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Microsoft Quickly Revises "Sexting" Ad For Kin Phone
theodp writes "Microsoft's Kin mobile phone project came under fire as Consumer Reports and others pointed out that a promotional video looked like an inappropriate endorsement of 'sexting,' prompting a quick edit and an apologetic tweet. 'The video,' observed Consumer Reports, 'includes a downright creepy sequence [beginning around 0:33] in which a young man is shown putting a Kin under his shirt and apparently snapping a picture of one of his naked breasts. The breast is then shown on the phone's screen, just before the guy apparently sends it to someone. Next we see the face of a young woman, seemingly the recipient, with an amused expression...'"
If you are trying to point out how fucked up the USA is about this kind of stuff, just remember there are worse prudes in the world.
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
Nice trolling!
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Conservative Americas aren't cautious towards change, they want to change things too. Different changes than what I want. They want to reduce federal power, diminish separation of church and state, overturn row vs wade, and go back to homosexual being a mental illness.
If you raise your daughter right, you don't have to worry about it. But, apparently, you are too busy to actually be a parent so you are relying on the government and outrage groups to do it for you.
If you are too busy thinking of yourself and your life to properly raise a child, you shouldn't have children. Stop being selfish and childish and start being a parent.
There is no "-1 offended" or "-1 you don't agree with me" mod options for a reason.