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   From: jonathanheroldREMOVECAPS@cox.net   
      
   "Neal"  wrote in message   
   news:opr2sxyylodvhyks@news.rcn.com...   
   > On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 10:51:31 -0500, Jonathan h   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > > it is pretty stupid that while there is nothing wrong with building up   
   > > ideals in our children that they have to pick a side and solve problems   
   > > with   
   > > violence,   
   > > it's horrible if they see a completely natural thing like a nude body.   
   > > And   
   > > violent tv shows (which i do like) can show squibs, stabbings, hell, CSI   
   > > goes inside people's wounds.  and sometimes you see nude dead bodies.   
   > > but   
   > > it's okay then.  It's not sexy, it's violent.  and violence is better   
   > > then   
   > > love, right?   
   >   
   > That's fine if we're talking about a piece of entertainment where parents   
   > are warned and aware. I fully agree, I'd sooner give permission for a kid   
   > to see tit than a gunshot.   
   >   
   > But that's not the context, is it? It's the context of an unannounced   
   > exposure which at least circumstantially appears planned, with no advance   
   > warning. By your logic, if Justin chopped off Janet's head (again, with no   
   > prior warning to the audience) that would have caused less of an uproar,   
   > and I simply don't agree. I think such an action, even if Penn-and-Teller   
   > fake, would have produced much more of an outcry, providing it was as   
   > explicit as the dangling boobie we were treated to.   
   >   
   > I think the major problem most people have isn't the titty on TV, it was   
   > the unannounced titty on TV. I think Americans would be fine with the   
   > broadcast of a lot more so long as they are aware and can choose to keep   
   > their kids away from it if desired.   
      
   actually, i think if they had done a violent stunt people would have been   
   less upset.  if you wanted to put it into perspective, the tit-flash was   
   more like a scary explosion or a gun shot.  we are talking about 'degree'   
   here.  a beheading would be like she stripped naked and spread her legs.   
   that would be unacceptable for a show teens and kids may be watching.  but a   
   tit-flash just makes stupid people have something to gossip about.  it   
   didn't hurt anyone. let's say they had one mascot run out with a prop gun a   
   "shoot" the other mascot.  people, for the most part, would just find that   
   funny.  i would too, as an adult.  but children really do process that as   
   "pick sides and kill enemy".  if a 10 year old boy saw Janet's half-second   
   of boobage, the worst that may have happen is he went and jerked off.  a lot   
   better than going to school the next day and getting in a fight over the   
   teams that played.   
      
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