My first deleted thread

[Geoff Crowther]

I can see both sides of this debate.
For what it's worth I can't imagine you meant any offence Steve and would agree, the posters were of HISTORIC interest. They WERE proper Raleigh posters.
It's a pity folk get so bogged down with political correctness these days.
I myself was accused (unjustly I felt) of being ageist on here just last week.
Oh dear.
At the risk of offending others ... you have my sympathy Steve.

 

[srw]

All I could find was some young bloke with an over sized chopper......

A picture of a 10-YEAR OLD with a large chopper. Arrest that man!

 

[Mattonsea]

Would be interesting to here from a woman's perspective. I found them backward and retrograde. Just because you can find image's else where does not make it OK to put them on here for everyone to view .

 

[Pale Rider]

Would be interesting to here from a woman's perspective.

Aye, so long as she's done the dishes and finished her other chores first.

 

[Mattonsea]

And there you go .

 

[steveindenmark]

Would be interesting to here from a woman's perspective. I found them backward and retrograde. Just because you can find image's else where does not make it OK to put them on here for everyone to view .

You missed the point totally.

It was the fact that the women had absolutely nothing to do with the bikes which made it amusing. It was not about belittling women or any of that political Clap trap. It was just the total nonsense of it all.

 

[srw]

You missed the point totally.

It was the fact that the women had absolutely nothing to do with the bikes which made it amusing. It was not about belittling women or any of that political Clap trap. It was just the total nonsense of it all.

Which is exactly why it has no place in the 21st century, especially without the appropriate context. And why you need to work out why "political Clap trap" is really quite important.

 

[BrynCP]

Some women will not be bothered and some will. Some men will not be bothered and some will.

You can't and shouldn't hide history; how do you even know such things were acceptable and shouldn't be now if you lock it away? If you don't learn from history and things like this, the future generations will go through the same process of finding it out for themselves again to somebody's detriment.

My first thoughts when seeing those images were "How did they get away with that?" and "The pictures have nothing to do with the product". It was those points that triggered my interest, nothing to do directly with the fact the woman was naked.

 

[User6179]

The same point, crisply made by a woman and by a man. This place is meant for both male and female cyclists to enjoy, but some of the pathetic male dinosaurs on here really let the place down.

Your so wrong !

 

[User6179]

And there you go .

Explain ?

 

[steveindenmark]

Well done Bryn, you saw the point. Some other readers have their own agendas in their heads and then want to convince everyone else that our views are incorrect. It doesnt worry me as it is their problem, not mine.

Anyway I am bored of this now,

 

[Mattonsea]

You missed the point totally.

It was the fact that the women had absolutely nothing to do with the bikes which made it amusing. It was not about belittling women or any of that political Clap trap. It was just the total nonsense of it all.

No you missed the point .Just because it happened in the past , does not mean it can be dragged up for the benefit of some people school boy humour .

 

[Mattonsea]

Explain ?

If I have to explain my view on those pictures at this juncture you need a help!

 

[Pale Rider]

No you missed the point .Just because it happened in the past , does not mean it can be dragged up for the benefit of some people school boy humour .

Here, don't you go disrespecting schoolboy humour, there wouldn't be a lot to this forum without it.

 

[Svendo]

A picture of a 10-YEAR OLD with a large chopper. Arrest that man!

And the child's thumbing his knob!