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Shocking! Its shocking I tell you! The new ‘voter signup’ ad campain featuring Jessica Alba is creating a lot of contreversy. Its got bondage in it for crying out loud. And we all know how close minded people can be toward anything having to do with BDSM. Oh woe is us. We are so oppressed.

We know because all the news reports say its contreversal. Controversy and shocking and outraged. People are realy getting themselves worked up into a frency over this one! Only problem is, none of these news reports says who exactly is getting so offended by these ads.

Well, the ads are targeted toward youth. Jesica Alba herself seemed to be implying that the goal was to shock youth when she said ‘People respond to things that are shocking’. As if this will grab people attention and lure them in to recive the deeper message. But it seems unlikely that youths wodl be shocked by something like this. To put into prespective, the people voting for the first time in this election were in kindergarden when rotten.com first went online. People who grew up on Tom Green, Marilyn Manson, and the victoria secrets fation show are probably going to be bored by this ad.

So it must be someone else who is so shocked by the ad. And we all know what that meens. That meens the christian right. There the ones who are all a bunch of close minded prudes who hate anything sexual. They are the ones ‘at war’ againt the BDSM comunity. ….. Or are they?

Well lets start with the usual suspects. Concerned Women for America dosent have anything about it. Focus on the Family comes up empty also. American Family Association dosent have anythign condoming the Jessica Alba ad, but does have a ‘regester to vote’ link on their front page.

Hummmmm? Well maybee its not the radical right that is so offended. Maybee its the radical left. The ones who think that bondage in media promotes ‘violence against women’. Well, the National Organization for Women dosent mention the ad. Feminist Majority Foundation says nothing.

Seems like the only one saying that the ad is stiring up contreversy is Jesica Albas publicist.

The ad just dosent seem to be stiring up the contreversy that was hoped for. Partily because the age we live in dosent consider bondage all that shocking. And partily because the ad is kind of lame. Compare it to the ad for The Roling Stones from 30 years ago and ask what immage is more shocking?

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