A bar has to be set somewhere. Would you be alright with hardcore pornography being broadcast on prime time television where any child left unsupervised could just turn it on? Television and radio are subject to censorship moreso than media like film and record, etc. because they are much harder to regulate in terms of audience. And even then, there are some things that any reasonable person would want censored in any case, to the extent in some instances of being criminalized. It’s not totalitarianism; it’s called being civilized.
Political correctness and media censorship are far from the same thing. One is an attempt to stifle any language that might be considered inflammatory insofar as it is blunt and not dressed up in “feel good” language. Censorship seeks to maintain a level of civility and decency in mainstream society. The wonderful thing about a democracy is that the majority rules. It’s the most fair way to play the game. The mission, then, is not to impose one’s view on others, but to convince others that your view is right. Democracy, much like Christianity, does not “force conversions.”
That’s right. I’m certainly not talking about forcing people to not read, watch, or hear what they want but, hopefully, helping them to realize that right is right and wrong is wrong. To my brothers and sisters in Christ, we
must encourage each other to see clearly and
to not accept the vagueness. Like “You can’t decide for me.” No, I can’t, but are we going to blindly accept the, “Well, it’s OK for Mature Adults because that means sin is different after the age of 21 and I can handle watching a little trash.”
Really? Is that our goal? To see how much trash we can handle or to remove as much trash from our life as possible? I know it ranges from very difficult to seemingly impossible for some - those who are truly addicted - and conditioned by years of doing the same thing over and over, to change.
If we, as men and women, want to be treated with dignity in public then we should expect nothing less coming out of our TVs. Human dignity requires human decency. Take that away and men and women are reduced to objects, not people, and when the most intimate aspect of a male-female relationship is reduced to meaningless “just sex,” what? Are we just two strange dogs, meet in the alley and after the mother gives birth to the pups, the male just walks away, denying his tremendous role in the upbringing of his and her children?
Shame on anyone who believes that is Modern or Civilized or OK. IT’S 100% WRONG. That is barbarism AND WE WILL NOT HAVE A CIVIL, FUNCTIONAL SOCIETY if we encourage any of it. Or if we believe the “hey, who knows, whatever, it doesn’t matter, you can’t tell me what to do, why should you care, etc.”
Peace,
Ed
