Bully.
Ben Doom wrote: > My parents and I feel the same way. > > Now, don't get me wrong. As an adult male and a bit of a pyro, I love > watching the hero Blow Shit Up (tm). > > However, my parents will generally let my 15yr old sister see a movie > rated R for non-casual sex or tasteful nudity, but not for violence, > gore, etc. > > To me, this makes perfect sense. After all, most of us are probably > going to have sex at some point, but (hopefully) most of us aren't going > to take part in violent, gory murders. Unless, of course, my sister has > sex soon, in which case me and the Boyfriend are going to have a nice > little "chat" involving pointy objects. :-) > > --Ben > > Gruss Gott wrote: > >>I think everybody mostly agrees that the FCC is a joke, but I was >>struck by something last night (again). As I was flipping channels >>(no cable) I saw all kinds of violence: >> >>1.) A Crossing Jordan commercial that had a woman holding a gun to >>another women's head, >> >>2.) Some commercial for a program that featured a serial killer who >>wore a black leather mask and sliced up his victims (there was a big >>bloody mess), and >> >>3.) 24 which featured 6 men being shot to death; one of whom was >>machine gunned by a women after he'd chased her through a house >>shooting at her then tried to ram her car. In that same scene the >>terrorist also shot an innocent bystander in his robe. >> >>It just seems crazy to me that nobody finds this a violation of their >>family time, but you flash a boob and people get out the pitch forks >>and torches. You can maim, torture, and kill someone but you can't >>kiss, caress, and touch them. >> >>Is this some type of bizarre prudish moral gone crazy? >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:155395 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
