Radio, was prayers needed

Speaking of radio, did anyone else hear the NPR news staff and commentators read the Declaration of Independence this morning? At first I was annoyed [I am easily annoyed at 6:00 AM], but by the end I was quite taken by it. If you want, you should be able to hear it at www.npr.org [click on "archives" and look around]. There seem to be some policy similarities between George the III and George the W--particularly regarding habeas corpus.


On Friday, July 2, 2004, at 03:36 PM, Andrea H wrote:

Marge and Judy, you are both so right. Sometimes I'm appalled at what I
myself accept as "not so bad" or "normal" these days. I usually back up and
go wait a minute, that's a horrible thing to show on TV, or say on the
radio, etc. Even the morning shows now are full of things that were simply
not tolerated when I was a child. I can remember the first time I heard the
word 'damn' on TV and was amazed. And yes, freedom of speech has turned
into say anything you want, no matter how vile, obscene (although those
REALLY smart people in DC still haven't clearly defined that word) or even
ludicrous. That's another thing that amazes me, the TV shows that people
watch not for the violent content, but for the sheer stupidity of the
content. Just don't get it. OK, I'll stop.
A

Andrea H
Beaufort, SC


----- Original Message -----
From: "Judy L Browning" <judybrowning@lewiston.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Prayers needed


Marge, you stated this very well, may I quote you? I am apalled my what my
grandkids all preteen, accept as "normal" based on what they see on the
tube.
From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net> 
Personally (showing my age), I think TV and Hollywood are
exacerbating the situation and our freedom of speech (which I value)
has been distorted as a permission to produce worse and worse violent
trash for consumption by younger and younger humans...after a while,
the horror subsides and they become inured to violence; think it is
normal...then, that spills over into other aspects of life.  Consider
the prevalence of road rage and other sorts of "rages" that seem to
happen every day now.


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