# Streakers, streaking and other Superbowl nudity **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 22, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streakers-streaking-and-other-superbowl-nudity/251701 "2004-06-22T21:10:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streakers-streaking-and-other-superbowl-nudity/251701/1 "2004-06-22T21:10:02Z")
Is a [“streaker”](http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=streaker) really a streaker if he is wearing a cod piece or jock strap or [whatever](http://www.thestreaker.org.uk/main.htm) this is that Mark Roberts wore? Where you offended by either Mark Roberts or Jackson and Timberlakes “accident”? I realize this is probably evidence of some sort of double standard, but I was not offended by the antics of Mark Roberts and even thought it chuckle worthy. I as appalled at the Jackson/Timberlake “accident” because it did not appear to be an accident to me at the time and I thought it inappropriate. (Having never seen MTV I did not realize that it was fairly typical music video type exposure as I learned in the media hype following the event.) For the record, I was watching the game in a two family setting where other than the myself and another mom, the rest of the viewers were males, teenagers or older. This is what prompted my curiosity: [Superbowl streaker must pay fine, but no jail](http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2639801) ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streakers-streaking-and-other-superbowl-nudity/251701/2 "2004-06-22T21:33:06Z")
Would it kill this guy to do some crunches or something? ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streakers-streaking-and-other-superbowl-nudity/251701/3 "2004-06-23T07:52:16Z")
> [@AbbySthrnAccent](#): > > I realize this is probably evidence of some sort of double standard, but I was not offended by the antics of Mark Roberts and even thought it chuckle worthy. I as appalled at the Jackson/Timberlake “accident” because it did not appear to be an accident to me at the time and I thought it inappropriate. > [Superbowl streaker must pay fine, but no jail](http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2639801) You’ve lost me. Obviously Mark Roberts wasn’t a accident either so what makes it more or less approprait? It’s interesting the first article seems to be appalled at the harsh sentence…at the hands of vindictive feminists 😕 ? and the other on points out it could have been a lot stiffer. Er, the sentence that is. I love this quote “If I have to go to jail for my belief, then I’ll go to jail.” Ah, yes, the poor persecuted, misunderstood soul 😛 . (I wasn’t offended by either, beyond the fact that I don’t particular want to see either one of them naked.) ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streakers-streaking-and-other-superbowl-nudity/251701/4 "2004-06-25T21:42:23Z")
I was offended by the fact that Janet Jackson got a whole bunch of publicity and hype from it. I wasn’t even watching at that point, because I got bored out of my mind by the people before them, as I recall. I remember thinking before the half-time show started "Wait… Janet Jackson??? Didn’t her career kind of… end about a year ago? But then, wow look at that, a few weeks later, there she is on SNL, and probably several other places, but I don’t watch much TV. I’m sure they chose her to be on that night because she’s just such a good actress. :dubious: By the way, why didn’t Justin Timberlake’s name show up nearly as much as hers? I never heard it called the “Justin Timberlake superbowl scandal” So basically, I wasn’t offended by the event itself, but the fact that it made her popular again for another 5 minutes of fame or so. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2004, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streakers-streaking-and-other-superbowl-nudity/251701/5 "2004-06-26T06:15:24Z")
The only thing that made Roberts’ stunt interesting was when that Patriots linebacker clocked him.