Geeze Louise!
It hasn't been too long ago that The Catholic League protested "The Golden Compass," part of Phillip Pullman's Dark Materials Trilogy. "Atheism for kids," is what Pullman is trying to sell to unsuspecting parents and children, according to the league.
On another note...A Pro-Life activism group recently crashed a premier of Horton Hears a Who to use as a platform against abortion.
And most recently, The Parents Television Council began protesting America's Next Top Model for a nude photo shoot. I am unable to paraphrase the ridiculous notions of PTC president...so I must quote the New York Post Article Staff Writer who compiled this with a straight face:
While the nudity was partially blurred, PTC president Tim Winter called it "irresponsible" and said it "crossed the legal threshold for broadcast indecency."
"This is not simply a matter of artistic freedom, as some might claim," Winter said.
"Rather, this is about a television network intentionally pushing the envelope to establish a new acceptable nudity standard for the broadcast medium."
"The entire photo shoot scene, which lasted for more than a minute, is wholly gratuitious and undoubtedly intended to titillate," Winter said.
"Broadcasters have an obligation to abide by decency standards in exchange for free use of the public airwaves.
"Parents and families are fed up with such blatant and continued disregard for decency standards."
If you don't like it. Don't look. Don't listen. And don't try to judge and humiliate the millions of others who just may not agree with you.
TV shows are not only rated now...many have disclaimers at the beginning of the show AND after commercial breaks. Movies, go figure, are also rated for content...and many are even reviewed. So if you don't know what the movie is about, there is information out there that will tell you. Radio hosts like Howard Stern have moved out of the public eye onto satellite radio. What else do you want?
Get educated about what YOU are exposing YOURSELF to. Get educated on what YOU may or may not want YOUR children to see. And you know what happens next -- avoid it. Don't go see the R rated movie. Don't let your children have free reign over the cable. Put a lock on your internet. But first...take some responsibility. Do your job as an individual and parent -- and stop trying to make the rest of the world conform to what YOU feel is decent.
I went to see a movie with my sister and 13 year old nephew. She took the time to look at the reviews and the comments made by others who had watched the movie. However, about half way through she decided that the content wasn't something she wanted my nephew to watch. It was getting progressively vulgar, while funny for my sister and I, it just wasn't something she wanted to expose my nephew to. So you know what we did. We left.
We didn't make a stink about it. We just left. No big deal.
My sister made the decision as a responsible parent that she didn't want her kid to be exposed to some of the crude comments that were being made. Gosh...she did her job as a parent. Good for her. My nephew was not incredibly happy about it, but he got over it when she explained why we were leaving. There were no hard feelings -- it was what it was. Did she go home and make signs with clever slogans to ward off anyone else who may enjoy the movie. No! Because, that would be silly.
There are bigger and better battles to fight than who should protect YOU and YOUR children from what you might consider unacceptable media content. Especially when the answer is simple: YOU. Your job, your responsibility and your call.
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