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 get confused. I remember everything. I remember too much, and... some of it's made up, and... some of it can't be quantified, and... there's secrets.
River ,'Safe'
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.
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.
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?)
brenda m - Jul 22, 2005 9:19:11 am PDT #2152 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Hec, have you seen pictures of my dad's baseball statues?)
They don't have Jesus in them, do they?
t still scarred
Jesse - Jul 22, 2005 9:19:53 am PDT #2153 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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?!?
Topic!Cindy - Jul 22, 2005 9:20:56 am PDT #2154 of 10002
What is even happening?
I don't want my kids to have either on their video games. That's why so far, they have a Harry Potter cartridge, a Fairly Odd Parents Cartridge, and a Pac Man cartridge for the GameBoy. Of course, I am No Fun. At. All.
I think there ought to be truth in advertising, so to speak, though. If someone thought they were buying a sexy video game for their kids, and got sneak scenes of violence, I'd think that was wrong, and vice versa.
Steph L. - Jul 22, 2005 9:21:55 am PDT #2155 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Of course, I am No Fun. At. All.
Nuh-uh! Nothing's funner than Pac-Man!