mail.com— Residents who complained about a nearly naked female store mannequin prompted police to conceal the window display and stirred a debate about obscenity.
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We were young. I know now it was wrong but then .... it was passion who was my guide. But was it so wrong I wonder. To be young, alone, adrift in Paris with just your wits and a mannequin.
The answer seems so easy but I don't think I'll ever know.
@SadLisa Your post made me smile. Then laugh. Then ponder. Then cry.
And the memories came flooding back, a deluge of days done by. Our toes in the grass. The plastic squeaking against leather...the cold, hard fingers...It may not have been Paris, but it was the best summer of my life.
Well I'm glad I haven't had your same experiences, even growing up in Nebraska. BUT, I am a "city boy." I wouldn't doubt people in the small towns are like this. However, I would imagine that people in small towns are like this in most, if not all, states.
The old prudish Bible thumpers have been working real hard lately to run the Mexicans out of the state. I guess it's what Jesus would have done or something.
I'm a Canadian lady. I was walking through the mall one day with my mom and we passed a flawed display. One of the female mannequins was missing her shirt completely. she just had pants on. I turned to my mom and said "If this is the latest trend I want no part of it."
Actually I'm sure that several Islamic nations would have a problem with this as well. The American Taliban are not much different in goals from the Afghanistan Taliban.
I ship mannequins to Dubai and they make us either dress them before shipping or call them Dolls. We choose the later, obviously, but it's still ridiculous.
PARTIALLY NAKED I tell you! Face, hand, whatever, those parts are naked! That will get you arrested, you hear me! They'll write a new article saying you were found "partially naked" and you'll never get hired anywhere again.
I had a girlfriend who wanted to cut the nipples off mannequins.
She didn't think they should have them... not for some moral/obscenity reason, but because they had no use for them.
I like your ex. She sounds like a person who cannot tolerate the illogical, but perhaps also a person with a bit of hyperbole. I mean...would you mind giving me her #?
Thank God the Byzantine Emporer broke the penises off of priceless pieces of art in what is now Italy back in the 700s. If he hadn't have ruined those priceless glimpses of history my children would never be allowed in Italian museums.
I remember finger banging a mannequin in the lingerie department at Dayton's (Now Macy's) when I was 9. I had no clue what the hell I was doing, but something about it felt right at the time. So glad my parents were buying furniture that day on the other side of the store.
This is coming from a country that thinks showing blood and gore on TV during daylight hours is perfectly fine, but seeing a human body (NOT EVEN f**kING REAL) justifies THIS response
Give me a f**king break. It's a manniquin not a prostitute!.
reminds me of that scene from whose is it anyway.....game: Let's Make a Date when colin mochrie has conversations with mannequins and dresses them up.........dang, cant find a youtube link to it....
This is absolutely ludicrous. "We're not able at this point to issue a determination whether it's obscene or not," Tempelmeyer said. Here, let me answer that for you, "NO." What the hell is wrong with these people?
Nebraska: Oh my God, that mannequin's naked! It's entirely too hot to allow in the store!
Vermont: Oh my God, it's entirely too hot! I'm going to get naked and walk to the store!
And yet, I'll bet they are okay with old people protesting outside the closest Planned Parenthood with Graphic Images depicted Blended Fetuses... I'd rather my child look at a naked mannequin any day of the week than one of those "traditional's" disgusting images.
Just watched "Clash of the Titans" (1981) again, and here's one of the reviews from Netflix:
"We saw the 2010 version of the movie and decided to watch the older one. NUDITY - at the beginning and the ending of the movie. I guess I didn't read the reviews before I put this in our queue. I was surprised by the nudity. Sure wish they could have left that part out."
This is the unfortunate mentality of some people. They would rather watch violence than see a very brief view of a nude (really, did she need the caps?) person. Kind of sad, actually, that killing and maiming on film is OK, but don't you dare show a bare behind or, even worse, a bare breast!
This was actually the view of my father when I was little; Any type of violence was fine, even 18+ hardcore stuff, but the slightest bit of boob or sexual references and he wouldn't let me see it.
Funny cos nowadays he complains I play violent video games too much and don't try to have sex with girls enough.
Nebraskans beware: don't go to Brussels, I heard there is a statue of a naked boy peeing and he has a girlfriend doing the same a couple of block away.
The photograph on the left in that magazine was on display in my college about a year ago, in the main public gallery for any visitors to see. A visitor asked for it to be covered up at one point, so children wouldn't see it, but I believe they took off the blanket soon after. In any case, I'm kind of proud that our institution even allowed this guy's photography work to be shown at all, as there is a lot of female nudity in this particular series.
i'm not of the opinion that everyone should live in a major metropolis (although, i feel it's the right environment for me), however this puritanical oppression of rationality and common sense needs to be killed with fire and small-town america seems to be where it breeds.
