'Pornography': TV's taboo word

WorldNetDaily ^ | 11/25/05 | Dr. Judith Reisman

[King Prout]

thank you for posting the reminder of the facts of history.

[moog]

for my sanity's sake.

Know what you mean:)

[moog]

Pornography does not always lead to criminal behavior

Shhhhh, Ted Bundy's listening in.

[moog]

Those ratings don't mean a thing to the American Library Association.

At my public library, there are restrictions on what children can check out (e.g. no rated R movies) and parents are given the right to put further restrictions on the card as well. Accessing pornography is strictly forbidden. Those librarians get pretty livid if someone tries to.

[P.O.E.]

If TV does not affect behavior, then why all the millions spent on commercials?

[itsahoot]

Of course a lot of the nonsense in articles like this is based on a mythical sanitized past that we've since fallen from, that never really existed in the first place.

My, my so wise, how many yeads did itg take you to acquire all that wisdom. Not many I would venture.

[moog]

If TV does not affect behavior, then why all the millions spent on commercials?

To give us some time to go to sleep so we will stay awake when the program is airing.

[moog]

"how many yeads did itg take"

What's a yead? Are they related to those things I pull up out of my garden?

[itsahoot]

but I'd say it's clear that it hasn't suddenly taken off or something that's recent.

Nope little boys were always getting Blow Jobs in the back of the classroom during WW II.</sarcasm>

[itsahoot]

i whole heartedly agree there is no such thing as the gool old days.

Then you are one under/over educated fool.

[itsahoot]

Sorry, I am so upset that I can't type.

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.

[moog]

Sorry abouts thatt; I never not makes no missteaks on me grammars becuz i checks it all of times so that I is carefully in that i am writed.

I thinks i is a more perfectest rider thier ever were.

Sorry about that again. I'm sure qualified when first graders have to correct my grammar all the time.

[EGPWS]

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.

Well said....

[BeAllYouCanBe]

If TV does not affect behavior

My wife is a teacher and it is almost impossible today to teach without visual aids -- a DVD is the most effective method to get any idea into teenagers' heads. I don't think that kids are wired today to learn anything without seeing a video.

So yes TV does affect behavior otherwise we wouldn't be spending so much money producing learning videos.

[moog]

My wife is a teacher and it is almost impossible today to teach without visual aids -- a DVD is the most effective method to get any idea into teenagers' heads. I don't think that kids are wired today to learn anything without seeing a video. So yes TV does affect behavior otherwise we wouldn't be spending so much money producing learning videos. I didn't say that. My statement was the corny one-liner below it. But I am a teacher too. Yes, you do need visual aids. Nonetheless, at least for my first graders, I don't use very many videos at all and they still learn quite a bit.

Kudos to your wife for going into teaching.

[Tax-chick]

I think she has the Emperor Titus mixed up with Tiberius. And is "hominoid" even a word? We have "humanoid" and "hominid," but what's with this new one?

[weegee]

The ALA's position as posted on their website is that there is no such thing as "age appropriate" material. They believe that if it is in the library, all patrons should be able to access it.

This doesn't mean to them avoiding stocking something like Madonna's Sex book or an "X" rated film like Last Tango In Paris, instead it means requiring parents to restrict their kids card (since by default the ability is there) so that they cannot check out ANY videos without parental approval. Not sure how the library wants books "limited" in access since no arbiter reviews books. There is a "code" for comics, but the x-rated works of Robert Crumb (which do have some valid content) carry no CCA code.

[moog]

Yes, it involves videos though I think it involves other things as well--what a parent desires like internet access and the like.

With the culture here, there are no x-rated videos in the video section and no books like the "Joy of Sex." When I worked in a library, that was the book that I found most commonly out of place.

That being said, it amazes me sometimes what parents will let their kids watch, even in a very conservative community such as mine.

[little jeremiah]

Moral Absolutes Ping.

ABSOLUTELY MUST READ!!!

Even if you don't read anything else I ping out to you for two weeks, please! Read this one. Dr. Reisman, if you don't know, has been exposing the evil fraud Kinsey for a long time. She not only tells the truth, she writes in a succint, pointed, yet not extremist writing style. Anyone who reads this and disagrees is on the wrong side of the culture war.

Freepmail me if you want on/off this pinglist.

[little jeremiah]

You know porn threads. Brings out the "porn is harmless" and "porn is exactly what Thomas Jefferson and all had in mind with the First Amendment" crowd.