On 02/10/2013 04:17 PM, Patrick Shirkey wrote: > On Mon, February 11, 2013 7:55 am, Louigi Verona wrote: >> "I think that including an image of a 'hot' female tacitly sends the >> message that those who are viewing it are likely to be (heterosexual) >> males, i.e., that this is a 'boy's space'." >> >> >> Using that same logic, NOT including an image that is considered "hot" >> by one sex or the other must then mean that we are tacitly send the >> message that those who are viewing are likely to be asexual, that this is >> "asexual space". And some asexual people might get offended. > I've never met an asexual person. Are they are big market segment these days? > > On the flipside. I would rather see a sexy image than a violent image and > as nearly all professional music these days is targeted at human sexuality > - Love/Sex being interchangeable in the modern Pop music lexicon - maybe > they should have more sexual images on their marketing material if they > are trying to get to the kind of people who are making that kind of > music... > I agree. Unfortunately, the overly-sensitive portion of society has decided that it is more acceptable to see a person's brains blown out, or someone beaten senseless than it is to see a glimpse of boob. -- --- My bands, CD projects, music, news, and pictures: http://www.lateralforce.com My blog, with commentary on a variety of things, including audio, mixing, equipment, etc, is at: http://audioandmore.wordpress.com Staat heißt das kälteste aller kalten Ungeheuer. Kalt lügt es auch; und diese Lüge kriecht aus seinem Munde: 'Ich, der Staat, bin das Volk.' - [Friedrich Nietzsche] _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
