PatlaborUnit1 wrote: |
Here is what I really think this honestly boils down to. FSM is not and has not in the past been ( I am a longtime subscriber with issues giong back to #1) an anime-freindly place. I remember reading in the readers comments section years ago after the first gundam wing buildup /detail article appeared (April 2000?) someone wrote that there was no place for this in FSM. |
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Concur. As the author of that particular FSM article, I still can vividly recall the exchange with the editors to get it published. They never supported the proposed follow up--showing how a Gundam "toy" could be built up as a real model. The early to mid '90s were also a time where some Trek kits got love, but that time (several editors ago) is apparently gone.
I have learned some fascinating things:
1) Women who dress or act in a sexual manner must be whores. There is no other possible explanation. This includes your wife, or girlfriend, or (gasp daughter) when they put on that slinky nightie for the sole viewing pleasure their boyfriend/husband on Valentine's Day. This smutty model clearly is strutting down 5th avenue, looking for a good time in a bad way. This figure couldn't possibly be representing a female feeling sexy for her one guy. Oh, no. She's whorish.
2) Teenage hormonal boys would much rather drool over a hunk of plastic on the web than the ten gajillion free porno sites anyone can Google. Glad I know that--I have two boys, and must protect them from plastic smut.
3) If we cover nipples, the terrorists win.
4) Anime nudity is bad, but cartoon nudity on a B-17 nose is historical. Big picture of boobies bad, small picture OK.
5) Not understanding the significance of a noose, or being sensitive to the community most often found at the end of one, is OK if you are white.
Did I miss anything?
MarkW
"If we lose the war in the air, we lose the war, and we lose it quickly."
--Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery