We love fish and we love ice cream, but that doesn't mean we want to mix 'em into a tasty cod-pop. Much like fishsicles, helping the homeless and sexy, sexy stripteases are two worthy and noble causes that don't really go together. Perhaps that's why the National Network For Youth (NN4NY) has decided to sever ties with Virgin Mobile's Strip2Clothe campaign, in which young people were asked to post videos of themselves doing their best Elizabeth Berkley impersonations by stripping down to music. In turn, clothing companies would donate new clothes to homeless youth based on the number of video views.
Strangely, some people found this association inappropriate. Rebecca Lentz, a spokeswoman for Catholic Charities says, "The campaign ... exploits sex to help a population that is frequently exploited by sex to meet their basic needs of food and shelter."
"The campaign came with a lot of controversy, and we were supportive in Virgin Mobile's effort to raise awareness for homeless youth," said Vicki Wagner, CEO of NN4Y. "At the same time, we have to be sensitive to the needs of our members."
Even our very sensitive members can't help but think this was a good call.
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Friday 18 July
By WILL
ITS ABOUT TIME THEY CANCELED THIS , YOU KNOW THE WEBSITE WAS SURE TO ATTRACT PEDOPHILES
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Saturday 19 July
By pj
Breathing pretty much attracts pedophiles. We need to begin eliminating them from society. Swiftly.
Friday 18 July
By Beckie
Awh, i liked the idea.
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Saturday 19 July
By Richard
The fact that this nonprofit even considered having kids strip as a means of raising funds is more evidence that this country is in a state of moral decay.
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Saturday 19 July
By orionsbow
OK. it's final. People have completely lost their minds. All people, everywhere. I am the only sane person left in the world. This is just great. Next, let's do a midget bowling tourney to raise money for abused women. Then we'll have a live turkey shoot to fund PETA. Oh yeah, how about a beer chugging contest to raise alcoholism awareness and raise money for ALANON? Where do these brain dead idiots come from?
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Saturday 19 July
By june
THATS WHAT'S WRONG WITH AMERICA TODAY....ALL THIS PUBLIC DRINKIMG , SMOKING POT AND DRUGS - NUDIST AND KISSING AND GIVING TONGUE SANDWICHES WITH EACH ONE- NO RESPECT FOR YOUR SELF OR ANY OR ANY ONE ELSE PARENTS CANT EVEN GO TO MALLS AND GET DECIENT CLOTHING FOR HER DAUGHTER- ALL LOW CUT TO SHOW OFF PUMPPED UP BREAST- THERE ARE PHONEY AS A WODDEN NICKLE =NO WONDER THERE IS SO MUCH AIDS, HEPTITIUS C AND B GOING AROUND NO WONDER CANCER OF THE THROAT AND TONSILS-DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE SWAPPIMG SLOBBERS WITH- ARE YOU SURE THAT HE.SHE HASN'T HAD ORAL SEX WITH MORE THEN YOU HOSPITALS REPORTING CANCER OF THRORT , TONSILS AND SPLENE FROM THIS ART OF SO CALLED LOVE 0ORAL SEX AT AGE 12 GOING AROUND -IS YOU LIFE WORTH ALL THIS FILTH ' BETTER GET TESTED AND SOON - CAUTION JUST WENT TO THE WIND AND JOED DIED- FUN HU: ?
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Friday 25 July
By webcreeper35
while i agree with your points, either get a dictionary, or some spellcheck going on before you comment in all caps, sugar.
Saturday 19 July
By Givra
Oh well, knee jerk political correctness wins again. I notice how the article fails to mention that a) No nudity was involved and b) In most cases the people barely took off a shirt. (Yes, I am some horrid person, I actually went to the site to look..oh my). Was it an unusal marketing campaign? Sure. But it really wasn't that explicit at all. It would take someone turned on by the mere mention of the word "undressing" to actually be turned on by any of the films used, believe me. This isn't a slight to any of the people who donated videos as an aside, just my comment to anyone who found the site offensive.
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Saturday 19 July
By Givra
Sorry for the double post, but as an addendum, unless it was added since I saw the site, the image attached to this article is NOT one that comes even CLOSE to any of them in the videos sent. No, I didn't watch every video but one could see a thumbnail, and none of them from what I could see contained both a man and woman. Was about maybe 75 percent girls by themselves, 25 percent boys. And again, although I'm sure some twit will flame me for daring to say I went to the site, I did out of curiosity. And no, I simply found it amusing. Not sexy, nor erotic. Just amusing.
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Saturday 19 July
By evan
the campaighn is asking anyone to do the strip and there is no full nudity aloowed
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Saturday 19 July
By lovermp
I believe that it was children,under 18 year olds,doing the stripping. That is one of the problems that people had with the campaign.If it were only for 25-30 year olds,no one would've had as much of a problem.As the above article said,they were using sex to raise money for people who are ofter forced into sex in order to survive.
Saturday 19 July
By mandambar
i think it was a good idea... it was more of a funny striptease not a serious one... theyre reacting as if they actually got butt naked!!! i'll admit i wouldnt have watched it if it wasnt a fundraiser thing tho.... i think they need to stop freaking out....
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Saturday 19 July
By JM420
Another reason for people to blab on and bash something that actually tries to help people, and shut down something that actually seemed fun for the people doing it, and the people who supported helping people.
If you dont have interest in the cause, then dont bother with it, look away... Life isn't all about Negitive thoughts you know.
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Sunday 27 July
By ChristianMike
I agree with anyone who believes that the morals of this country is rapidly decreasing. No offence to anyone but look at how same sex marriage has gone from just 10 years ago to now! Morals just keep dropping. I'm glad I have morals.
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