TV-Movies-lack of morality-where do you draw the line?

[JAGCath28]

We barely watch any TV and we NEVER go to the movies…typically watch them well after they have been released to DVD. So, that type of entertainment doesn’t take up much of my time. I could sit there and laugh and watch because I know what I believe to be true, and that show definitely isn’t what we should strive to be. However, if I do that, how am I promoting the truths to those around me? Like for example, just look past the elephant in the room (the homosexual couple who adopted) and move to the idea of not needing a mother because they can be overbearing especially if they don’t want you to be who you want to be. Whether this woman’s mother was in the right or not, #1 this scene implies (in my opinion) that any parent who doesn’t support you in what you want isn’t worth having. #2 it implies that is OK if you don’t have both parents. #3 it shows that parents aren’t united on decisions…and it’s OK to show this to the children. And, I would be as bold as to say that #4 it paints a stigmatism that getting married and having children is just old fashioned and nothing to strive for in this day and age.

 

[tjm190]

And nobody has the right to tell others what they can and can not be entertained by. The government keeps the public airways relatively clean- the government does not have the right to do so for cable and satellite networks.
Nobody is forcing filth on anybody. If you choose to tune in, buy the book, or read that newspaper you do so on your own.

 

[Sailor_Kenshin]

And nobody has the right to tell others what they can and can not be entertained by. The government keeps the public airways relatively clean- the government does not have the right to do so for cable and satellite networks.
Nobody is forcing filth on anybody. If you choose to tune in, buy the book, or read that newspaper you do so on your own.

I disagree with your assessment of the situation.

Decent people need to take the airwaves back from the indecent, the crazed, the nihilists, and the worshippers of the self.

You characterize yourself as dissident. Recall who was the first dissident.

 

[vz71]

The government keeps the public airways relatively clean- the government does not have the right to do so for cable and satellite networks.
Nobody is forcing filth on anybody. If you choose to tune in, buy the book, or read that newspaper you do so on your own.

I have to disagree.
It has come to a point where I actually have to monitor the FM radio that my kids listen to.

 

[rdscheirer]

Here’s one for you in regards to this thread. My child was doing well in her chemistry class at a public high school until she had an accident and yelled out an expletive which neither me or my wife ever uses- ever since she has attended the public school(which is very good and ranks in the top 200 high schools) her language has become more coarse. Went to a Catholic school K-8 and couldn’t afford the tuition for 8-12.
Chemistry teacher made her go to the office for using the “d” word -damn.Teacher took off 30% from her grade for the lab because of this. Teacher is known to be 0ne of the worst- neighbor warned us that -they had her last year.

 

[tjm190]

I disagree with your assessment of the situation.

Decent people need to take the airwaves back from the indecent, the crazed, the nihilists, and the worshippers of the self.

You characterize yourself as dissident. Recall who was the first dissident.

If you find it ‘filthy’, don’t watch. But a show with sinful characters is not necessarily be sinful- it may just be trying to tell a believable story, where the good guy doesn’t always win.

 

[tjm190]

I have to disagree.
It has come to a point where I actually have to monitor the FM radio that my kids listen to.

I would admit, the radio is an unpleasant experience. Even so, I would hesitate to call that ‘forcing’ something on somebody. Again, radios have dials and off switches.

 

[vz71]

I would admit, the radio is an unpleasant experience. Even so, I would hesitate to call that ‘forcing’ something on somebody. Again, radios have dials and off switches.

I would normally agree.
BUT…

The radio has become such a common device today that it is nearly impossible to regulate what my children do or do not hear broadcast on the FM dial.

Case in point:
Many years ago the kids and I were on the way to school and we were listening to a fairly well known morning radio show.
The show broke for a commercial and the immediate commercial was an advertisement for Trojans…a fairly vulgar one at that.
Sure enough, my 5 year old son immediately asks “What’s a trojan?”

At that point it was decided. The specific channel was banned .

Fast forward a few years and I discover my now 9 year old is hearing the radio station everywhere else. Other parents car radios, broadcast on another student’s phone, even in department stores that do not want to pay for musaak.

Although my son knows well the ban and knows well my feelings, it is difficult to keep it enforced.

 

[Sailor_Kenshin]

If you find it ‘filthy’, don’t watch. But a show with sinful characters is not necessarily be sinful- it may just be trying to tell a believable story, where the good guy doesn’t always win.

