Ralph De La Cruz: Tailgate decal of tied-up woman offensive and
just plain wrong  Matt Howerton/KWTX  If you believe we're
affected by the images that surround us, you'll find this story
disturbing.  A Waco sign company has created a decal that goes
on the tailgate of a pickup showing a blonde woman, her hair
covering her face and her hands and feet tied up. When placed on
the tailgate, it creates the optical illusion that there's
actually a woman who's tied up and in the bed of the truck.  "I
wasn't expecting the reactions that we got, nor was it really
anything we certainly condone or anything else," the sign
company's owner told a Waco TV station. "But it was just
something…we had to put out there to see who notices it."
Supposedly it was done to demonstrate how realistic the
company's decals are. But c'mon. That could have been done by
showing a shot of someone standing on their head, or kids having
a picnic, or…just about anything other than a scene depicting a
tied-up woman.  According to the Huffingto