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.

I am pretty much OK with sex and violence.

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?

I am pretty much OK with sex and violence.

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

Me neither.

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.

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.

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?)

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

They don't have Jesus in them, do they?

t still scarred

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

Me, I think both sex and violence are generally inappropriate for little kids, and generally OK (in fiction, for violence) for older people. How is this tricky?!?