[SerpentDove]

Yes, there are many more things to worry about.

But I hope you would agree that it is a symptom of the coarsening of American culture, and an indicator of our slipping morals that this is becoming more and more acceptable.

I am forty years old, and I for one can see that our children are exposed to more and more at an earlier age. Things they are not equipped to handle. That is a fact, and anyone who ignores that, I will dismiss your arguments against it as factually wrong.

What disturbs me is the attitude on the part of parents of , "Oh well, what are you gonna do?" I am not in favor of "censorship" because of course, that is an evil, evil, evil, vile, unacceptable thing.

That is the same as being the "thought police" or worse yet, a "fuddy-duddy" And we can't have that.

Well I'm no fuddy-duddy, I live in the real world, and I'm no Holy Joe. I have not always proven to have the cleanest mouth around.

I only know that when I was growing up, the values I see paraded around and celebrated now are not the same as the world I grew up in.

Which of course leads into the ridiculous insult of some, "Oh, you want to live in a 'Leave it to Beaver World." That is an argument ad absurdum.

I don't know the solution except that if we don't raise our children with an appreciation for what is godly and decent, we will wind up as amoral and adrift as the European nations who by and large have abandoned God.

It bugs me. That's all.

[Nataku X]

I can't imagine that many parents would actually allow their kids to watch TV anyway, if they really sat down and watched today's children shows. Complaining about the F-word on TV is akin to complaining that the Playboy magazine getting more racy.

The only TV show I like is Stargate SG-1, and I get that on DVD. You can buy enough family-friendly TV episodes or movies on DVD to last a month for the price of one month's cable rental. Then your 4-year-old son won't even have to ask about that herpes medicine commercial he saw on Fox News.

[F.J. Mitchell]

Well said SD.

BTTT!

[viaveritasvita]

Amen to your post, which I hope I've linked properly...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1022505/posts?page=141#141

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