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I think it would be easier to ask the question that if it falls fowls of Rule #7 -
"Don’t post anything that might get others in trouble if they’re browsing the site from work or a public computer. This is covered by rule (1)."
Then...
As this is a guitar forum, why the hell are people shocked or moaning when they open a thread in 'Off Topic' titled "Housewives of XYZ" at work in the first place without considering work may not be an appropriate place to view it? OK I appreciate some people may be disposable enough employees to spend their work time on the internet, but even where you follow links at the bottom of most media pages called the like of "10 things you didn't know about beetroot", there are always ones where I think "Maybe not here just in case!".
I don't have a private computer, the computer I use is a family computer, although as my kids are young (and have a Hudl) it is mostly used by my wife or I. Our computer has child filters so that image was as readily available as it would be to any work place computer where the employer deems that access to The Fretboard in work hours a fundamental employee need.
Just now I went onto EBay and this is the image that greeted me. It's actually an advert for Tescos and is plastered over their website too -
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a579/imadray/1410163922334_wps_2_exclusive_Fifty_Shades_of_zps81b64a35.jpg
As we currently have builders in if I want to watch TV in bed I have to activate Sky GO. This is what I was met with when I went to their website -
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a579/imadray/Kard_zps70b064ab.jpg
I'm not in the slightest bit prudish about either as that is the sexualised western world we live. Here are three well known companies who do not see a major concern in showing images which like the one in question feature no nudity. If fact (and I feel sorry for the Margate housewife) these two are for more sexualised and potentially arousing, which is obviously the point the advertisers sought to make.
If you are really concerned that a man or a woman in a bra randomly popping up on you screen will convince your boss that you are in fact some unemployable, twisted pervert then regardless of this forum there is only one fool proof answer and it's actually really, really simple - avoid the internet when he/she is stood on your shoulder.
LOL!!!
I prefer lukewarm skanks.
Hmmmm.... hot bitches or lukewarm skanks?.... hot bitches or lukewarm skanks? Not sure which I like best. There's only one way to find out...
No... not that... I'm happily married.
FIGHT
Worse still... you appear to have a downer on commas, too!
http://cdn.the-generous-husband.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/034-02-2012.gif
Bingefeller nailed it.
All hype. If the media keep telling the masses that some starlet is drop-dead-gorgeous... the masses must obey!
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
I suspect you were far from alone in that particular case and I did spend a few minutes thinking is this a wind-up or is this a genuine bit of curiosity? Knowing both that Drew isn't in any sense anti-Semitic and the way in which he communicates it still could have been either.
What I found myself asking most though is whether the thread being about Jews particularly was the real issue of discomfort. I think understandably due to awful historical connotations we probably are a little more squeamish about potentially negative Jewish comments than say a thread called 'Any Anglicans Here?" or "Any Catholics Here?". Every other religious denomination I can think of has actually come under anything ranging from curious scrutiny through to outright criticism on these boards at some point as they do in real world discussions. In fact Judaism has naturally been the subject of a lot of circumcision based discussions in 'Off Topic'. From a personal perspective I think I realised that the larger part of the problem was not that I thought Drew had offended the Jewish population in any way shape or form, but the pressure such subjects put on our own paranoia about treading carefully to avoid falling causing offence ourselves. In that way it's similar to why a lot of more serious subjects aren't discussed openly in society as we fear contributing, being wrongly interpreted and labelled as racist, xenophobic, nationalist etc.
I suspect some issue revolved around the use of the term 'Jewwy' in case is was deemed offensive (in a piss taking manor), but I would not be surprised at all if a number of the flags that contributed to the thread's deletion came from people not realising that @ICBM was quoting lyrics from Pink Floyd's In The Flesh
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein