Friday, November 17, 2006

Heroin OK, Nudity Not

Wow. A meteoroligist at a Virginia television station has been fired because a nude photo of him taken by a former friend was posted on the Internet. The photo showed Jamey Singleton in the shower, a normal everyday activity and completely non-sexual. The amazing thing about this story is that Mr. Singleton previously admitted to a heroin addiction and the station stood by him through that crisis. Perhaps the nude photo was the straw that broke the camel's back, but in the year 2006 we should not be persecuting people for their own bodies. On one hand, we elevate the celebrity of people like Paris Hilton and Pamela Anderson for their explicit sex tapes on the internet, and then cry "morals clause" for simple, natural nudity.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Obviously, you HAVEN'T seen the photo in question.