It appears the youngsters got their way, and the Gold's Gym is going to remove some of the more objectionable music videos.
But it appears the youngsters have been emboldened by their victory and are going to continue the fight against "indecency". From the article:
The students plan to protest other businesses in the community that they believe promote indecency. "We do have some other ideas. We're not ready publicly to announce what they are, but Standing for Decency, we have a lot of plans to do as much as we can," Gardner said.
"Whatever appears to be against the Book of Mormon is going to be overturned at some time in the future. So we can be pretty open minded."-charity 3/7/07
As far as Gold's Gym is concerned, I'd expect them to do nothing else. Why antagonize your customers, when it's such a small thing? They're in the business of making money, and changing a video in order to keep your customers happy seems only smart business to me.
I was going to ask (perhaps it happened on the first thread concerning this issue) if anyone ever listed any of the videos or artists that were deemed indecent?
"Whatever appears to be against the Book of Mormon is going to be overturned at some time in the future. So we can be pretty open minded."-charity 3/7/07
Good those BYU students. A friend of mine got Target to put some of their racier magazines behind the counter, and not displayed at the checkout counter. If you are going to be a business which invites children in (toy sections, shopping baskets with child seats, etc.) you had better act like one. And sometimes all it takes ia a person to stand up for decency.
Bond...James Bond wrote:I was going to ask (perhaps it happened on the first thread concerning this issue) if anyone ever listed any of the videos or artists that were deemed indecent?
I don't see that it matters what they were. We all know they're protesting something pretty innocuous, but if it bothers them, and Gold's Gym wants to keep their business (and annoying their clientele seems kinda dumb), then change the videos, no matter what they are.
Now if someone else wants to keep the videos, then they'd best be speaking up now.
Since there is no moral issue either way, then I applaud any business that does what it has to do to maximize profits. If BYU students and TBMs make up enough of the business, then Golds should be only interested in what they have to do to get money. If those bad mags are hurting Target's business because of offended Mormons, or if getting rid of them and feigning righteousness will impress the Mormon community and increase business, then the students will be doing them a favor.
They did a similar thing with Victoria's Secret in Utah County. They had some very racy ads facing outwards toward the main hallway and they were turned around to face inwards.
Yeah, this seems like a good move for Golds. Removing the videos won't piss anybody off, but keeping them would show disrespect for the customers.
Of course, I don't know how they can complain about the videos when 1/2 the girls walking around are more scantily dressed than anybody on TV.
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