Does The Banned Bulgarian Penthouse Poster Show What We Think It Shows?
By Brian FairbanksApril 13th, 2010, 11:26 amComments (11)
I know what that looks like (hint: a vaginer.) But this ad for Penthouse, seen along a busy stretch of road in Bulgaria, is an optical illusion, according to the media. If you look closely, you'll see it's really an eye.
The ad was removed anyway, ostensibly because drivers found a naked woman('s eyeball) to be too distracting. Interestingly, the silly complainers sound just like the ones we have here in America, where every attempt at censorship features a preamble about the First Amendment:
"We understand that there is freedom of speech and freedom of expression, and that they have to be respected and upheld, but we cannot hide our contempt for the filth that is the Penthouse billboard." [AdFreak]
Ah, yes. Freedom of speech and expression for all... but not for every thing.
Commentarium (11 Comments)
Hahaha.
I heard somewhere down south they had a billboard advertising The Vagina Monologues, but when a grandmother was became upset after her granddaughter saw it, the production was forced to change to The Hoo-Ha Monologues. What I'm saying is, this billboard needs to be put up in Mississippi just to see what will happen.
reminds me of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq6xjTyw7zM
Most people's version of free speech is "everything I agree with is protected, everything else can be banned.' This is exactly the opposite of free speech means. Popular speech does not need any protection, it's the unpopular and controversial speech that needs to be protected. It is pretty sad how many people don't get that.
America is one of the most repressive regimes in the world. Get used to it.
if it was a vagoo, it's a pretty ugly one....
It's a vageyena, right?
Twolane, you are a moron.
Have you ever even been out of the country, or even read about the world at all? Are you seriously putting the U.S.A. next to places like Saudi Arabia or China or North Korea? Here's a hint- If you were in any of those places, you wouldn't be able to say something like that about their government.
L: You are right and even in the very civilized countries in Europe, it's possible to go to jail for speech alone, for example for denying the Holocaust (https://bit.ly/kRp7E). In that respect the US has far better protection for speech than even European countries.
oh, there's my picture.
well, obviously penthouse's intent was to be provocative by creating a billboard located on a busy street that looks like a vulva. personally, i think the insinuation or imagery doesn't need to be on a billboard because, well, it's a billboard.