The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #26790   Message #326672
Posted By: Lonesome Gillette
24-Oct-00 - 11:47 PM
Thread Name: PMRC
Subject: RE: PMRC
We are exposed to much diverse info as a culture these days. I'm not sure what to think about that, maybe in the past the "Media" was controlled by a smaller bunch of the very powerful, now, with the ease of communication there are just more points of view out there to be seen. In the fifties didn't they try to force the Pat Boone types on the American youth in fear of the kids listening to blues music or whatever. One thing that sucks is that in this short attention span /hype advertising age we live in, extreme stuff seems to get more attention than subtitle things. Maybe people will just get bored with extreme violence, sex and all the stuff that bothers the PMRC. I know I am, I grew up listening to The Sex Pistols , Iggy Pop, The Minutemen (great band) and all that stuff. Now I'm not interested in it, but I don't think it hurt me, and I think I even learned some things from it. It just seems a bit boring now, but kids find it cool, and I don't think that's so bad. One thing they should censor is all those interactive dolls for kids, and all the plastic junk they sell to kids, and computers. Maybe we should chuck all these computers!