New Windsor - What, some might ask Jessica Sherer, is with the giant snow penis she built on her boyfriend's lawn this week? As everyone knows, phallic displays were central to Viking winter solstice celebrations of fertility and rebirth. Yeah. So what. And readers of this paper surely know that phallic rituals were as much a part of the Hopi Indian winter festivals as the Hawk dance. But down on Quassaick Avenue, around the corner from the New Windsor Elementary School, the 6-foot tall, anatomically correct, finely detailed penis raised some questions Monday. Especially for police. "We got some calls that people thought it was offensive," said New Windsor police Chief Michael Biasotti. "We assumed it was some kids who did it." Officers found no one home. Assuming the snow sculpture was more prank than nod to Christmas' pagan roots, the police knocked it down. Beat it down with shovels, actually. So, lets see, no hanging santa, no santa's on a killing spree, no beating up santa with his own sack, and now no worship of the traditional Viking winter solstice phallic symbol or Hopi Indian winter festivals! Crazy world! I wonder what they would do if I made a snow-computer and worshiped it...
Well I suppose they can rebuild it. I'd have made a little waterproof note and stuck it in the ground by it to warn people it's not just deliberately meant to offend.
As long as it's not an errect penis, or a penis inserted into a vagina, then it's art, not porn. People confuse the two too reguarly, i mean, come on we all have the same bits and bobs as our respective sexes from birth. Next they'll be putting underwear on Michaelangilos (sp??) David.
whats porn though? according to the usa pornography is anything that causes sexual stimulation. as the late bill hicks pointed out. you can get a "woody" on a bus if it rocks the right way. thats sexual stimulation therefore buses are porn!!!! ban buses!!
People find sexual stimulation in anything. Why dont we ban nurses too then. There are people with fetishes for animals and stuff, is the discovery channel late night only?
Snowman orgy... I'm suddenly reminded of the Calvin & Hobbes snowman cartoons, and what they would look like if Bill Watterson had a slightly dirtier mind. -monkey
EXCUSE me! Snowpeople. Not all are male, remember? [/stupid political correctness comment] I can't honestly say I blame them, though I definately find it more amusing than arousing. Of course, that might be more to do with being a straight male than the concept of questionably-erotic snowsculptures. I seem to remember a similar thing happening last year as well.
Commercialisation gets in everywhere. http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/nyc/8752207.html Making a limp dick in snow would be quite a challenge (sort of leaning tower of piss-a), and not much of a fertility symbol.