[William McKinley]

I would welcome a return to more modest times. It certainly would make parenting easier.

But I doubt the way will be through federal legislation. Or even statewide legislation.

It needs to be done on the county and town levels. It needs to be done using market forces when possible, rather than by government force, except when the locality is sufficiently cohesive on the matter.

And we need to do it in a way which convinces people of the merits of doing so, rather than convinces them that we are just a bunch of huffy old coots trying to spoil their fun.

[sarasota]

We just have to refuse to allow this stuff into the home. I was a bit heartened to hear that a school in Orange County CA told MTV they would now not allow them to film some "reality" at their school. Parental uproar. Orange County. Imagine.

[frgoff]

-And we need to do it in a way which convinces people of the merits of doing so, rather than convinces them that we are just a bunch of huffy old coots trying to spoil their fun.-

And that, right there, is why this will never work by outside forces. We have the culture we have because most people WANT it, and get angry when you try to tell them it's wrong.

The culture will not change until being called a huffy old coat becomes a compliment and the ones doing the calling are shamed into silence by the people calling them immoral perverts.