Wednesday, October 05, 2005
If You Don't Want Folks to See Something, Don't Show Them
Ever notice how the Bible-thumping conservatives who don't want you to see something -- like a particular movie, or the mannequins in the window of the new Victoria's Secret store at Tyson's Corner Mall -- end up generating more publicity for what they don't want you to see than the original thing could possibly have generated on its own?
They never learn.
Every time the holier-than-thou crowd complains about something -- or protests something -- people in America rightly take offense and ask "who are these people to tell me what I can and cannot see and do?"
Telling someone they can't see something only makes them want to see it.
The complaints of a handful of local conservatives -- who apparently thought their complaints and boycott threats would shut down the store -- have generated stories on four local DC TV stations, the Washington Post, and other local media. The new Victoria's Secret store is getting tons of free publicity and raking in the dollars.
They just never learn.
