Yes, it is our Puritan subliminal heritage.

Post #42,527 by Ashton 6/16/02 10:10:16 PM Reply	Yes, it is our Puritan subliminal heritage. *God against Nature. God against Man. Nature against Man. Man 'against' Nature! Technology to tame, suppress, subdue! 'Nature': we chose our Gods in Our Image of what was most fearful to 'us', so as to construct an Authority, relieving us of the angst of being Alive. Too many choices.. seemed like 'the thing to do at the time', back in the Dark Ages, I guess.. * someone's observation re Chistianity (with the concluding comment ...funny religion!). One might as well add in the other forks, as derive from the same fearful view of It All. What does it mean that, repeated plots with graphic-color piles of heaped dead bodies = Good fare for the little and Big tykes too, to immerse selves in as 'recreation' (and for the little ones: inculcation of er Valuez) - but human sexual intercourse is Bad? Rest case. Belive we ARE a 'Case' to be studied by sentient beings, should we ever encounter some... before we turn out the lights, that is.
Post #42,544 by Brandioch 6/17/02 12:31:26 AM Reply	I'm just wondering...... What would our society be like if those were reversed? If it was a taboo to show people being killed and parents were uncomfortable with discussing the subject -and- They weren't uncomfortable with discussing sex as an intimate affection? Well, for one thing, Nintendo and PlayStation games would be a LOT different.
Post #42,605 by screamer 6/17/02 11:38:10 AM Reply	We could replace GI Joe... with Bend Over Barbie and Homo Joe... (Please note: I do not mean to offend anyone, it was a cheap rhyme!!!) It's reminding me of an old George Carlin routine where he talks about much the same issue and goes into a skit about substituting the word f&k for kill in a lot of movies... "F&k the ump, f&k the ump"... "Okay, Lester, we're gonna f&k you now, but we're gonna do it real slow." :-) I understand and agree with you point and have been making it for a long time. I don't know how we got so screwed up with our priorities. I think Bill is hitting on a big part of it with the "comfort level" of the adults in the equation, but I can't, for the life of me, understand why we could feel comfortable talking about death (try explaining to a 2 year old about where Grandpa went... You'll get a good feel for where the concept of "heaven" comes in handy) or especially senseless killing for entertainment. I understand the discomfort of discussing sex with kids in this culture, I don't understand the lack of discomfort discussing violence and murder... We need to put it back on society's To Do list, n'est ce pas? Just a few thoughts, Screamer There's nothing in the streets Looks any different to me And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye And the parting on the left Are now parting on the right And the beards have all grown longer overnight P. Townshend - Won't Get Fooled Again

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