In a society that values free speech, thought and inquiry, what is appropriate for them to see must be left to the viewer. What anyone else may think of the viewer is inversely relevant to the importance of the value.
This conversation may be getting too important for GatorTalk. A. Leon Polhill, Gator "I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know." - Mark Twain ________________________________ From: John Vega <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, March 11, 2010 11:34:19 AM Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Fw: [gatornews] [SUN]: "The Chalkboard" --- UF law professor recruited to stop Sea World video [Crabbe] On Mar 11, 2010, at 11:29 AM, [email protected] wrote: The immediate question stares out at us and asks, who in their right mind would want to watch video of this? Would they let their children watch it? Would one discuss it around the coffee urn the next morning before lunch? Lastly does this point out from whence we've come as humanity or where we're headed? No one should want to. However, that is the age we live in. Has anyone stumbled across TMZ by accident on the TV? In fairness, the video series "Faces of Death" dates back to the 80s, and the Romans had some pretty twisted views on entertainment, so maybe this is not a new phenomenon. -Zeb -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
