Quote From: flrat69While I agree with your sentiment, I do think there are new things out there. The messages may not have changed, but the messengers have. Now we can delve into the "bizarre and gruesome" without leaving our own homes. Not only that, but the "entertainment" is not regionalized. Wherever you live, you can still see it! The Romans did not feature cannibalism. As with other things, we become more and more desensitized and need more and more graphic "entertainment" to satisfy us.
But let's not forget that all television and movies are not like this. I am against censorship by any organization. The only true and effective censorship comes from the consumer. These programs would go off the air if we weren't watching them. If what we demand has a low standard, how can we complain if that's what we get?
Children deserve censorship. They are not mature adults and their social development should be the concern of ALL society, just as their education is. They are also not paying consumers; rather, they are undeserving victims.
Cleaning up TV during children hours is responsible citizenship, not censorship. We adults stay up later and can watch all the filth we want then. We can also read our porno mags (even read them at the library beside young children....), visit strip clubs and pay for porno over the computer (there's even the free stuff for people short on cash...and perhaps brains).
