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"Taemon" <Taemon@zonnet.nl> wrote in message
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> Maxon wrote:
>
> > Well, one hopes so. I'm wondering what you could possibly put in in
> > place of the blur that wouldn't imply something underneath.
>
> They should wear underwear at all times? Like they don't drop their
> clothes when peeing?
>
> > I mean
> > we're all built that way - well, nearly all of us - and even if you
> > replaced the sim crotches with, say, a ... red toy train or
> > something, it would still be something standing in for a crotch.
> > And
> > anyway, a red toy train on the men would imply - or rather 'suggest'
> > - something else entirely!! Now I feel like I'm starting to stray
> > into Monty Python territory...
>
> What about... a squid! Nono, too wriggly. An apple! No, too Adam and
> Eve. A television! Nah, dirty people could make jokes about "the box".
> My. I don't think I could do it.
My mind is boggling as we speak!!
>
> > Anyway (takes deep breath), perhaps according to Thompson's argument
> > Maxis should leave the blur off altogether just to show that there's
> > nothing to hide or be ashamed of. Which, as I understand it, is
> > basically the German/Dutch/general European point of view
> > (summarised
> > as 'Bodies, we all have one, get over it!').
>
> Sometimes... personally, I prefer nude beaches over clothing beaches
> because there is no leering. If everyone is naked, it doesn't matter
> anymore. But many people don't feel that way (for example, my Islamic
> co-worker
).
>
Yes, exactly.
Best wishes
Maxon