BS: Court tosses 'wardrobe' fine

Subject: RE: BS: Court tosses 'wardrobe' fine
From: Midchuck
Date: 23 Jul 08 - 10:59 AM

What would the fine be if they did a helicopter overflight of a European beach in high season, with a telephoto lens...$550,000 times maybe several thousand...ouch!

Peter

Subject: RE: BS: Court tosses 'wardrobe' fine
From: Gulliver
Date: 23 Jul 08 - 10:01 AM

Hmmm... sounds controversial--I'll have to take a closer look at this...

Subject: RE: BS: Court tosses 'wardrobe' fine
From: Ebbie
Date: 22 Jul 08 - 11:48 AM

The funny thing to me is that during the infamous act, I and family were playing games at a card table while Super Bowl halftime played in the background. We never even found out about it!

Subject: RE: BS: Court tosses 'wardrobe' fine
From: Bill D
Date: 21 Jul 08 - 06:38 PM

I think it is beyond funny that ½ second of nipple exposure got this much attention. Last night on a documentary of customs of a tribe in Sudan, I saw prolonged exposure of the breasts of many young women. No one is protesting.....

If that silly incident had gotten no press, we'd all be better off.

Subject: RE: BS: Court tosses 'wardrobe' fine
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Jul 08 - 05:53 PM

Similar to Adam & Eve; She had (has) a divine pear.

Mike

Subject: RE: BS: Court tosses 'wardrobe' fine
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 21 Jul 08 - 05:34 PM

I thought it was the left one.

Subject: RE: BS: Court tosses 'wardrobe' fine
From: TheSnail
Date: 21 Jul 08 - 04:36 PM

Amos

Well, I think it should be protected as a religious act, myself.

You mean you think she had a divine right?

Subject: RE: BS: Court tosses 'wardrobe' fine
From: gnu
Date: 21 Jul 08 - 03:59 PM

Tits? Big deal. Who doesn't like tits?

Now, if it was Gannet Jackson and.... nevermind.

Subject: RE: BS: Court tosses 'wardrobe' fine
From: John on the Sunset Coast
Date: 21 Jul 08 - 02:35 PM

Sorry, guest @ 2:11 ces't moi.

Subject: RE: BS: Court tosses 'wardrobe' fine
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Jul 08 - 02:11 PM

The Appeals Court got this one right...er, I mean correct.

Subject: RE: BS: Court tosses 'wardrobe' fine
From: Amos
Date: 21 Jul 08 - 01:48 PM

Well, I think it should be protected as a religious act, myself. As a Charter Member of the Temple of the Golden Globes, I am always on the lookout for encroachment against such religious freedoms; it's about time those anti-religious freaks at the FCC were thoroughly busted, so to speak. They were getting entirely too top-heavy, especially since they are more involved with wireless systems.


A

Subject: RE: BS: Court tosses 'wardrobe' fine
From: frogprince
Date: 21 Jul 08 - 01:06 PM

Stills of this are (at least were) readily available; she had a decorative "applique" thingie surrounding the exposed nipple. How anyone claims to know one way or the other about the other boob, beats me. Everything indicates it was staged, with no reason for the network to suspect it was coming. It was stupid, tasteless, it didn't harm or have any real consequences to a living soul, and fining the network for it was idiocy.

Subject: RE: BS: Court tosses 'wardrobe' fine
From: TheSnail
Date: 21 Jul 08 - 10:31 AM

pdq

She had something covering the nipple on the one side only ...

How do you know?

Subject: RE: BS: Court tosses 'wardrobe' fine
From: WFDU - Ron Olesko
Date: 21 Jul 08 - 10:10 AM

"This act was planned and rehearsed. It was part of the show. "

I can tell you for a fact, that this was not rehearsed by MTV and the only plan was between the performers and they did not tell anyone what they were planning.

As for the federal appeals court decision, all I can say it - it is about fucking time!!!   

The FCC has become a dangerous force in this country and their reign of terror needs to be halted. With all the issues facing this country, the attacks on freedom of speech have been largely unnoticed.   The FCC created an atmosphere that can only be likened to the McCarthy era. Time to wake up America!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Court tosses 'wardrobe' fine
From: pdq
Date: 21 Jul 08 - 09:49 AM

"...when are they going to arrest Timberlake for assault and battery?"

This act was planned and rehearsed. It was part of the show.

She had something covering the nipple on the one side only because it would be exposed.

As a libertarian, I agree that the fine was strange, since what we have here is bad taste. If the FCC could fine people for bad taste, half the shows on TV would dissappear. (Er, well, maybe that isn't such a bad idea!)

Subject: BS: Court tosses 'wardrobe' fine
From: Rapparee
Date: 21 Jul 08 - 09:37 AM

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A federal appeals court on Monday threw out a $550,000 indecency fine against CBS Corp. for the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show that ended with Janet Jackson's breast-baring "wardrobe malfunction." The three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Federal Communications Commission "acted arbitrarily and capriciously" in issuing the fine for the fleeting image of nudity.

That's okay with me -- but when are they going to arrest Timberlake for assault and battery? And why are we more concerned with nudity than the violence that caused it?