Personally, I have a grudge against Tipper Gore. Because of her I was not able to buy a Metallica cd when I was 13 (don't laugh, I was only 13); I had to get my mom to do it for me because of the parental advisory sticker. On television there are parental advisory warnings for how old a person should be to watch a particular program. There are also warnings at the beginnings of programs, such as "South Park," all because of her.
Today, we are so terrified about what children are seeing in movies, on television, and what music they are listening to. We are terrified they will repeat exactly what they think is cool, but that is the way children are. This is the way it has always been.
In chapter two of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer says, "I've seen it in books; and so of course that's what we've got to do." There was no TV, no radio, no movies, just books. These children want to be robbers exactly like they have read in books. Did society attempt to not allow them to read them? I don't know, but they seem very keen on the killing aspect.
Posted by KellySmogor at October 17, 2004 04:12 PM