But I think our culture is moving in the right direction, don't you? We just got our first bared breast in the middle of family hour on national TV. So things are moving in the right direction, yes?
Every time I go into local grocery stores, I optimistically scan the magazines on the checkout shelves, hoping that at long last that glorious day has arrived when we can gaze longingly at photos of naked models getting it off with farm animals while waiting for our groceries to be scanned. But alas, that day has not yet arrived. Sigh!
Every time I visit the WalMart, I hopefully glance up to see if they are now allowing photos of child-adult sex on the magazine covers. But again, my hopes are always dashed! (And people claim we have a free country? HA!!)
Oh, what a wonderful day that will be when we finally have evolved so far upwards as a culture that we can see all these things and more right in front of our eyes, whichever direction we happen to turn our gaze in, 24 by 7!
Yes!! Let freedom ring! Only when kiddie porn and necrophilic porn and animal sex photos in full glossy poster size are surrounding us all day long, will we finally be able to say that for the very first time in American history the First Amendment's guarantee of Freedom Of Speech has come true!!!
(</sarcasm>)
I think you've reached the heart of the matter: censorship already exists, it's just a matter of what we as a society want censored and where we want it censored. Everybody has a line they don't want crossed, and it's up to us all to find that common line. Pat Boone's line is different from, say, Larry Flint's, but that doesn't mean we have to automatically accept Larry's threshold because it's the lowest common denominator. The middle of the bell curve is out there somewhere, and only robust, honest debate will find it.
Don't despair, that day is coming soon!
Even as we discuss, the womens' mags at the local grocery store picture models and actresses with MOST of their breasts exposed, with articles the titles of which even a child could read, delineating the value of different sexual positions and methods to gratify numerous sexual partners!