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I wish I could remember where I saw this quote, but suffice to say it's not orginally by me:
"The purpose of a Television in your home is not to entertain (or inform you) but rather to sell you products."
Once you realize this it's a lot easier to unplug from your TV and ignore this sort of sensationalist pop culture flotsam.
Now I have finished my "Kill your TV" rant, do I think that this ad was wrong? I went and watched it on iFilm just see what all the hubub was about and no, I don't think it was appropirate for prime time broadcast TV.
Why? Because broadcasters are constantly testing and pushing the boundries that the various organizations place them under. It's in hopes that eventually they will convince the FCC (or whoever it is) that boobies are OK on 7-10pm TV. Once that happens the floodgates will be opened and from there on out it'll be "all boobies all the time." American media has a very difficult time with self-regulation, they are like kids in an candy store and with out regulation they'll be constantly trying to one-up each other: "Topless Survivor" "Who wants to Marry a Topless Millionaire?" "Topless Fear Factor."
I joke, but mark my words, once boobs are on broadcast TV you won't see anything else, and quite frankly there is precious little to watch as there is today. If I want to see boobies (and I often do) I can find them easy enough, let's try to keep one medium boobie free.
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The Truth:
Johnny Cash could have kicked Bruce Lee's ass if he wanted to.
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