Defending the Truth

A poster for a lesbian drama on Living TV has prompted almost 650 complaints - but they have been rejected by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

The 646 complaints said posters for The L Word, which showed semi-naked women in body oil, were offensive, degrading and unsuitable to be seen by children.

It is the most complaints for a single advert the ASA has received this year.

But the watchdog said the images were not sexually explicit and accurately reflected the show's content.

The campaign's four posters included pictures of women wearing knickers bearing slogans such as "Girls Allowed" and "Hello Girls".

'Playful'

They were advertising the second series of the US drama, which follows a group of gay women in West Hollywood, and began on the Living channel last month.

The ASA acknowledged the posters had offended some people, but ruled that they were "unlikely to cause serious or widespread offence".

Living TV argued that the images were "not gratuitous or explicit but referred to the sexual nature of the programme in a playful manner".

The posters were kept away from schools and religious establishments and did not contain anything the public had not seen on posters before, the satellite and cable broadcaster added.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/h...nt/4720153.stm

Ok...being offended by an ad for a lesbian TV show is one thing.

Being offended enough to actually file a complaint is a whole other level.

Why does the human body offend so many people?

Unaccepting people will never cease to amaze and anger me.

Yet if they show a murder on TV they would have no problem

Religion has made the human body scary and sinful. Too bad.

I agree it is sick that we live in a world where nudity and sex are less acceptable than murder and viloence...

What kind of moral message are we sending?

A hypocritical one. Which is EXACTLY how most of the world views Americans.

Yeah it's pretty sad. "AHHHHH I DON'T WANT MY KID TO SEE TITTIES ON TV." Women have tits, get over it. Christianity....honestly...disgusting.

What is really funny is the fact that most children would not associate boobies with sex. That's an adult concept. And even if they did, Sex is natuaral. I think it is important that kids learn about sex early, and responsibly.

Yeah absolutely. I really don't understand all these restrictions on language and images on TV. They are so hypocrtical to the 1st Amendment. Disclaimers should be enough. Grow up and change the fucking channel. Also, get off your lazy ass and monitor what your kids watch.

Do they make special T.V.'s that don't allow you to change the channel, and can only pick up the NASTY programs?

Yeah and everybody that actually takes the time to file a complaint with the FCC or the ASA owns one.