Posted by:
Free Man
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Date: March 30, 2015 12:59AM
I continue to be confused about the priorities of church and society in censorship for obscenity.
In nearby Spokane, "concerned moms" have been petitioning city government to ban espresso stand ladies from showing too much. They claim to be concerned about the children. The city passed a law saying at least half the breast needs to be covered up. Not sure which half, or how police measure it.
Now if we're concerned about the chidren, which would bother them more, seeing a breast (they were nursing a few years ago), or seeing violence? As a child in the 60's, I had nightmares after seeing the Wizard of Oz. What happens now when kids see some of the stuff on TV or movies?
I occasionally catch shows my wife watches. BTW, she can't stand seeing anything pornographic. Yet she likes shows with violence and gore. Besides all the NCIS type shows with dead bodies, she watches The Blacklist. I noticed a scene recently in which the lead actor was secured in a sealed glass cage. To get him to come out, the bad guys put a gun to a ladies head, he refused to come out, and you hear the gunshot and blood sprayed all over the glass.
My wife was watching a movie with Pierce Brosnan last night. As I walked in, I saw a scene in which Brosnan grabs a guy's girlfriend, and slices open her leg and femoral artery causing blood to gush. Few minutes later showed someone getting stabbed by an intruder and blood gushing.
So, which do you think causes more harm to children, immodesty, nudity or non-violent porn, or this kind of violence? Why is there little shame attached to watching violence?