Big freaking deal people! So Ms. Jackson flashes a tit. How desperate, how sad for her. That's so Britney, so Madonna, so passe, and so stupid. A bare breast and everyone goes to pieces. Meanwhile you can see the latest corpses from Iraq on the evening news and not a complaint.

Until now. Hey, I'd rather see and have my children see nudity rather than corpses on TV. Instead of the FCC and various tight-assed rightwing Holier-than-thou groups seeking to further censor what we see either censor violence as well as sex or, even easier and more American, skip censoring and leave the responsibility to the citizens. By not making such a big deal out of a bare breast you -*gosh* - might not end up with people making a big deal out of bare breast.

For example, I was watching a Trick 2 episode with my rather young kids. They like the absurd acting and the mysteries. Gosh darn it, one of the characters said "Bullshit!". As a parent I could of (a) screamed that such language was present, told my kids never to say such a word under penalty of soap mouthwashing, ripped the DVD out of the drive, and written a nasty letter to the producers (b) interrupted the show and told my kids that that particular word was vulgar and not be used, or (c) ignored the incident and corrected my kids behavior if they used the word later. I opted for 'c' and my kids have yet to use the word. We watched more episodes and "that word" popped up again. No interest. I didn't make a big deal out of it so my kids didn't either.

It's when you make a big deal out of things that attention gets drawn to the deal. Janet Jackson's tit isn't a big deal but thanks to the rightwingers *AND* the Liberal Media she has gained a lot of attention, which I'm sure she never wanted, right? And to make sure this sort of thing never happens again why not cancel the Superb Owl or limit the half-time show to a mud battle between the teams' cheerleaders.