I'm getting sick of people claiming to be disgusted by something stupid, then reporting it to the news agencies. Maybe the mannequin should have built-in underwear? What about baby dolls? Oh... my... god...! That baby doll you gave to your child is naked AND a eunuch!
FTA,
"Tobias Tempelmeyer, city attorney, said that the main issue in the debate is whether or not the display was obscene.
“We’re currently looking at whether or not it was obscene,” Tempelmeyer said Friday. “The U.S. Supreme Court and State of Nebraska have a system to determine if something is obscene. At this point, I’m not willing to say one way or another.”"
Ok dumbass and Yes I'm talking to you Mr Tempelmeyer,
First, a naked HUMAN is NOT obscene, not anywhere. In the absence of an OBSCENE ACT there can be no obscenity from mere nudity (And by the way, you really don't want to try to f**k with the nudists, they WILL ruin you politically, forever).
Secondly, it's a mannequin, it can not be obscene, IT DOESN'T HAVE THE PARTS REQUIRED.
If it was in the physical position of doing another mannequin doggy style in the window for all to see you MIGHT have the need to consider whether it might be a public nuisance or not but it is still ENTIRELY INCAPABLE of being obscene.
We need to send the !right in the head wing over to the middle east, they and the talaban would get along perfectly.
winklemanJul 12, 2010
Seriously, who hasnt been turned on by a mannequin?
Closed AccountJul 12, 2010
*raises hand*
avengingturnipJul 12, 2010
You have clearly never been a teenaged boy.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
I remember my first mannequin.
We were young. I know now it was wrong but then .... it was passion who was my guide. But was it so wrong I wonder. To be young, alone, adrift in Paris with just your wits and a mannequin.
The answer seems so easy but I don't think I'll ever know.
avengingturnipJul 13, 2010
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/72326/1202346
digg2point0Jul 13, 2010
Why does it not surprise me that quirkopatra has been turned on by a mannequin?
What was it? The intelligent conversations?
32koalaJul 13, 2010
@SadLisa Your post made me smile. Then laugh. Then ponder. Then cry.
And the memories came flooding back, a deluge of days done by. Our toes in the grass. The plastic squeaking against leather...the cold, hard fingers...It may not have been Paris, but it was the best summer of my life.
seanbperiodJul 13, 2010
what are you guys quoting? is it from the movie?
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
@32
Excellent !! "The plastic squeaking against leather...the cold, hard fingers ...."
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
[insert "too easy" ad hominem here about mannekins and nipples, saved for later]
phoenixtxJul 13, 2010
Seriously, that says more about you than you know. Get a therapist as soon as you can Winkleman.
winklemanJul 13, 2010
I wish I had the kind of time on my hands, but I'm to busy fapping to Old Navy commercials.
brettsmanameJul 13, 2010
Some of us weren't exposed to our mother's breasts at a time we could remember, so we had to learn in more creative manners.
ronadishJul 13, 2010
Her name is.... Elaine...
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Mormons who are not allowed to have sex or even masturbate until they are married?
stormwernJul 13, 2010
Are we talking about Megan Fox?
chrisluzaderJul 13, 2010
I blame it on Nebraska.
bobosmitorJul 13, 2010
I didn't know people in Nebraska were prudes.
mbtriaJul 13, 2010
This goes beyond prudishness.
shawn789Jul 13, 2010
You have no idea. Having lived in Nebraska my entire life I can confidently say that it's filled with old, prudish Bible thumpers. And Mexicans.
(No racism intended. It's just a fact.)
luke1h7Jul 13, 2010
Well I'm glad I haven't had your same experiences, even growing up in Nebraska. BUT, I am a "city boy." I wouldn't doubt people in the small towns are like this. However, I would imagine that people in small towns are like this in most, if not all, states.
hackiavelliJul 13, 2010
The old prudish Bible thumpers have been working real hard lately to run the Mexicans out of the state. I guess it's what Jesus would have done or something.
treshnellJul 13, 2010
I hope none of their children have any Barbies or Barby knock offs.
nintendojoeJul 13, 2010
I'm in Nebraska and I'm not a prude....
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Wow, seriously people?? It's a freakin' manniquin, get a life...
