I will admit I have only seen like 15 minutes of that show but from what I saw I was shocked! What kind of example does this show set? I am not talking about role models for children; I am talking about for adults. These shows are base entertainment, so lurid they are a topless shot for being shown only on Cinemax late at night. We as a culture need to suck it up and realize we can’t be puritanical and hedonistic at the same time. The duel message screw with peoples minds, and the show rationalizes that type of behavior in people’s minds. Ok it isn’t TVs job to educate, and I am in general not in favor of censorship, but if TV is already censored, um are the current generation of censors asleep or just on the take? Actual I don’t blame the tv stations, because they don’t make people watch, and yet they come in droves.
Who is the moral leadership?
It isn’t the politicians from Clinton to DeLay neither side can claim to be moral superior. It isn’t the religious establishment, from pedophile priests to corrupt ministers fleecing their flock, who can you look to? Is it the schools? No, because they can’t say boo to the kids without getting sued. The family unit? I believe I have covered that, on the whole between Desperate Housewives, CNN and Grand Theft Auto, morality has the same chance as a Jehovah’s Witness at a Hell’s Angels rally right before the kegs float. So, all that is left is personal choice, and accepting personal responsibility. (Notice the frequent use of the word personal, as in you alone.) You can choose to be a decent human being, or you can choose the join the zoo. Now being a decent person, doesn’t require you to be an angel. You can and will stumble, but as long as you do your best to live up to the standards you set for yourself you will come out ok. You don’t have cricket on your shoulder, just a set of principles to guide your action, and your will power to help with the hard decisions. I will quit before I get too preachy, but best of luck to you, it is a hard road you face!
Newish topic:
I have already expressed my dislike of reality shows like Survivor and the uber crap Big Brother type shows, in a previous post (the reality TV of the time, games in the Coliseum was used to distract people so they won’t notice Rome falling). I can see some amusement in the Amazing Race, since that is less scripted, but overall the escapism and voyeurism provided by reality TV is a bad bad sign. Ok, I don’t think the Vandal’s Visigoths are at our gates quite yet, since the previous generations had escapism too. The escapism of choice for our grandparents was religion, and hunting communists, and our parent’s generation actually escaped into a drug induced haze, and dodged responsibility. Gen X and Y have to be responsible, so our escapism promotes what we long for, to be wild and free. What will it take for the next generation to escape since we got televised war? I don’t know but I rue the day that I hear Marylin Manson as elevator “muzak”.
Perhaps, if my posts were more lurid I could get more hits. I will have to sprinkle in references to lesbianism, infidelity, breasts and drug use. Hey I can be suggestive, I wrote that nice intro to a trashy romance novel, yet I was still tasteful. A name change might help too. “Desperate blogging”, actually that sucks. Hmm I need a new name something to trick people to coming to my blog, but to keep them reading and coming back I will need a hypnotic animation too. Something subtle like a rotating spiral, or I could skip the animation and just have screen after screen of solid text. Then once they are in my power I will have them say over and over in their mind, this is the best web site I have ever seen, I will tell everyone I know to come here, this is the best web site I have ever seen, I will tell everyone I know to come here, this is the best web site I have ever seen, I will tell everyone I know to come here, this is the best web site I have ever seen, I will tell everyone I know to come here, this is the best web site I have ever seen, I will tell everyone I know to come here, this is the best web site I have ever seen, I will tell everyone I know to come here. Good… Now on the count of three you will awaken, you will remember nothing, but you will feel refreshed, without a care in the world.
1, you are beginning to awaken
2, more and more awake
3
How do you feel? That was a very good session, we made real progress.
See you again soon.;)
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