The Women in the Window

The ladies in the picture are freelance models, and though they show "more skin than a bag of pork rinds," in the words of a local columnist, they don't flaunt anything more revealing than what you'd see at the beach. Then again, we Mainers don't have much experience with beachwear (it's usually too nippy up here to prance around in speedos or bikinis). So some people grouse at the scantily-clad young women in the window of an Augusta lingerie shop, condemning the girls who smile and wave at passers-by. The naysayers consider the publicity stunt an assault on family values.

Take Carrie Rossignol, the co-owner of — of all things — a video game store across the road, the kind of emporium where superior morals surely rule:

"It's tainting the wholesome businesses down here. I think it's selfish, and I think it's morally reprehensible." 

I called Ms. Rossignol and asked if she had copies of Grand Theft Auto, notorious for its violent and sometimes sexually risqué content. "Sure," she said, "At least a couple right now. Come check 'em out."

Comments

[Martin Owens]

No doubt about it, frostbite can lead to brain damage.

[RowanCrisp]

Yes.

Killing and robbing prostitutes after having sex with them = good.

Smiling girls in lingerie = bad.

Ugh.

[Lingerie model]

I think it's a potential threat to the drivers. But what the hell, just mind your business and watch the road.