Hoovey689

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Erotic auto window sticker stirs freedom of speech debate

Every conceivable medium, including art and pornography, has been drawn into figuring out where art ends and pornography begins. Now a lowly rear window in Montana has become the battleground for this contentious debate.

Shanna Weaver of Great Falls has a sticker on the rear window of her SUV that depicts a woman's silhouette above the word "SKIN." You can see it above in pixelized form or click here to view the graphic as it would appear on Weaver's rear window. Great Falls resident Brian Smith, meanwhile, parks across the street from Weaver's SUV and says he should not be forced to endure what he considers to be a sacrilegious display of the human body.

The logo itself appears to be from Skin Industries, an organization that dubs itself a "Sports Fashion" company. The sticker is akin to the famous mudflap girl silhouette that's often seen on big-rigs – it contains no shadowing but is more detailed than the famous mudflap girl.

Weaver and Smith have discussed it, with Weaver taking the opinion that her First Amendment rights condone the sticker, whereas Smith feels it's obscenity. Smith took his complaint to the police, but the officer sent to investigate the dispute decided the sticker wasn't obscene. So, for now at least, the sticker remains in plain sight.


http://www.autoblog.com/2011/11/08/e...-debate-w-pol/

I8ABMR

to me its not obscene as much as tasteless and stupid

Hoovey689

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doesn't belong on my Lexus nor any other vehicle I own lol

bad co

They've been on big rigs for ever, let them keep em.

Lil4X

Screams "I'm a Redneck!" louder than Bass Pro Shops stickers and a gun rack in the back window of your pickup.

Joeb427

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IXI187IXI

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who cares honestly? first it was the ***** hanging from the rear of pickup trucks, now this? people need to stop being so overly sensitive and worry about more important things in life.

ArmyofOne

and what is wrong with that?
Agreed!
Also agree here. I know it might be playing devil's advocate, but its not my damn car, so I dont much care.

Lexmex

I've seen worse stuff in other countries, yet we have become so damned politically correct in this country it's not funny. One of the best things about being an American is being able to show your individualism.

I have friends who have had similar stickers on their vehicles and some of them our serving in the armed forces of our country protecting "Mr. Smith's right to disagree". I hope Mr. Smith is aware of that.

Slash300zx

If you don't like it, don't look at it. Case closed.

<VENOM>

Cars are extensions of the driver, let it be, maybe the neighbors wife is fat and she is bothered by the sticker

mmarshall

I Agree. Not necessarily llegal or obscene, but dumb and tasteless. I sure wouldn't put something like that on any vehicle I owned.

1sWt2GS

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a lot of people wore this clothign brand in my high school they were considered as the "bros"

stickers / mudflaps such as this usually go on lifted trucks or trucks in general.

not really a big deal IMO

mmarshall

The poll, IMO, needs a fourth choice...........

.........No, but still inappropriate for public-display.

(That would be my vote)

LexFather

Only my wife complains about my sticker!!


J/K