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Originally posted by ARTelevision
I'm not going to budge regarding the damaging nature of sexual-assault mass-media chic. Not going to accept a white kid doing it to an older black woman as anything other than majorly socially irresponsible, either.
We're talking about a giant conglomerate mega-buck mass demographic media power-play when young kids are participating - tuning in to a family-hour event. Totally inappropriate and inexcusable.
Kids' minds are totally unable to deal with the kind of ultra-high-powered psychologically manipulative ruined role-modeling and negative self-image bombardment they are assaulted with on a daily basis. The fact that you, as an adult, have some sort of way of rationalizing all this is not on the same level as cramming it wholesale into very highly impressionable young minds, is it?
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BINGO - Thank you Art. As the day wore on I increasingly became more pissed off about this whole affair. Some smarmy jerk decided that rather than showcase talent, shock value would be the target. Manipulative bastards using this, a near American holiday, to promote record sales, to 'pull one off' pardon the pun. My sons are now old enough that this was not a big deal to them. But if they were 10 years younger, we would have all been glued to the TV for the half time show. And that would have been an akward moment that quite frankly parents shouldn't have to deal with considering that this is a family event. If I were watching Sex and the City or a movie on cable, I would have known what to expect. But not here. There needs to be some safe havens in this world. Just as there needs to be some TFPs. And we must be able to exercise our choice when we want to view either. The FCC is probably right in investigating this. I'm not in favor of puritanical restrictions on the media (I'm here, after all) but some forms of expression are best reserved to atmoshperes where its universally accepted.