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Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.

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juliana - Jul 22, 2005 9:06:39 am PDT #2142 of 10002

I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

I also continue to be amused, or is it outraged, by the fact that the whole point of GTA is killing people and dealing drugs and other sorts of crime, and yet it's the sex download that everyone's up in arms about. I mean, right?!?

I'm leaning toward outraged, but yeah. Word.

Jesse - Jul 22, 2005 9:09:49 am PDT #2143 of 10002

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I still don't have a problem with grownups playing it, but I think the sex is the least of the "bad influences" on kids there. Shit. I assume nearly all of the little kids out there will eventually have sex, but I hope many fewer of them will grow up thinking a life of crime is a good idea.

Betsy HP - Jul 22, 2005 9:10:28 am PDT #2144 of 10002

If I only had a brain...

This turns out to be one of the big divides in the culture war. The right wing is outraged about sex, but cool with violence; the left wing has no problem with sex, but is outraged by violence.

So, for instance, the Buffy episode I never let my kids see was HUSH (too scary), while I squirmed through WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE but didn't make the kids quit watching.

Rio - Jul 22, 2005 9:11:49 am PDT #2145 of 10002

Are you ready to be strong?

I am pretty much OK with sex and violence.

tommyrot - Jul 22, 2005 9:12:27 am PDT #2146 of 10002

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I squirmed through WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE but didn't make the kids quit watching.

I dunno... do you think your kids were mature enough to learn the adult lesson that sometimes good TV shows have crappy episodes?

amych - Jul 22, 2005 9:13:06 am PDT #2147 of 10002

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I am pretty much OK with sex and violence.

Crazy anarchist! Or centrist. I'm not sure which.

Rio - Jul 22, 2005 9:16:10 am PDT #2148 of 10002

Are you ready to be strong?

Me neither.

Jesse - Jul 22, 2005 9:16:21 am PDT #2149 of 10002

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I am pretty much OK with sex and violence.

Ditto.

Although I did realize I would have been embarassed if my parents had come in the room while I was watching Nip/Tuck over the weekend.

sarameg - Jul 22, 2005 9:16:44 am PDT #2150 of 10002

This turns out to be one of the big divides in the culture war.

Ayup. Illustrated very awkwardly this past christmas where my brother got his 16 year old bil just this game and some cd/movie/? that had a very suggestive cover. My parents were appalled by the VIOLENCE!!!11, sil's parents by the PORN!!!11!.

Really, the two families are moderate stereotypes of the whole culture war dynamic. It'd be more amusing if I didn't know my brother and his wife spend all christmas just waiting one or the other of their parents to inadvertently (or not) offend the other.

Anne W. - Jul 22, 2005 9:16:58 am PDT #2151 of 10002

The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

Full Extension! (for baseball fans. Or for fans of pictures of human beings launched into flight.)

Neat! (Hec, have you seen pictures of my dad's baseball statues?)

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