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Well isn't THAT disturbing!
Laukev7:
quote: I fucking hate this country's stupid concept of "morality". A nation founded on liberty was the first nation to support silencing the public for the betterment of business. It's also the nation that lets bible thumpers decide what I get to see.
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I agree. I used to be a bit of a prude in my pre-college days, but now I find all that just insignificant. I think it's stupid to censor everything to 'protect' children. They're going to learn one day or another, anyway, and might be much more traumatised later if kept in the dark.
Of course, that doesn't mean that we should produce pure violence crap just for the sake of it. If there is a truth to see, then it should be seen by everyone, regardless of age.
hm_murdock:
violence is another thing.
I also don't mean that they should show XXX pr0n on prime time TV.
I just mean that the idea that nudity is "immoral" and that sex is a taboo, until you're the "right" age is rather silly.
It always seemed to me to be as much of a status thing as anything. "We're the old guard and we need a way to separate status in as many ways as possible"
"How about by age?"
"Great!"
"How will we do that?"
"Let's constantly work to push the voting and driving age back to 21!"
"Great! That'll mean there's more 18-21 year olds we could send to war... and there's no chance they'll get in a car wreck or vote us out! I love it!"
"Let's make people think that their own bodies are immoral, and that it's wrong to see nudity!"
"PERFECT!! More double standards! God, who we profess to love so dearly, made us in his own image... we should force people to believe the way we do at every turn... and then use those beliefs to control them! You're a genius!"
"I know. I'm a born-again... I'm perfect!"
"Oh, ha ha ha!! I forgot, we all are!"
But then, these people adamantly believe in a religion that's filled with gotchas and catch-22s.
disclaimer:
BTW, by no means does every Christian fit this description. so unless you love Jerry Fallwell, or tell everybody that they're "gonna burn in hayyulll" if they don't follow the Bible to the letter (impossible to do), then it's not about you.
I ROCK
solarismka:
quote:Originally posted by Darth Jimmy James:
violence is another thing.
I also don't mean that they should show XXX pr0n on prime time TV.
I just mean that the idea that nudity is "immoral" and that sex is a taboo, until you're the "right" age is rather silly.
It always seemed to me to be as much of a status thing as anything. "We're the old guard and we need a way to separate status in as many ways as possible"
"How about by age?"
"Great!"
"How will we do that?"
"Let's constantly work to push the voting and driving age back to 21!"
"Great! That'll mean there's more 18-21 year olds we could send to war... and there's no chance they'll get in a car wreck or vote us out! I love it!"
"Let's make people think that their own bodies are immoral, and that it's wrong to see nudity!"
"PERFECT!! More double standards! God, who we profess to love so dearly, made us in his own image... we should force people to believe the way we do at every turn... and then use those beliefs to control them! You're a genius!"
"I know. I'm a born-again... I'm perfect!"
"Oh, ha ha ha!! I forgot, we all are!"
But then, these people adamantly believe in a religion that's filled with gotchas and catch-22s.
disclaimer:
BTW, by no means does every Christian fit this description. so unless you love Jerry Fallwell, or tell everybody that they're "gonna burn in hayyulll" if they don't follow the Bible to the letter (impossible to do), then it's not about you.
I ROCK
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100% totaly agree!!!!!
:D
Stilly:
jimmy is right on
[ October 23, 2003: Message edited by: The Stiller ]
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