Swiminfo.com has released a post saying that Amanda Beard will be on the cover of the July issue for Playboy.
How do you think this will effect her image among the swimming communties? Will any of us purchase this issue because of her?
Went to the Playboy website per Geek's post, wife will not be too happy about that one. Gotta explain my way out of it. Any suggestions??
Delete browser history. Nothing to explain :)
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My opinion of Ned Beatty really went down after seeing that scene in Deliverance.
And, yes, I'm kidding.
But my opinion went up after Superman 2. His brother Warren ain't too bad either...:rofl:
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Perhaps I need to clarify skank.
The men I know, do not want to have intimate, caring, loving relationships with Playboy models. They see them as sex objects, which is the point, I believe, of the magazine. When it comes down to it, they are selling pictures of their bodies for money
Well said. Amanda is making money by selling herself as a sex object. Skank may be mean, but if the shoe fits. Not that I am mad at her for doing it. I mean, she didn't ask to be a role model and I certainly have no right to expect it from her.
Didn't a lot of these same comments and opinions come up for the 1984 Olympics when it was announced that the bronze statues in front of the LA Colliseum would be based on competing athletes?
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Nudity for most....not all....promotes lust....visual objects are the starting points for lust in a man's eyes....
Again, we refer to Matthew 5:28 for what this promotes.
And if you try and convince me that Playboy, Penthouse, or any other skin magazine is read for the articles I'll do this in your general direction :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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I am not entirely comfortable with my name being brought into this, or having my writing quoted for that matter.
No...she's not concerned. She is obviously cashing in on her celebrity status while she can. But, as the mother of 2 girls...I am very concerned. The funny thing is that both my daughters...without me saying anything... don't think real highly of Amanda. They have both called her a "skank" because of some of the choices she has made in the past. Maybe I'm old fashioned...but I think our Olympic athletes should be held to a higher standard.
I'm not telling Mini-Fort either. I hope she doesn't find out, but she may. Amanda was her very first idol. She still thinks of her as the little girl with the teddy bear that grew up to reclaim gold. Even for the most tolerant, it's a bit difficult to explain her choice to a daughter. You don't want to jump up and down and endorse posing nude in a men's magazine. I don't think that's what most of us want for our daughters, or it's not what we want them to want. And if you say Amanda "did it for the money," well that's not the best message either. We don't need our daughters auditioning for The Bachelor next. Let's have some other goals that involve the brain. I wish it had not been reported in Swimming World. It has nothing whatsoever to do with swimming.
I'm not saying that I think it's bad behavior, and I'm certainly not overly hung up on nudity as a constant swim suit wearer, and I'm happy for Amanda to go for it. But I guess I'm in agreement with Matt and Geek on the kid front.
I don't think she's classically beautiful either, Donna, but she takes good pictures. And everything you see in magazine is airbrushed and touched up anyway. When I pose in the masters athlete issue of SI, I hope they make my legs longers and my shoulders narrower.
I just wish that we would hold our politicians to the same level of morality and role model responsibility as we are for Amanda Beard. If we are to place a red "S" (for "skank") on her forehead, then some of our politicians would need a Jumbotron installed on their foreheads to hold all the letters. We'd probably have to invent a new, much larger alphabet too.
-LBJ
Why limit that to the politicians? They were elected by their constituents, you and i, who chose them to represent on our behalf. Let's let he who is without blemish cast the first stone. :2cents:
But there is also the sin of scandal - she'd never have these titles mentioned if she hadn't put herself in this situation, cause if it looks like a rat, walks like a rat, talks like a rat, moves like a rat... i think you know were that goes.
