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Posted by Lily on July 12, 2008
I was intending to take a poll here at the VC, to see which of us bloggers you’d most like to see pose in a calandar centerfold, just like this poll at Playboy.
But given the recent news that missionary calendar hottie Chad Hardy is now facing church discipline for his shirtless pics, I’m starting to reconsider my intention.
chanson said
That Playboy poll reminds me of the time I ran a poll asking Who is the sexiest athiest blogger?
I figured even as I was posting it that I was benefiting from a double standard. I think that if any of the guys had posted the same poll, people would have complained about how men are always reducing women to their sexuality and/or would have ridiculed the guy for putting himself up against other guys in the category of “sexiness.” But when I post it, it’s all in good fun.
MoJo said
I’m in trouble. Not that I didn’t know that.
My only issue with Hardy at the moment is this:
Yeah. Kid. Go back and read the part where you’re free from retribution for saying what you want. Can’t find it? Oh, that’s right. It’s not there.
If you want to play around with the Disneyland image, you go ahead and do that. When Disneyland comes knocking on your door for their copyright back, suck it up and take it like a man.
chanson said
What kind of trouble? Has your novel earned you a court of love or something?
Eugene said
Yeah, he comes across as one of those people you want to feel sorry for until they make it crystal clear how unclear they are about that “separation between church and state” business. Still, it is unsettling that such silliness would raise such hackles. That “any church discipline is the result of actions not beliefs” makes you wonder how “beliefs” came to get such short shrift in a church.
MoJo said
Oh, not yet, but it’s not out yet. Let’s just say I won’t be surprised if it doesn’t and I won’t be surprised if it does.
Heh. He’s a kid and a product of American education. I probably shouldn’t point and mock at HIM for that.
Eugene, I think what I found most unsettling about the church’s position was this:
What does that MEAN and how do you define it? Can we say “Paul H. Dunn,” boys and girls? I knew you could.
Eugene said
I think it’s also another example of how people confuse propriety and morality. Wearing a (BYU-approved) swimsuit to church (which would reveal more skin than this guy has) would not be immoral. It would, however, be improper. Even if you could somehow construe Hardy’s behavior to be inappropriate, I don’t see how you get from there to it being sinful.
Joe Too said
Dammit, I’ve been trying to find a way to make money and get excommunicated at the same time and it turns out to be a boring calendar.
Steve said
This is why I don’t have any pictures on my blog. Well, that and a fear of being laughed at.
Joseph said
Li-ly! Li-ly! Li-ly!
Though I have to say, Chanson looks pretty damn cute, herself.
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Joe said
They exed Chad Hardy:
http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2008/07/14/20080714shirtlessmormon.html