Placed on the sidewalk by the people in No Parking On Pike...

Is this harmless nudity not the same as this harmless nudity? The National Geographic nudity? Yes, it is the same. Why so? What makes both forms of nudity innocuous is otherness. However, the otherness in the former is not the same as the otherness in the latter. The otherness of the former (old Playboy) results from chronological distance; the latter, cultural distance (National Geographic). Conclusion: Time can also transform something into the strange and impotent other.