Sex and Religion
In this week's Sunday LA Times, I write about two things you're never supposed to discuss at a dinner party: Sex and religion -- in the context of their contrasting statuses in the public square.
posted by LadybugUSA at 8:54 AM
4 Comments:
I usually post a comment on the rare times I disagree with you.
Today is an exception. I just read your piece in the TIMES. OUTSTANDING! Well done. Congratulations and thank you.
Woodlucke:
I'm not talking about the state -- as evidenced by the discussion about billboards, Victoria's Secret and popular music.
I'm talking about the "public square," i.e. the culture -- and what we, the people (not the government) deem to be acceptable or "offensive" there.
My opinion on WHY the stores leave out Merry Christmas is because of the fear of the ACLU and the like. An employee or customer simply has to say "I am offended", and the wimps running the business bow down and kiss their feet. It's not "consumers", as Carol points out, the majority have no problems with Jesus. But one fringe atheist is all that's needed, re: Michael Newdow. What I've never heard from the left is how are they offended? They might suddenly burst into flames if they see Jesus?
soupycafe said:
One must wonder, however, why we are saturating our market with all of these sexual images? I do not believe we should censor, but just question...what effect this has on our generations and is it worth the price?
The price is that sex sells...big time. Breweries know it, music execs know it, retailers know it.
And this is the conservative quagmire, its it. (no, not Iraq).
Conservatives won't stand up to big business or regulate anything they do. Yes, there's been some muscle flexing at the FCC but it hasn't made a dent. Sex in our culture is about dollars. MTV, BET, ABC. You want to reduce it you have to regulate the businesses that are cashing in on it. They will NEVER do so on their own. This administration has been bought by the business lobbies. They won't (heck they can't) do anything to change it.
Makes it hard to take the high road when you start moralizing about sex in our society.
Just more hypocricy if you asked me.
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