Although, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093493/
loudmusicJul 13, 2010
I remember seeing that in the theater when it came out. I was ... eight? Good movie at the time.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Yeah dude, same here except I saw it at a drive in which pretty much dates both me and the movie... :)
atarioJul 13, 2010
Let's all sing...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4230493743371576557 (go to 23:00 -- time linking doesn't seem to work anymore :( )
sciguyajJul 13, 2010
Only in America would someone freak out over the nudity of a fake doll! In other countries they have nudity in their commercials! We're so up tight!
likalarukuJul 13, 2010
Yeah, we even cut off Ken's dick & welded briefs to his skin.
drew101Jul 13, 2010
the people who compalined are the same ones who send angry letters to Animal Planet to pixelate the genitals of the animals showcased
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
people do that?
treshnellJul 13, 2010
And even as they complain about nudity in the media, they gladly pay top dollar to dress their children like cheap hookers and tramps.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
I'm a Canadian lady. I was walking through the mall one day with my mom and we passed a flawed display. One of the female mannequins was missing her shirt completely. she just had pants on. I turned to my mom and said "If this is the latest trend I want no part of it."
And that was that.
Oh Canada.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
zeromindJul 13, 2010
Actually I'm sure that several Islamic nations would have a problem with this as well. The American Taliban are not much different in goals from the Afghanistan Taliban.
rws23Jul 14, 2010
In the case of a mannequin, wouldn't a "fake doll" describe a real person posing as a doll?
kingnovaJul 13, 2010
""We're not able at this point to issue a determination whether it's obscene or not," Tempelmeyer said."
Sigh. Only in America
/or a fundie Islamic country
//congratulations Christian fundies
leif777Jul 13, 2010
I ship mannequins to Dubai and they make us either dress them before shipping or call them Dolls. We choose the later, obviously, but it's still ridiculous.
nwa122Jul 13, 2010
i call it, Elaine
drunkenirishJul 13, 2010
Ok America, here's the deal. All of us have either one set of parts or the other. it's not obscene, it's nature. Get over it.
remeloxJul 13, 2010
Wrong. Most people have one set of parts or the other.
brettsmanameJul 13, 2010
Ding Remelox gains 20 awareness.
dbalaskiJul 13, 2010
what's next ? I know: Hey you, under those clothes you're naked!!!
shawnsoniumJul 13, 2010
What are you teaching the children, being naked under your clothes like that!? You are a terrible human being!!
808atheistJul 13, 2010
f**k that:
Right now, all of you are partially naked.
PARTIALLY NAKED I tell you! Face, hand, whatever, those parts are naked! That will get you arrested, you hear me! They'll write a new article saying you were found "partially naked" and you'll never get hired anywhere again.
ireneattoliaJul 13, 2010
@dbalaski: "Hey you, under those clothes you're naked!"
haha - that's one of my favorite retorts.
So true, so true, so everlastingly true....
shynerJul 13, 2010
Man people are f**king uptight.
hazmatsuitJul 13, 2010
File the nipples off to make it PG-13 for the children. *facepalm*
digg2point0Jul 13, 2010
I had a girlfriend who wanted to cut the nipples off mannequins.
She didn't think they should have them... not for some moral/obscenity reason, but because they had no use for them.
zenith251Jul 13, 2010
I like your ex. She sounds like a person who cannot tolerate the illogical, but perhaps also a person with a bit of hyperbole. I mean...would you mind giving me her #?
piieerrrreeJul 13, 2010
So indecent, no picture of it can be shown!
cristinamkJul 13, 2010
http://www.bombayharbor.com/productImage/0513953001239867914/Female_Mannequin.JPG
NSFW
epersonJul 13, 2010
I dunno, some days, I'd a raped me some MANNEQUIN!
Who wouldn't? All nekkid like that.
cyberthiefJul 13, 2010
Stay out of Greece and Rome... they have naked statues everywhere.
likalarukuJul 13, 2010
& here our museums cover up the bits with fake leaves so they don;t scar children for life.
brettsmanameJul 13, 2010
They had to put a fig leaf over a Replica of the statue of David in North Houston (the Woodlands). That's Bible Belt Country for you.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Thank God the Byzantine Emporer broke the penises off of priceless pieces of art in what is now Italy back in the 700s. If he hadn't have ruined those priceless glimpses of history my children would never be allowed in Italian museums.
SpeakOfTheDevilJul 13, 2010
OMG think of the mannequin children!!
diggamyteJul 13, 2010
I joke around a lot on Digg, but I'm dead serious when I say, f**k this article for not having a picture.
gethaneJul 13, 2010
This isn't a picture of it naked, but a picture of it after the owner got pissed at the police
http://www.beatricedailysun.com/news/local/article_3b200968-8bd5-11df-9860-001cc4c03286.html
jordanjeter7Jul 13, 2010
What kind of store is this? A bikini mannequin with a machine gun?
