[ClearCase_guy]

I don't get it. Does the media influence the behavior of the young or not? Do people smoke because the movies make it look glamorous? Rob Reiner recently said so, too -- so I guess it's true.

But what about the sex and violence? Do the movies convince young people to indulge in these risky behaviors? Should we get Hollywood to clean up it's act when it comes to sex and violence?

Silence from Joe.

[RabidBartender]

Wait, wait, wait....there might be something to this.

I'm certain that Ole Horseface herself, Julia Roberts, smoked in a few of her movies - which caused me to smoke. Therefore, one of the bleeding heart activist judges in California (preferably the 9th Circuit) should give me a lot of money. So much money that she'll have to marry 4 other guys to pay me....yeah, that's the ticket!

[vikingchick]

Does the media influence the behavior of the young or not?

That's a good point. And isn't the standard Hollywood scumbag response is to tell everybody to just turn off their TVs if they see something they don't like? But not when it comes to portraying smoking? What's going on here?