http://www.angryharry.com/esstabbingmenisfunny.htm
http://www.cooltools4men.com/2007/12/iwantoneofthosecom-think-sexual.html#links

Whilst the debate about advertising is interesting, I wonder what Melinda would think of the knife block in the shape of a man with knives sticking out of it.

I wonder if she has one in her kitchen?

What I find very interesting is that alot of people thought it was OK to have a knife block in the shape of a man with knives sticking out of him and they critised those who objected to the display of violence.

It's loathsome, as is the other one.

James H
There was huge feminist outcry right throughout Australia over the image of the knife block in the shape of a man. You must have missed it.

The item was being sold in Australia. In fact it was being sold in my local suburban shop as a part of their gift line. I saw the item and said to the owner of the shop that the item was objectionable and shouldn’t be for sale or display.

The owner said that it was a novelty item, and meant to be humorous. However all the feminists in the shop agreed with me that the item should be taken down, so the owner took the item off the shelf and put it in the rubbish bin out the back.

That’s the type of feminist action there should be more of. I'm sure there will be more of it in the future.

Vanilla, I'm late to this thread. Reading through the posts a number of yours stood out in a way few others in my time on OLO have. Wonderful stuff, thank you.

HRS "I have also noticed the complete lack of complaint from self-proclaimed feminists about ads that portray men as being dumb, incompetent or suspect."

Vanilla commented on the portrayal of men in the media at http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=6820#104022

HRS time for a retraction and apology to at least one self-proclaimed feminist.

R0bert

JamesH “the knife block in the shape of a man with knives sticking out of it.”

Hey my daughter has one of the chrome ones, its cool.

However she has a similar view to me, let individuals decide for themselves and bugger the self-righteous prats who think that something is “loathsome” or should be banned for being in bad taste.

If you don’t like it, don’t buy one but don’t tell me or mine how we should spend our discretionary income.

Vanilla “The idea of art as pure and government-funded and non-commercial is recent”

And it sucks, using tax payers funds to indulge the emotional or political whims of a bunch of public functionaries who would not pay for the same if it were coming out of their own pocket.

All you get is bad art and the efforts of Victoria’s Mary Delahunty stands as testament to that.

If tax payers wanted “art”, he and she are perfectly able to purchase it as they see fit rather than see their hard earned taxes frittered away on politicians indulgences or worse, the favoring of a politicians private pet.

The only redeeming feature of “Blue Poles” is it rhymes with “Ar*e Holes”

hmmmmm, so much commentary here trying to justify why it's ok to use an apparent murder scene to sell shoes. I don't understand why people think this is ok, further to this, i don't understand why anyone would want to silence those who say it isn't ok, particularly the large number of women's groups who are familiar with the impact of violence against women.

One poster even lamented the fact that Melinda hadn't mentioned violence against men in this article. Perhaps that is because there is a woman in the boot? How many men have been left to die in the boot of their car in recent years? It was around 40 *women* who were raped on bike tracks in Brisbane last year. How many men were raped? That's right, zero.

would you defend Loula and Harpers Biazzre if they hung a black man from a flaming cross in order to sell Windsor Smith Shoes?that would be rightly called racist and I for one would be speaking out against it. This sort of crap isn't "free speech" it's just stupid.