Posted on 12/16/2006 7:20:34 AM PST by Graybeard58
"It's slippery slope you're advocating."
The history is the opposite of your opinion.
A "slippery slope" would imply a change leading to another change, etc., etc. And, as I noted to another poster on this thread; if it was truly "unconstitutional" you would think you would find less "blue laws" the closer you got in time to the first generation after the founding (they ought to know, they voted on the Constitution and its amendments).
But, in fact, "blue laws" and similar regulations regarding "business hours" were quite common in the history of the nation, not only common but prevalent and more prevalent the closer you get to that first generation. So, you know the Constitution that they wrote better than they did??
If there has been a "slippery" slope it would be the gradual abandonment of "blue laws" and the like, in favor of the retail industries and their consumer society. Nineteen states still maintain laws regulating business hours on Sundays, and there is movement in Texas to bring some of them back (it did not end its Sunday sales restrictions until 1985).
Many states, in addition to the 19 with general "blue laws" still keep liquor stores closed on Sunday. In Massachusettes stores have to be closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas and in Minnessota you are not only prevented from buying liquor on Sunday, you can't buy a car either (nor in NJ). While many of the laws began with religious motives in the colonies, others continued as instruments of labor regulation - with intentions of favoring the workers.
At least when you turned on your TV you were more likely to see "Leave it to Beaver" than the beaver.
I had not seen the comment made so I will. For many kids, four years old is just a couple of years past looking at a bosom as lunch. It is a warm and safe place to feel sheltered from the world, to feel safe and loved--especially for a little boy.
It is not the hysteria of those who see depravity around every corner. One seldom has to look that far.
It is the projection of depravity onto those who probably do not have a clue what the adults are talking about that is the measure of the depravity in our society.
It is the adults seeing 'sex' in everything, as they have been programmed to do by everything from TV to Psych 101.
Church attendance is way down, but this nonsense has gone off the charts in recent years, not because of churchgoers, who have always been able to identify depravity and tell the difference between it and the affection of a child.
It is this specific issue, one of an affectionate child hugging those whom they like being written up for sexual harrassment/contact, which has led me to forego retirement to send my grandchildren to parochial schools, where a little child can still hug a teacher without some nitwit crying rape.
Rent it; the scene is there; I may have paraphrased the description of it without 100% accuracy, but it is there.
And, why would any mother of a five your old girl want Disney selling that girl the notion to ask: "mommmy, can you buy me a thong" like the Princess in Shrek???" Its makes me shrek.
A whole lot of parents see nothing wrong with a kid -- even a very young one -- having a TV in his or her room hooked up to cable, and later on, a computer hooked up to the Internet.
And even if there's filtering/blocking going on, it's never foolproof. Some of the stuff on "kid's channels" intended for young teenagers is amazingly sleazy.
But can we give him the death penalty if he rubbed his head one time too many ?
This and the courts are getting out of hand. A 4 year old is a 4 year old and knows nothing about Sex or Harassment.
Forgive me as I am a Texan in a state that would pursue something as stupid as this.
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