lol -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 12:15 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Censorship (was Re: The Des Moines Register)
True. Was going to say "and that sucks", but wrong image... ;-) -Ben > US = Puritan State totally overrun by christian ethos. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Deanna Schneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 11:14 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Censorship (was Re: The Des Moines Register) > > > Speaking of which, did anyone else hear about Walmart covering the covers of > "women's" magazines like Redbook and Cosmo, so as not to offend the eyes of > wee ones? Totally ridiculous. If my kid asked why I might need to "satisfy > my husband in the bedroom" I'd tell him. > > -d > Isaac wrote: > > In any event, to get back on the subject imho censorship really just > enables neglect on the part of parents by attempting to shelter children > from being exposed to things which would result in them asking questions > which the parents would be uncomfortable answering. And it's awfully > selective. Some of the images of graphic violence on TV can be really > intense, but there's little mention of that because parents aren't as > uncomfortable answering questions about death and violence as they are > answering questions about sex. And after having seen some of the more > intense images, not hearing certain words on TV that many parents are using > in front of their children with reasonable frequency seems rather silly. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
