RE: [CH] The Many Uses of Hot Sauce - For Knuckledraggers Only

Karen Oland (koland@staffingtech.com)
Fri, 13 Sep 2002 00:22:56 -0400 

The warning was a little too mild. But the picture no worse than what is
seen on some prime time shows, day-time soaps and much less that on most of
the HBO series that are so popular.  For those offended at work -- your
employer could set up a filter to protect you from your inability to keep
from clicking on links you should not be viewing on company time.

Perhaps the warnings should have been more clear (adult content ahead?). But
how many clicked after truly considering it must be an adult site (the name,
the number of times he warned you).  For many, the multiple warnings were
what intrigued them enough to click.  And so much less offensive than the
"hey, check this out" or "you must see this" links that keep getting sent
(we have people call the help desk to shadow them, showing explicitly porn
on their screens, reached from clicking such emails, then complain about
receiving such email at work ... duh! don't click if you don't have some
personal message indicating what it is about).

In this case, the messages said: possibly offensive, naked people (multiple,
not just one) using salsa (have any of you tried salsa this way? ...
obviously something novel going on and it involves naked people). and
"knuckle-draggers only" -- a true clue that the content is going to be
sexually explicit (or offensive to women, prudes or involve something
resembling naked twister). and the web site name, clearly displayed:
boners.com.



-----Original Message-----
From:  Jim DeLillo

I have to agree about the warning.
I think we would all have found a chuckle if it was simply a naked (or
nekkid) person in the shape of a chile
Or a chile in the shape of a nekkid (my spell checker suggests necked,
naked, nicked or nuked) person :-).

I was very surprised (though not offended) to see such a sexually explicit
scene.
So the warning, though well intended, missed its mark.
A warning such as is found on a porn opening page would have been more
appropriate.