Apparently the name of the store is Hannah's Treasures. A quick search on Google gave me results for a wallpaper store.....
likalarukuJul 13, 2010
Dying for a glace at some rock hard mannequin tities?
hazmatsuitJul 13, 2010
It's a good thing God didn't make man in his own image. Oh, wait..
mrquackerJul 13, 2010
lack of pic is dissapoint :(
dilbertJul 13, 2010
Well, at least your head didn't asplode.
basicnh21Jul 13, 2010
pics or it didn't happen
earthacisJul 13, 2010
Came here for this comment.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Me too.
samohtneasJul 13, 2010
You know, Americans aren't really all that different from Muslim's, ordering the women about on what she can and cannot wear.
It's funny to me.
likalarukuJul 13, 2010
A muslim mannequin would have been stoned to death for such indecency.
mikekmJul 13, 2010
I remember finger banging a mannequin in the lingerie department at Dayton's (Now Macy's) when I was 9. I had no clue what the hell I was doing, but something about it felt right at the time. So glad my parents were buying furniture that day on the other side of the store.
likalarukuJul 13, 2010
Is it too late to be embarassed to be human?
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
This is coming from a country that thinks showing blood and gore on TV during daylight hours is perfectly fine, but seeing a human body (NOT EVEN f**kING REAL) justifies THIS response
Give me a f**king break. It's a manniquin not a prostitute!.
btf2Jul 13, 2010
And what's wrong with prostitutes?
tk0680Jul 13, 2010
Over-simplified, but I'm going to assume deliberately and digg you up.
sil369Jul 13, 2010
reminds me of that scene from whose is it anyway.....game: Let's Make a Date when colin mochrie has conversations with mannequins and dresses them up.........dang, cant find a youtube link to it....
/remembers
tizzlegJul 13, 2010
What was the name of that 1987 romantic comedy film about the one guy that falls in love with a mannequin?
withoutamartyrJul 13, 2010
Predator.
zenith251Jul 13, 2010
Two whole internets for you, sir.
vtwinJul 13, 2010
I thought this article was from the Onion.
coaster367Jul 13, 2010
But it wasn't funny.
crimsonblurJul 13, 2010
This is absolutely ludicrous. "We're not able at this point to issue a determination whether it's obscene or not," Tempelmeyer said. Here, let me answer that for you, "NO." What the hell is wrong with these people?
zenmojoJul 13, 2010
Nebraska: Oh my God, that mannequin's naked! It's entirely too hot to allow in the store!
Vermont: Oh my God, it's entirely too hot! I'm going to get naked and walk to the store!
carbonfilamentJul 13, 2010
people are idiots.
the2989Jul 13, 2010
Only in Beatrice...
kennykljJul 13, 2010
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luke1h7Jul 13, 2010
Yea well 12,500 people is still small, even if it is in Nebraska.
darkray16Jul 13, 2010
Funny thing is if you take out any mention of the location, then it would be difficult to tell if this happened in the USA or Iran.
brettsmanameJul 13, 2010
And yet, I'll bet they are okay with old people protesting outside the closest Planned Parenthood with Graphic Images depicted Blended Fetuses... I'd rather my child look at a naked mannequin any day of the week than one of those "traditional's" disgusting images.
luke1h7Jul 13, 2010
a thumb up isn't enough for this, nice f**king post
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
http://youngcelebpics.blogspot.com/2010/07/fantastic-fashion-girls-photography.html
Fantastic Fashion Girls Photography
shingoexJul 13, 2010
So, do we have the Statue of David dressed yet?
roebeetJul 13, 2010
Don't worry, that's next.
ireneattoliaJul 13, 2010
@shingoex: Never.
fxu1989Jul 13, 2010
SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME THIS A F**KING JOKE
gndoabJul 13, 2010
you have to be incredibly insecure with your sexuality to have a need to cover up a cloth-less mannequin.
azwethinkweizmJul 13, 2010
It's like wrestling: fake.
flygal12Jul 13, 2010
It doesn't surprise me at all that this happened.
Just watched "Clash of the Titans" (1981) again, and here's one of the reviews from Netflix:
"We saw the 2010 version of the movie and decided to watch the older one. NUDITY - at the beginning and the ending of the movie. I guess I didn't read the reviews before I put this in our queue. I was surprised by the nudity. Sure wish they could have left that part out."
