Is TV really this bad? Immorality,not just bad taste?
02-24-01, 02:13 PM
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Down below is a letter that appeared in my local newspaper today! Is TV really this bad? I do not watch much TV(only stuff I watch regularly is The Fugitve,JAG,and Buffy,and Angel once in a while!) BTW I did not see or read this column the author is talking about!
The link to this letter is below!
http://www.thereporter.com/Current/plet.html#06saturday
Published: Sat, Feb 24, 2001
It's immorality, not just bad taste
Reporter Editor:
Jack Anderson's recent syndicated column (Reporter, Feb. 14), "Television increasingly relies on sexual content," was informative and fair-minded until the last paragraph, where he writes "In the end, sexually explicit television is more a matter of taste than morality. Morality can be exercised with a channel-changer,"
What a ridiculous conclusion, but what else would you expect from this out-and-out liberal?
Television is sinking further and further into the gutter, and pulling our society down with it. Subject matter that would never have been seen on TV just a few years ago is now commonplace (just watch a few minutes of Ricki Lake, Judge Mathis, Jerry Springer, etc. and you'll get a clue as to what I mean), and profanity and the blasphemous use of God's name permeate the dialogue.
This is having a very detrimental effect on our society, with standards of conduct and speech going right down the drain. As Anderson himself points out in the article, although sexual content is up on TV, very little mention is ever made of the risks and responsibilities involved.
So then, is it really a matter of taste rather than morality that illegitimate births and sexually transmitted diseases, some fatal, continue to go up?
I don't think so, and I'll bet there are plenty of other people who feel the same way I do. I, for one, think we could use a little more morality, and a lot less bad taste, on TV.
Charles D. Roberts, Vacaville
[Edited by Aaron Amos on 02-24-01 at 12:17 PM]
The link to this letter is below!
http://www.thereporter.com/Current/plet.html#06saturday
Published: Sat, Feb 24, 2001
It's immorality, not just bad taste
Reporter Editor:
Jack Anderson's recent syndicated column (Reporter, Feb. 14), "Television increasingly relies on sexual content," was informative and fair-minded until the last paragraph, where he writes "In the end, sexually explicit television is more a matter of taste than morality. Morality can be exercised with a channel-changer,"
What a ridiculous conclusion, but what else would you expect from this out-and-out liberal?
Television is sinking further and further into the gutter, and pulling our society down with it. Subject matter that would never have been seen on TV just a few years ago is now commonplace (just watch a few minutes of Ricki Lake, Judge Mathis, Jerry Springer, etc. and you'll get a clue as to what I mean), and profanity and the blasphemous use of God's name permeate the dialogue.
This is having a very detrimental effect on our society, with standards of conduct and speech going right down the drain. As Anderson himself points out in the article, although sexual content is up on TV, very little mention is ever made of the risks and responsibilities involved.
So then, is it really a matter of taste rather than morality that illegitimate births and sexually transmitted diseases, some fatal, continue to go up?
I don't think so, and I'll bet there are plenty of other people who feel the same way I do. I, for one, think we could use a little more morality, and a lot less bad taste, on TV.
Charles D. Roberts, Vacaville
[Edited by Aaron Amos on 02-24-01 at 12:17 PM]
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Well, I don't get a chance to watch all the shows I would like to, but I think the person who wrote that letter is taking some extreme examples and using them to back up their argument. I mean, she mentions Rikki Lake, Spring and Judge Mathis (whatever that last one is?) That is hardly representative of most television out there.
My opinion on this may also be different from the letter writer because i am not nearly as conservative as they appear to be. He is wrong when he states that morality can't be controlled with a channel changer. I mean, what he decides is moral is not the same thing I think is moral. I am fine with premarital sex and births out of wedlock, but he points to "illegitimate births" as a problem in society. He also complains about blasphemous use of the lord's name when I couldn't care less if somebody does that. To me moral issues are entirely personal. I mean, most of us could agree that certain things are immoral, but there are others on the edges that nobody can possibly agree with, like the premarital sex issue or the births out of wedlock.
All in all, it seems like certain television shows, Temptation Island, XFL, some daytime talk shows, do trade on sexuality. i don't think that is true of most television.
On an aside note Aaron, I find it interesting you can watch such mainstream, watered-down CBS fare like The Fugitive and then complain about the lack of originality in movies these days. Does your love for originality and fresh, independent ideas not extend to television?
My opinion on this may also be different from the letter writer because i am not nearly as conservative as they appear to be. He is wrong when he states that morality can't be controlled with a channel changer. I mean, what he decides is moral is not the same thing I think is moral. I am fine with premarital sex and births out of wedlock, but he points to "illegitimate births" as a problem in society. He also complains about blasphemous use of the lord's name when I couldn't care less if somebody does that. To me moral issues are entirely personal. I mean, most of us could agree that certain things are immoral, but there are others on the edges that nobody can possibly agree with, like the premarital sex issue or the births out of wedlock.
All in all, it seems like certain television shows, Temptation Island, XFL, some daytime talk shows, do trade on sexuality. i don't think that is true of most television.
On an aside note Aaron, I find it interesting you can watch such mainstream, watered-down CBS fare like The Fugitive and then complain about the lack of originality in movies these days. Does your love for originality and fresh, independent ideas not extend to television?
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Originally posted by badger1997
[On an aside note Aaron, I find it interesting you can watch such mainstream, watered-down CBS fare like The Fugitive and then complain about the lack of originality in movies these days. Does your love for originality and fresh, independent ideas not extend to television? [/B]
[On an aside note Aaron, I find it interesting you can watch such mainstream, watered-down CBS fare like The Fugitive and then complain about the lack of originality in movies these days. Does your love for originality and fresh, independent ideas not extend to television? [/B]
