Well said. The critical point for me is that many don't even realize how these things have impacted our society. When I was a kid, if a girl got pregnant, she was whisked off to a place where she could bear the baby and then put it up for adoption. She was looked upon with disapproval. Now, she simply goes down to Planned Parenthood and gets an abortion. Problem solved. Adult females now see nothing wrong with being inseminated (artificially or otherwise), then bearing their child alone and raising it in a single parent home.03Lightningrocks wrote:The slippery slope works both ways. What we considered graphic violence twenty five years ago would be on the family hour of TV today.
It should be real interesting to observe what will be considered acceptable in another ten years. The media and the gaming industry continues to increase the level of violence and anti social behavior in order to titilate the audiences. Why? Because the same materials that would have caused "shock and awe" twenty years ago is considered tamed by today's standards. Again... Why? Because the human mind is desensitized by constant exposure to violence and the gaming industry must constantly increase the levels of violence to keep the interest in the games going.
Don't kid yourselves. The gaming industry is not marketing games to adults. They are marketing to children. A game may be rated for mature audiences, but it was never intended for that market. The big money is in selling to young people.
Another example is what we call family TV. We have gone from shows such as Brady Bunch to shows that glamorize teen promiscuity and even teen pregnancy.
There is a reason the gaming industry and the media is working so hard to claim this garbage isn't the problem. It is called BIG MONEY. Consider yourself a tool of the anti gun movement when trying to make the absolutely absurd case that children exposed to porn and graphic violence aren't affected. Consider yourself a tool of the anti gun movement when you act as if it is somehow violating constitutional rights to put some of the blame on the very companies that provide the training material for these mass murders.
When I was a child, Ozzie and Harriet sleep in separate twin beds. Now you can watch a plethora of TV shows where two adults act like rutting pigs, slobbering all over each other in their insatiable desire to commit the sex act on the first date.
I have no doubt that I may live to see the day when we have full frontal nudity on broadcast TV. But I won't be celebrating it. I'll be shaking my head wondering how much farther into the sewer we will descend before people have had enough.
No matter where you stand on these changes, approve or disapprove, you must admit, that's a dramatic change in the course of a mere 50 years. These things have always been with us, but it's only in recent years that they have become perfectly acceptable in polite company.
My question is, if you won't stand up against these things, where do you draw the line? After the fight is completely lost? If you drive past a large pig farm, the smell is almost overwhelming. If you live in it, it's perfectly normal.
Totally.