This is the unfortunate mentality of some people. They would rather watch violence than see a very brief view of a nude (really, did she need the caps?) person. Kind of sad, actually, that killing and maiming on film is OK, but don't you dare show a bare behind or, even worse, a bare breast!
bootlessjamJul 13, 2010
This was actually the view of my father when I was little; Any type of violence was fine, even 18+ hardcore stuff, but the slightest bit of boob or sexual references and he wouldn't let me see it.
Funny cos nowadays he complains I play violent video games too much and don't try to have sex with girls enough.
diggadiggaJul 13, 2010
wow. anal sex in public has a long ways to go
exposheyJul 13, 2010
I was expecting a lot more Nebraska jokes...
sneakyninjaJul 13, 2010
Why do all the trees in Iowa lean to the the west?
Because Nebraska sucks...
sneakyninjaJul 13, 2010
You Know You're From Nebraska When...
Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
dilbertJul 13, 2010
Nebraskans beware: don't go to Brussels, I heard there is a statue of a naked boy peeing and he has a girlfriend doing the same a couple of block away.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manneken_Pis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanneke_Pis
hackiavelliJul 13, 2010
We have the same thing here, it just comes in the form of a decal on the back of some redneck's truck.
http://www.versiononevinyl.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_15_45
iignotusJul 13, 2010
Obscenity law is arguably the largest archaic construct of law from centuries ago, that has no place in modern society.
GreyFoxDustyJul 13, 2010
http://www.evanbadenphotography.com/pblog/images/IMG_1771.jpg
Sort of NSFW
The photograph on the left in that magazine was on display in my college about a year ago, in the main public gallery for any visitors to see. A visitor asked for it to be covered up at one point, so children wouldn't see it, but I believe they took off the blanket soon after. In any case, I'm kind of proud that our institution even allowed this guy's photography work to be shown at all, as there is a lot of female nudity in this particular series.
nepidaeJul 13, 2010
wtf are children doing in a college?
GreyFoxDustyJul 13, 2010
Yeah, I know..but it is a public gallery. I think parents should use a bit more caution, though. And there were warning signs up at each entrance -__-
nepidaeJul 13, 2010
f**king christ, are these people like 10 years old or something?
philbertJul 13, 2010
The problem is that they're not 10 years old. 10 year olds see that all the time, especially girls. It's the adults that get all wound up over it.
downneckJul 13, 2010
NYC dweller reporting in.
f**k small-town america. f**k them up their stupid asses.
exposheyJul 13, 2010
Big city is a tad overrated in my humble opinion. To each their own I suppose.
Note: I'm not from "small-town america"
downneckJul 13, 2010
i'm not of the opinion that everyone should live in a major metropolis (although, i feel it's the right environment for me), however this puritanical oppression of rationality and common sense needs to be killed with fire and small-town america seems to be where it breeds.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
I'm getting sick of people claiming to be disgusted by something stupid, then reporting it to the news agencies. Maybe the mannequin should have built-in underwear? What about baby dolls? Oh... my... god...! That baby doll you gave to your child is naked AND a eunuch!
averdin1Jul 13, 2010
There's always a continuous debate about obscene or offensive material. The problem is that people do not expose them to self to reality.
marinoaJul 13, 2010
Seriously? I can't believe people complained over a naked mannequin. People need to get a life.
captobliviousJul 13, 2010
What the f**k is wrong with people!?!
FTA,
"Tobias Tempelmeyer, city attorney, said that the main issue in the debate is whether or not the display was obscene.
“We’re currently looking at whether or not it was obscene,” Tempelmeyer said Friday. “The U.S. Supreme Court and State of Nebraska have a system to determine if something is obscene. At this point, I’m not willing to say one way or another.”"
Ok dumbass and Yes I'm talking to you Mr Tempelmeyer,
First, a naked HUMAN is NOT obscene, not anywhere. In the absence of an OBSCENE ACT there can be no obscenity from mere nudity (And by the way, you really don't want to try to f**k with the nudists, they WILL ruin you politically, forever).
Secondly, it's a mannequin, it can not be obscene, IT DOESN'T HAVE THE PARTS REQUIRED.
If it was in the physical position of doing another mannequin doggy style in the window for all to see you MIGHT have the need to consider whether it might be a public nuisance or not but it is still ENTIRELY INCAPABLE of being obscene.
We need to send the !right in the head wing over to the middle east, they and the talaban would get along perfectly.
qazwsJul 13, 2010
I had a fun time with a Mannequin does that make me cheat on wife, nah I didn't think so.
philbertJul 13, 2010
Like little kids don't see naked Barbie dolls pretty much every day.