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A prince strips a posing group of prostitutes naked one by one as he selects a companion for the night. It sounds like a scene from a porn film, but this was the latest episode of the epic fantasy drama Game of Thrones, based on the novels of George R R Martin. The start of the gory series’ fourth season on Monday even managed to shock its own fans. ..................................................... Campaigners warned it could lead to young people being ‘desensitised’ to content once considered shocking and being influenced by the behaviour they displayed. Miranda Suit, of Safermedia, said: ‘What are...

So I know that on FR and similar forums there is often intense debate about whether or not free speech should be absolute or if it should only cover political protests. And what the Founding Fathers would say about free speech if they could see what is coming out in our media. It has become dicey now that we have insanely misogynistic and anti white hip hop, including particularly anti American hip hop depicted as having a "political message" of some sort. There's Lady Gaga, for whom not much at all needs to be said. And I think a fair...