tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18251921.post113677532957637372..comments2023-05-28T06:10:12.908-04:00Comments on southernxyl: Laura(southernxyl)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02880277733341078157noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18251921.post-1137039152448735792006-01-11T23:12:00.000-05:002006-01-11T23:12:00.000-05:00You can't know if 99% of the population is offende...You can't know if 99% of the population is offended because nobody asks. Sometimes small towns manage to have referendums (referenda?) in which they decide not to allow alcohol to be sold, etc. Or they have ordinances that regulate the size and colors of signs on businesses. I think that's fine because presumably people who move into those places like them like that.<BR/><BR/>I assume that it was market forces that caused the radio station not to renew those billboards. Kind of like Walmart selling enough bowdlerized CDs to make it cost-effective for them to be created and distributed, although supposedly all the vulgarity is in the music because the public demands it.<BR/><BR/>I really don't buy the argument that it's no worse than what kids hear/see at school anyway. That's an argument that schools sometimes use - X is no worse than what the kids see on TV. Some kids aren't allowed unfettered access to TV (my kid was one) for that very reason. It's like if there is a breach in the wall anywhere, we might as well open the gates and let the barbarians take over. And what about kids of five or six? They really don't need to be exposed to that perverted crap. What are you supposed to do, blindfold them when you put them in their carseats?<BR/><BR/>Paris Hilton - that's a whole 'nother phenomenon. It seems to me that her 15 minutes should have been over long, long ago. It's like when you look at something (like a traffic accident) and you wonder why you are looking at it, and while you wonder, you are still looking.Laura(southernxyl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02880277733341078157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18251921.post-1137031522170010892006-01-11T21:05:00.000-05:002006-01-11T21:05:00.000-05:00if something is so offensive that 99% of the peopl...if something is so offensive that 99% of the people are offended maybe it should be removed--that would depend on the context; in a community dominated by any extremist group (pick your flavor) one could have a tyranny of the majority. <BR/><BR/>my question is how do you (or how does anyone) know that 99,999 people don't want to see it? as far as kids being exposed to it--all i can say is they probably hear-talk about things just as bad or worse at school. there are much more disturbing things on the nightly news. <BR/><BR/>i do agree the the lowest common denominator dominates our culture; this sickens me. however, there's a reason for this--it works. that's all most people want, apparently. <BR/><BR/>i guess i should revise my original answer. let market forces decide--that seems less fascist than government censorship, and it would be more effective. <BR/><BR/>if your community told the radio station that they wouldn't be listening as long as the board was up. maybe the station would remove it. <BR/><BR/>if there were no audience for fear factor or paris hilton, maybe they would disappear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18251921.post-1136938662303110322006-01-10T19:17:00.000-05:002006-01-10T19:17:00.000-05:00Well, the thing about the billboards is this: If ...Well, the thing about the billboards is this: If 99,999 people do not want to see that crap, and don't want their kids to see it, and don't want visitors from out of town to think "so that's the kind of city you live in, huh", but <I>one person</I> wants to put the billboard up, then the billboard goes up. <BR/><BR/>The standards are pegged to the lowest standard in the group.<BR/><BR/>The particular billboard I remember featured a man wearing a bikini top with his armpit hair hanging out, gagged and handcuffed to bedposts. YUCK. I hated those billboards and so did everybody else I heard mention them. What a relief when they came down.Laura(southernxyl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02880277733341078157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18251921.post-1136918505846955152006-01-10T13:41:00.000-05:002006-01-10T13:41:00.000-05:00i don't know--it's a touchy issue. the only guide...i don't know--it's a touchy issue. the only guideline i would suggest is that when what someone is doing affects/hurts others that's the time to tattle. <BR/><BR/>the kid in the street is a good example. <BR/><BR/>or rude neighbors playing music at 2 am when you have to work. <BR/><BR/>however, if something is simply offensive leave it alone. i hate the whole "it offends me so it must be banned" trip this country is on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com