But can you answer who was the first dissident?

 

[Viki63]

I saw a Hallmark movie recently that was just lovely – The Magic of Ordinary Days, about a farmer who marries a pregnant city girl to give her baby a father, and her struggles adapting to country life and accepting his love. There are good things on TV. But most sitcoms are not worth the time, I don’t even find them funny, their jokes are mostly one character putting down another.

 

[Joe_5859]

But most sitcoms are not worth the time, I don’t even find them funny, their jokes are mostly one character putting down another.

Too true. I wonder if there’s a way to quantifianly measure the amount of sarcasm in the world. I bet it has grown exponentially in the past 30 years.

 

[Lost_Wanderer]

Too true. I wonder if there’s a way to quantifianly measure the amount of sarcasm in the world. I bet it has grown exponentially in the past 30 years.

Oh come now. Sarcasm isn’t that bad when used by the right character (or in the right setting).

Heck, I’m a pretty sarcastic guy myself and have been found to be funny. It’s only the optimists that see me as annoying.

 

[Joe_5859]

Oh come now. Sarcasm isn’t that bad when used by the right character (or in the right setting).

Heck, I’m a pretty sarcastic guy myself and have been found to be funny. It’s only the optimists that see me as annoying.

I did not mean to unequivocally condemn the use of sarcasm. I can be sarcastic at times. But I think it’s overuse can pose some problems, particularly when a household is composed of people with differing views on it. If everyone in a group is perfectly fine with a generous use of sarcasm in daily communication, then no harm, no foul. But if not, it can cause much anxiety.

When I first started thinking about the use of sarcasm in sit-coms, I started to notice it in some households I observed. It was quite odd as the interactions between husband and wife could have been a TV show. The only thing missing was the laugh track. But in real life, it somehow didn’t seem as funny.

 

[shondrea]

I don’t watch much tv, but I watch a lot of movies and anime, and I have a standard.

I don’t mind a little swearing, a few kisses, a little violence (one of my favorite programs is about human struggle during a just war) but I get very uncomfortable during sex scenes. I’d MUCH rather they just cut off when they’re kissing. Knowing they had sex doesn’t bother me. SHOWING me bothers me. LOADS of gratuidous gore irks me too. A little blood, not too bad. pools of it? SHUT IT OFF, NOW

Also, the reason behind the actions is important. I don’t mind a lot of swearing and blood in a war movie, but if it was civilians doing that? NONONO

 

[tjm190]

But can you answer who was the first dissident?

The first person to openly disagree with the Church on a teaching? I don’t know if that information was recorded.

 

[adstrinity]

Only read the first page and one-half of this thread.

Will say some things.

1. There has ALWAYS been a television in my room (save when I was being punished, so, maybe 3 months total of the 28 years of my life (am 29 now, but, since I moved, there has not been a TV in my room for 1 year, 1 month)). Long before I went to school, there was TV (small b&w) in my room. TV was my babysitter and I understand remote controls better than anybody else I know. It’s my superpower.

…That said, ever since I saw a rock concert in 2001, I really could take it or leave it. It doesn’t always have to be on for me, and as a matter of fact, I turn it off now to save electricity.

1. There is a B horror movie host in the Chicago-land (incl parts of IN & WI) called Svengoolie. He had on his web page a few years ago how one family observed “Turn off your TV Week” and went outside to play. It was empty outside and they could not understand why. It turns out, there was a Tornado Watch or something, but, they did not know that, because they did not have their TV on. Had they been watching, they would have known why it was eerily quiet.
2. Family Guy is funny, and, I find myself laughing at some clips, but, that show has gotten too bad for me. I do, however, watch Two & A Half Men, which is almost as bad.
3. I don’t care how bad a bad guy is, I don’t care what the situation, there’s just no reason NONE to take the Lord’s Name in vain. There’s other things one could say, I think.

 

[prodigal-sun]

I’m a news and a TV Junky. We have decided to cancel our cable this spring. Really there is nothing worth wacthing on TV anyways. Having a TV is like having SATAN sitting in your living room!

Peace!

 

[Joe_5859]

The first person to openly disagree with the Church on a teaching? I don’t know if that information was recorded.

I think Sailor’s referring to Satan. It’s a veiled insult. For what it’s worth, I apologize.