Monday, November 12, 2012

Victoria's Bitter


So, Victoria's secret is in trouble... again. That's right, the Butthurt police are pressing charges in the court of public opinion against men's greatest ally after Craftsman Tools, Victoria's Secret.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/victorias-secret-apologizes-for-native-american-headdress-used-in-annual-fashion-show/2012/11/12/1981ea8e-2d26-11e2-b631-2aad9d9c73ac_story.html

Now, I know you're thinking the same thing I am: the only real tragedy here is letting Miss Piggy out on the runway sporting that muffin top. I mean, you could practically park on bus on that bulge. She's gonna need to lay off the Big Macs if she wants to play in the big leagues.

Anyway, apparently the Native American Community and feminists everywhere are pretty upset about this whole thing. I'm not an expert in this field, so I can't really argue the merits of their nuanced and well thought out position, and frankly I'm even willing to give the feminazis the benefit of the doubt and believe for a moment that the picture above is, in fact, offensive in some way.



So, are they wrong? I don't know. Here's a better question: Does it matter?







To answer this question, Team Robot gave a simple but scientific poll to 20 randomly selected interviewees. We briefed the respondents on the recent Victoria's Secret news story, and then asked three simple questions. Here are our responses:





Question 1:







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Question 3:


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