I just can't help but think of Penn & Teller's show on Showtime when I see stuff like this. Anybody else see that episode where environmentalists signed the petition to ban Dihydrogen Monoxide?

I like how you equate censorship with choice and how you imply there are no magazines in Europe devoid of nudity.

Why do you feel the need to misrepresent (read lie about) my comment?

That's right, in Europe they force you to look at naked people. No choice whatsoever.
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Americans may be too uptight about nudity, but you, SetarcosNous seem to have no problem being a pathetic liar.

I don't know what to say except that I disagree. America only does what is best for America. There are a couple minor exceptions. For example, our country's religious beliefs lead us to make certain illgical decisions regarding the Middle East. I am talking more about Israel than the Arabs, by the way.

Please... No one is going to attack us. No one wants to risk nuclear war, which is probably an inevitability that makes everything else unimportant. People have a bad habit of lickn' the wurld as good as they can.

I do not think it harsh to contemplate I just don’t see it happening in my lifetime or that of my grandchildren. America has always helped out its friends and enemies alike in times of need and most times to the detriment of our own people, but we did what was right rather than what was best for us.

Yes, one that is foolish when it comes to the strength and security of our nation. We kill off out children and replace the loss with immigrants that have no stake in the success of this nation.

You might think that is harsh. But just wait until you have to choose between feeding some poor African children and buying that new tivo unit. Suddenly, its "their" problem, not yours.

Developed countries already reduce their population, by non-draconian means. That's not my chief point, although it certainly is an issue.

I can't speak for Europe or even other Americans.

This photo would not be appropriate for MY daughter.  Not at 15 and not for public consumption.

If it isn't about sexualizing a minor, then why have the top gone in the first place?  Wouldn't the picture have been just as good with it on?

And here's what really gets me about this whole deal.

Billy Rae Cyrus (her dad) was on set all day before leaving a couple hours before wrap up.  Why wait for him to leave before doing this?  Why not ask him?  And if it was so innocent why is she now saying how embarrassed she is?  That she wishes she didn't do it?

Take nudity out for a minute and ask yourself this....if you were with your kid at a photo shoot all day in which she wore jeans and a blouse, and as soon as you left they put her in a bikini without ever mentioning it, or asking permission...wouldn't you be pissed?

I would.

And then to have her regret it...if it wasn't wrong to her then she wouldn't be so sorry she did it.  She wouldn't be on national tv saying it was a mistake and she was embarrassed.

I feel for the kid.  She was taken advantage of by people she obviously trusted, publically humiliated by them.  That's the bigger crime imo.

I like how you equate censorship with choice and how you imply there are no magazines in Europe devoid of nudity.

That's right, in Europe they force you to look at naked people. No choice whatsoever.

I can't imagine the kind of sheltered existence someone would have to live where the sight of a woman's breast is so horrifying that their life is changed forever. But in the US this sheltered existences seem to be oddly common. What do parents do over there? Is every child bottlefed and then blindfolded at bathtime?

The more blase we are about the human body the fewer unhealthy sexual obsessions are likely to spring up.

Why is that? A body is a body. Sunbathing topless is just what many Europeans prefer. It is not like there's a mass orgy happening on the beaches because women of all ages walk around without a top on.

Who decided and when that women's bared breasts are immodest? Why can men walk around shirtless all the time and it's no big deal, but it's a cardinal sin for women to do the same?