, and the linked page contains no objectionable images.) If you blink, you’ll miss it.
I owe you a debt of gratitude.
She’s a hot chick, ain’t she? If you click around on that site, you’ll find a couple more clips of a similar nature. However, they involve wiener, so they’re not as exciting (except the sky diving one, that’s freakin hysterical).
Indeed. What could possibly be bad about seeing that (those!) on TV?
Oh yeah, the video of that can be found here.
Loopydude, that gal who flashed the Today show, looks like one of my ex-gfs, who probably would have enjoyed doing such a thing. (Damn, I miss her sometimes.)
Dammit, I wish I weren’t reading this at work!