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<p>[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 4600459, member: 42773"]I suppose the people of 1916 were still very much influenced by the Victorian taboos of the 19th century. I wonder what they would have thought of all the naked gods and goddesses on Roman coins. How often do we see Jupiter and Sol in full-frontal nudity, unashamed of their assets? Speaking of assets, let's not forget Venus...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139335[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The Romans had a point when it came to depicting the gods nude, though, and that was that they had no modesty because they had nothing to be ashamed of. Perhaps MacNeil was thinking something similar when he bared Liberty's breast. Liberty certainly has nothing to be ashamed of.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 4600459, member: 42773"]I suppose the people of 1916 were still very much influenced by the Victorian taboos of the 19th century. I wonder what they would have thought of all the naked gods and goddesses on Roman coins. How often do we see Jupiter and Sol in full-frontal nudity, unashamed of their assets? Speaking of assets, let's not forget Venus... [ATTACH=full]1139335[/ATTACH] The Romans had a point when it came to depicting the gods nude, though, and that was that they had no modesty because they had nothing to be ashamed of. Perhaps MacNeil was thinking something similar when he bared Liberty's breast. Liberty certainly has nothing to be ashamed of.[/QUOTE]
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