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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: goldworldnet who wrote (51725)	6/21/2002 6:09:55 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

I don't think starting over is necessary re-evaluation is possible, and the pendulum doesn't need to swing to breakdown in order for things to get fixed it may be as simple as economics a recent study showed that advertisements following material with violence or sexual content were unlikely to be remembered (people are still thinking about the sex and or violence, and not paying attention to the ads). Therefore it may be that advertisers will demand blander less objectionable programs. I imagine people retain ads very well after a nature program on ants, for example.

To: goldworldnet who wrote (51725)	6/21/2002 7:17:04 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

The other question is whether moral standards should be imposed by federal action, or by nongovernmental community pressure. I greatly prefer the latter. The most effective antidote to an X-rated movie theater I've ever seen was the campaign in a Seattle neighborhood that opposed it to photograph patrons entering the theater and posted them on the web. All just community effort. The theater shut down fairly quickly. It would be no problem for community volunteers, if they were concerned about pornographic viewing in a library, to monitor the use and photograph look over the shoulder of young people viewing improper material. It's a public area, they have a right to be there. But the kids will soon quit, I believe. If communities take the responsibility for themselves, we don't need any laws.