Once again the never ending battle between commerce and prudery has reared its ugly head... Or in this case, bottom! It would seem that a bidet company's advertising campaign in Times Square is a tad too cheeky (wait for it!) for the pastor of a nearby church. The Rev. Neil Rhodes, pastor of the interdenominational Times Square Church, is asking a state court to block a billboard company from posting huge ads featuring giant naked arses with smiley faces painted on them. The display is to go up on two sides of the Broadway building that houses Rhodes' church, its Bible school and day-care center. "You walk into a church building, you have naked bodies before your eyes, how are you going to close your eyes and seek God?" Rhodes told the New York Post in an article published Sunday. Mmmm... I thought God was everywhere. The ads in question promote the "Washlet," a bidet-toilet seat that uses warm water and air. Adam Silverstein, a lawyer for the advertising company, Van Wagner Communications, told the newspaper he did not wish to trivialize the church's objections, but that "this is Times Square. It's the billboard capital of the world, and it's home to some of the most sensational advertisements in the universe." It also used to be home to some sensational hookers. Then they cleaned it up. probably with a "Washlet!"
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And I thought they were for keeping your beer cold!
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