Actually, I suspect that a whole lot of kids wouldn't have a big psychological problem if they were flashed by a hooter, even a puppet-version.
Showing a dead body is a lot closer to what I'd consider obscene.
Probably most people can't remember the first time they saw a bare breast. Even in this country, a lot of babies are still fed that way.
Most people can remember the first time they had a dog die, or a friend or neighbor.
Years ago, I wrote a nasty letter to Time Magazine. In a direct quote by a well-know political figure, the man had said, "Fuck that!"
Time rendered it as "F --- that!"
As if the word had enough power to melt eyeballs. As if anybody who had enough wherewithal to read the magazine hadn't heard the mighty F-word before.
And in that same issue, there were pictures from a war zone, showing corpses piled up hither and yon.
Something is wrong with culture too sensitive to see the word "fuck" printed on a page, but not so much that a field full of dead women and kids is okay.
I though Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" was hilarious. Anybody who thought, "Omigod, a titty!" and that the Republic would fall?
Wardrobe malfunction ...
Lipstick on a pig ...
cute.
ReplyDeleteI guess I missed that episode of Sesame Street.
I can just imagine the questions a pre teen might ask about the top picture.
Oh. They took the video down from U-toob. Guess they don't want people to see it.
Curious, that.
Actually, I suspect that a whole lot of kids wouldn't have a big psychological problem if they were flashed by a hooter, even a puppet-version.
ReplyDeleteShowing a dead body is a lot closer to what I'd consider obscene.
Probably most people can't remember the first time they saw a bare breast. Even in this country, a lot of babies are still fed that way.
Most people can remember the first time they had a dog die, or a friend or neighbor.
Years ago, I wrote a nasty letter to Time Magazine.
In a direct quote by a well-know political figure, the man had said, "Fuck that!"
Time rendered it as "F --- that!"
As if the word had enough power to melt eyeballs.
As if anybody who had enough wherewithal to read the magazine hadn't heard the mighty F-word before.
And in that same issue, there were pictures from a war zone, showing corpses piled up hither and yon.
Something is wrong with culture too sensitive to see the word "fuck" printed on a page, but not so much that a field full of dead women and kids is okay.
I though Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" was hilarious. Anybody who thought, "Omigod, a titty!" and that the Republic would fall?
Wrong value system for me ...