The Abercrombie Christmas Field Guide Quarterly "Sex Scandal"

The instigator of the "Abercrombie & Finch Christmas Field Guide Quarterly" sex scandal, one Kevin McCullough who writes for the WorldNetDaily, and as a commentator on WMCA, likes to present himself as a "Winner of the Marconi and Tesla Broadcast Awards"; but can more accurately and readily be identified by proximity to his sycophants: Hannity, Limbaugh, O'Reilly and Coulter as "truth seekers" for the Christian Right, rather than in any way related to electronic engineering.

Marconi and Tesla were geniuses of the first order; but Mr. McCullough has a divinity degree, not an IEEE related degree. At best, he received an award for being an on-air personality, not for inventing the radio, radar, logic gates, AC current, etc.

Mr. McCullough has already shown, in his articles about Ed Asner, that he has a problem with the veracity of the quotes he ascribes to others. In his A&F diatribe he fails to notice that the Abecrombie & Finch Quarterly is marketed and provided to adults over eighteen years of ago only, according to the A&F Corporate Offices. McCullough leads off in his rant that the Quarterly is being made available to 7-14 year olds. Absent the age issue, his commentary is almost meaningless as a call to action for those offended by what he describes, in detail of course, about the sexual promiscuity of the people in the Quarterly.

Mature, in the US, means over the age of eighteen. At which age one can serve in the US Military, buy alcohol in some States, be tried as an adult in legal proceedings, be held accountable for their actions in a court of law, vote, obtain a drivers license, and be married in most States. If these same "adults" want to look at suggestive or even pornographic material it is perfectly legal for them to do so. If Mr. McCullough has a problem with that he can address it by reference to biblical teachings if he wishes; but he is way off base trying to urge parental boycotts of A&F based on the availablity of suggestive material in a clothing circular or magazine.

Go after Hustler, Playboy, Maxim, or even Vanity Fair, (who had Demi nude on the cover), when she was eight months pregnant. What about all the other suggestive materials on the news stands, Calvin Klein ads, Madonna and Spears lyrics, TV & Radio shows that concentrate on sex matters, and even discussions between parents and children about sexual behavior.

Would any moderately sane parent wait until their child was eighteen before discussing sexual activities with them? By their actions, the Christian Right shows their true nature which is completely at odds with the goal of education. They rant and rave about: "do not do xyz because we elders know it to be a bad thing/not what you should be doing/etc" rather than to encourage the attainment of a critical facility, a capacity to research information and weight the merits, errors, and limitations of arguments.

Keeping pornography away from children IS worthwhile, beneficial, and a lofty goal. Keeping it away from adults by edicts, boycotts, raids, slander, and mob rule is not.