In response to Gail Meehan:

This article does not condemn Charlie Meehan or anyone else involved in the Seabright Brewery. Jn fact, it even compliments the brewery in the initial paragraph. It does, however, call into question his judgement about putting up images that demean females.

Did you know that I can actually edit my article? I would have been willing to update this article if there was a "new" ending, i.e. there was a willingness of Charlie Meehan to change to the images, etc. That is one of the great things about the open publishing style of indymedia. Also, if I were a restaurant owner, I think I would have embraced this opporturnity for free publicity and ran with it... He could have made a public statement here in this forum!

I stand by this article and the way I have written it. I have called attention to "art" (in the broad sense that the Spiderman comics are "art", I guess) that depicts the victimization of women. Meehan is a restaurant owner and local businessman, and is therefore a public figure. I did not say he was he was mean, -------, ------, unlike the way you have started to name call. He is just as able to make a public comment via this forum as is anyone else. Why doesn't he respond?

As for the comments that he gave to a poster who was in general agreement with this article, I am disappointed in his response. If a segment of your customers are offended by your art, it seems to me you have two options. You can either dig in your heels, leave up the art and then face what is coming to you -- a segment of the population who feels that these images are discriminatory and hateful. Or, you can take down these images, put up a few of millions that are NOT demeaning to women (and/or other people) and retain those customers. The choice to me would be very clear. Good business practice is not rocket science.