B.A. Bearacus said:
Do you really think that, all things being equal (smart, insightful, articulate), that there is no professional advantage to televised news men and women being telegenic? Do you think the level of attractive people you find on new shows is the same as in print news rooms?
You are probably right about that. I'm not sure it's something to be celebrated, though.
B.A. Bearacus said:
Is finding women cute being "lecherous"? Choosing pictures of people in a news setting at a desk (or at a press briefing) isn't setting a tone of lechery -- but maybe your definition of lechery is a lot looser than mine.
Finding women attractive is not lecherous. Pictures, in and of themselves, are not lecherous. Starting a thread in which you are actively looking for pictures of what you'd call "babes" is a bit lecherous, yes. This doesn't exactly make you history's greatest monster, but it does dilute your argument if you're also going to go after, for example, the lewd behavior of Donald Trump.
I'm not entirely against bikini threads. Swimsuit models, for example, know that they are there to be looked at and found attractive. Female journalists, while I'm sure they know it comes with the territory, aren't necessarily getting into the business for that reason.
B.A. Bearacus said:
Aside from "Interesting Eric Clapton Documentary", what in OT do you not expect to devolve into "partisan bickering"?
You seriously think your use of a Fox News graphic was not a poke at the board's conservatives? In most of your other threads I can at least see where you might be looking for an open discussion about an issue. Sure, that can also result in partisan bickering, but at least you've got the benefit of the doubt there. Given how you started this thread, not so much here. It looked to me like you were picking a fight.