in the South East quite near to London, and there are areas which are frequented entirely by specific minority groups [I have no opinion on this by the way]... but I have noticed over the years that every time a billboard picture is put up in these areas, the following day they are partially painted over as the advertising pictures may have women with exposed arms or legs showing. It happens all the time...
Most of the advertising is actually not sexually explicit.. there might have been a Loreal ad with a woman running her hand through her hair but she has a bare arm so some of the people living in this area will paint over the picture all the way up to her neck...
Is this painting over of the billboards reasonable taking into account peoples' religious affectations....?
2006-11-24 03:41:29 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
BTW I live in Luton... which has white, Caribbean, Polish, African, Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani people.
2006-11-24 03:53:10 · update #1
Dover Soles - I am aware that what is happening is criminal damage but that was not my point and to be honest the police here could care less that advertising billboards are being defaced.. it was the morality I was questioning...
2006-11-24 04:12:32 · update #2
susthigan... maybe you need to re-read my question and ...errrr I am Black!!
2006-11-24 06:52:14 · update #3
we are in btitain so other people should respect that its ok to have bare arms and legs!
2006-11-24 03:43:42 · answer #1 · answered by marynew 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Interesting didn't know this was happening. Maybe the advertisers should be aware of the offense they cause and put less 'exposed' adverts in these areas. Also the billboards may have a telephone number the offended parties can call to change advert, If they got many calls the situation may get solved.
2006-11-24 03:48:53 · answer #2 · answered by j_emmans 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Where on earth do you live? I live in South East London where we are very ethnically diverse. In my little girl's pre school alone there are:
Brazillian
Jamaican
African
Scottish
Irish
English
Polish
Russian
French
Indian
Chinese
Korean
and some of mixed race parentage
But I have never heard of anyone painting over posters. Usually they just post new ones up advertising hip hop or DJ events or suchlike. very strange if you ask me.
I bet the advertisers are none to happy either.
2006-11-24 03:47:48 · answer #3 · answered by Carrie S 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Britain has continually been multicultural ; we've been overrun and invaded maximum of circumstances you would be problematical pressed to locate a individual who substitute into extremely 'British' no longer to point 'English' - so what's to unlike? i like our wierd language (made up from countless multicultural sources going back thousands of years) and our great ecosystem (created from bits of alternative international places that ran into one yet another millenia in the past). it extremely is great! And extra those days we've great musical and cultural impacts from Russian ballet to Italian Opera to American rap - it extremely is great! And the food! don't get me began - what astounding food we've right here with all it extremely is impacts from international extensive; curries, pasta, kedgeree, even potatoes!!! it extremely is great!
2016-11-26 20:04:05 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oliver Cromwell did the same thing. He tore down images in churches if he thought of them wrong. There will always be people who do the same sort of thing, in this case defacing posters. They can protest like the rest of us if they find things offensive. We have a democracy, use it.
2006-11-24 11:31:05 · answer #5 · answered by Plato 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well religius people should just learn that the parts of body is a natural thing and should learn to deal with that they believe in god but don't like baring skin witch i think is rediculous
i also live in a multicultural city to in leicester there are sihks, muslims, hindues and etc and they do the same thing they even give us dirty looks if we are wearing a crop top or something even when its a hot summers day why they are walking around with a curtain hung on them all day
2006-11-24 03:47:48 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Good question. It is a classic example of whether the majority have the right to offend a minority, or whether a minority have the right to their point of view. No answer to give, but a good question.
2006-11-24 03:44:06 · answer #7 · answered by hallam_blue 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
People belonging to One or two of the religions are getting fanatic these days. It did not happen in the past but has started happening now because they are perhaps trying to show their assertiveness to the others or trying to force their beliefs on others.
2006-11-24 03:48:23 · answer #8 · answered by Sam P 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think the people are going abit over the top, at the end of the day its not just there community its everyones community from all different backgrounds so its not for them to decide whats to see and whats not so to speak.
2006-11-24 03:59:30 · answer #9 · answered by Lifes*Peachy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't that graffiti? Or vandalism? If they object to it, they should move somewhere else. Or at least close their eyes!
If they object to what is happening outside their homes, they should stay indoors all the time.
2006-11-24 03:56:34 · answer #10 · answered by Fragile Rock 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Are you saying Graffiti is Racially motivated ? :-0
or Are you another one of those
'I'm not Racist, how ever i don't think I'm comfortable with the black guys in my neighbourhood" people ?
2006-11-24 04:56:36 · answer #11 · answered by susthiganja 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