I know that world! It is nearly just a memory. :-\ Certain things are referred to as "Private areas", because ---they are PRIVATE. Adam and Eve discovered that they were naked in their PRIVATE garden, only after their privacy was eventually trespassed and violated by that lying serpent, the devil, and they believed him over the truth spoken by God.
It does not matter if you are naked Privately. It DOES matter if you go public with it, out of context. An individual can swing their arms like a maniac all day, as long as they are alone. Once other people share the space, it becomes a hostile & offensive act and violates the others' quiet enjoyment of the space.
I have a nude painting and sculpture in my personal space, at home. Some nude bodies are so beautiful, they are inspirational. The big difference between tasteful and creepy, is the consideration of others; walking in Love.
Paintings of nude models are respectful private affairs, and usually, we don't personally know the models. We are not "uncovering their nakedness", as the Bible says (em-BARE-ASSing them :?), which used to be a sin in Noah's day. (Hath sin passed away???? afraid/ ) Mostly, the artist is preserving a form of anonymous beauty which many people fail to preserve and maintain in real life, after only a few years. Art stops Time, and feeds the soul in a way looking in the mirror never will again. In a museum or private home, this art is in a perfectly respectful context, offending no one. There are no undressed real actual souls in the room being ogled or intimidated by the clothed ones. I mean, how creepy would it be if the painting of Whistler's Mother was a nude? (Not because of the nudity, but because of knowing her name and "knowing" her, OMG! exposed. I personally would be embarrassed to hang it, even though she is long dead. JMO. :lol: errrr)
Now, there are people who love to expose themselves, and find "acceptable" outlets for this bent, in order to keep from being arrested (because it IS against the law, no matter how people try to rationalize it). Topless waitresses and strippers and all that are legal in places, where there are rules about no contact between patrons and employees. Looking may be under the radar, but touching and manipulation of a paid nude are acts of sex offense, which are not legal in most states.
It's NONE of my business what Joe Jackson does. He can even make dirty movies if he wants to. (And, for all we know, the gal could have been a paid actor for some porno movie event---although...even those "ladies" are always fully clothed at their DVD signings--so even THEY get it, that there is something inherently creepy about being ogled by someone who is looking you in the... eyes, errrr errrr errrr :-[ whatever, while you sign your movie!! Even pseudo- and seedy-Art has a REAL privacy "wall" to prevent the creepy.)
What anyone does is between them and their Judge, unless it is criminal and damaging to others. Unfortunately, being disrespectful to one's wife and family, is not against the law, it is just tacky and :-\ unloving. I feel :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: bad for Mr. Jackson and the fool's look on his face, getting played by the bare bosom of someone sixty years his junior. :x I feel bad for MJ's mom...And I feel bad for anyone here, who was offended at the old guy's winter of life antics. I am just disappointed. I haven't wanted to believe anything creepy about Papa Joe, dang it!
IS THERE ANY CHANCE ON EARTH THAT THIS PHOTO IS SHOPPED :?: :?: :?: :|
Even so,
we really don't KNOW what is going on in the photo, right? If it was, say, a charity event giving zillions to a worthy cause, that would make it all peachy, right? If a young woman wants to degrade herself for a good cause, maybe coking herself up, as usual, to withstand all the lecherous looks she is sure to encounter (choosing to be employed as a live nude), patronizing the tightwads of the town into pinching out a few bucks, for charity, it is all ok, right? Just a little situational ethics, eh? /white flag/
I don't think so. :? The ideal is to glorify God, proceed as if He is faithful, doing all things IN HIS NAME respect/ . "Doing good and healing" NEVER involves compromise of loving or respecting one's self or others. Never.
It really is that simple, in that other world ???/.
Diggyon, you are correct. I just don't see making yourself sick about wrong. You can hold up the standard without being eaten alive by the zeal. You are not alone, at all. :) bearhug
