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Flesh in the BottleEarlier today I saw this story on the news about this new Vodka brand that is coming out which is stirring up some controversy, and the controversy is that the Vodka is called Nude, and upon the bottles there is this outlined silhouette of a naked woman, which apparently some people have so fit to complain about or start a fuss about. The thing which I find quite ridiculous about the whole thing is the fact that first of all, they showed the image on the TV and it is pretty classy and discreet, it isn't blatantly obvious that it is a naked woman. If you know what it is supposed to be then you can see it, but it is not like at a glance you are going to be "OMG a naked woman" particularly I do not think a child would immediately recognize it as a naked woman. And being that it is just an outline, well then it is not as if anything offensive can be seen, it is just the basic body shape.
The other thing that strikes me as rather stupid about the whole controversy, is that it is Vodka, an adult beverage, odds are there are not going to be any occasions for minors to even come in contact with the label and see the bottle, unless you spend a lot of time walking your children around the alcohol aisle of the grocery store, or taking them into liquor stores, plus, at least out here, it seems to me that most commercials for hard liquor type drinks are not even aired until late at night. And I have seen during the daytime far more provocative and suggestive commercials on TV then that image upon the bottle. So what is exactly is the controversy for? That vodka drinking adults might so happen to be exposed to seeing an outline of a nude woman? Something tells me the buyers of this product who are going to be the ones most likely to actually come into contact with it have seen a little worse than what the label upon the bottle suggests. I don't think it is going to corrupt them. And if you don't want yourself or your children exposed to the image, well then it seems that hard liquor is something that is pretty easy to avoid if you are not interest in it. 8:55 PM - 9/10/2009 - post comment
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