Re: Prayers needed

I actually watch CSI...and for the most part enjoy it...but even I agree
that sometimes the gruesomeness of the show is way over the top. Much of
it is just gratuitous violence and truly not necessary for the
development or advancement of any plot line. I sometimes think the
entertainment industry at large has to see just how far they can push
the envelope, which has now gone from being business sized to...well,
what's bigger than a breadbox?



Melody, IA (Z 5/4)

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 --- On Sat 07/03, David Franzman < dfranzma@pacbell.net > wrote:
From: David Franzman [mailto: dfranzma@pacbell.net]
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 21:16:46 -0700
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Prayers needed

Hey, has anyone seen CSI? They routinely show dismembered people.
It's<br>been a favorite of my wife's because it's a crime show but one
time that I<br>actually watched it I was so appalled and made such a
fuss that my wife just<br>turned the channel. I will never understand
why somebody would want to<br>watch stuff like that.<br><br>David
Franzman<br>A Touch of the
Tropics<br>www.atouchofthetropics.net<br>----- Original Message -----
<br>From: "Andrea H" <hodgesaa@earthlink.net><br>To:
<gardenchat@hort.net><br>Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 12:36
PM<br>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Prayers needed<br><br><br>> Marge and Judy,
you are both so right. Sometimes I'm appalled at what I<br>> myself
accept as "not so bad" or "normal" these days. I usually back
up<br>and<br>> go wait a minute, that's a horrible thing to show on TV,
or say on the<br>> radio, etc. Even the morning shows now are full of
things that were simply<br>> not tolerated when I was a child. I can
remember the first time I heard<br>the<br>> word 'damn' on TV and was
amazed. And yes, freedom of speech has turned<br>> into say anything you
want, no matter how vile, obscene (although those<br>> REALLY smart
people in DC still haven't clearly defined that word) or even<br>>
ludicrous. That's another thing that amazes me, the TV shows that
people<br>> watch not for the violent content, but for the sheer
stupidity of the<br>> content. Just don't get it. OK, I'll stop.<br>>
A<br>><br>> Andrea H<br>> Beaufort, SC<br>><br>><br>> ----- Original
Message ----- <br>> From: "Judy L Browning"
<judybrowning@lewiston.com><br>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net><br>> Sent:
Friday, July 02, 2004 11:36 AM<br>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Prayers
needed<br>><br>><br>> > Marge, you stated this very well, may I quote
you? I am apalled my what<br>my<br>> > grandkids all preteen, accept as
"normal" based on what they see on the<br>> > tube.<br>> > From: "Marge
Talt" <mtalt@hort.net><br>> > > Personally (showing my age), I think TV
and Hollywood are<br>> > > exacerbating the situation and our freedo

m of speech (which I value)<br>> > > has been distorted as a permission
to produce worse and worse violent<br>> > > trash for consumption by
younger and younger humans...after a while,<br>> > > the horror subsides
and they become inured to violence; think it is<br>> > > normal...then,
that spills over into other aspects of life. Consider<br>> > > the
prevalence of road rage and other sorts of "rages" that seem to<br>> > >
happen every day now.<br>> ><br>> >
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