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Re: This law (under a new name) will reappear
It never ceases to amaze me as a culture we have no problem with advertisers using sex to sell everything imaginable (which I personally think is obscene) but we fear exposure to images of human anatomy will damage kids for life.
As a progressive I believe government has a right and duty to protect citizens. But these feel good "what about the children" laws passed by Congress make me sick. The problem is there is absolutely no downside to Congress for passing these types of bills. That falls to the poor souls who have to implement them: ISPs, schools and libraries.
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Matt
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| said by tschmidt  :As a progressive I believe government has a right and duty to protect citizens. But these feel good "what about the children" laws passed by Congress make me sick. I have to agree Tom. The last time I checked, it was the parents responsibility to raise a child, not the governments. The problem is, we're a society of lazy-ass people ... Obama even touched upon that in his inauguration speech. Too many people would rather legislate the protection of their children than to actually sit them down and tell them the consequences of certain actions, or that the stork doesn't really bring babies. |
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mrchris
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said by tschmidt :It never ceases to amaze me as a culture we have no problem with advertisers using sex to sell everything imaginable (which I personally think is obscene) but we fear exposure to images of human anatomy will damage kids for life. Which is funny because on that other side of "the pond", they regularly have nudity on television and the kids over there certainly aren't any more depraved and sex crazed than kids over here.
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dvd536
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| said by NetAdmin :said by tschmidt :It never ceases to amaze me as a culture we have no problem with advertisers using sex to sell everything imaginable (which I personally think is obscene) but we fear exposure to images of human anatomy will damage kids for life. Which is funny because on that other side of "the pond", they regularly have nudity on television and the kids over there certainly aren't any more depraved and sex crazed than kids over here. We're far too prudish in usa.
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Jason Levine
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I posted a blog entry about the Breastfeeding photos/Facebook controversy (Facebook declaring photos of breastfeeding babies to be "pornography") and breastfeeding in public in general. One point I made was that the more we hide a body part, the more sexually enticing it seems. I'm sure, back in the day, seeing a woman's ankle was like seeing cleavage is today. But, as women revealed their ankles more and more it ceased to be a sexually enticing sight and entered the realm of mundane. If we had nudity on TV more, I don't think kids would be harmed. They would just see nudity as a natural state and not be ashamed of it. (Granted, to some people, this is "harmful.") |
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