Tuesday, November 18, 2003

I was sent an article earlier today in light of a recent slip of the "f-word" on public television. "The Federal Communications Commission ruled this month that Irish rocker Bono did not violate federal indecency rules when he used the f-word during an acceptance speech at the Golden Globe Awards, which NBC broadcast in January."  According to this article, the context of the f-word was not that of explicit use, as it did not reference anything sexual. Well, one can only imagine my rage... I wrote a letter to the editor: To Whom It May Concern: RECYCLING EXCREMENT I am appalled to live within a society that continually strips children of their chance to acquire decency and propriety. Our media-perverted nation has been bringing morality to a rapid halt for far too long. Why must the entire nation suffer as a result of a few who desire to hear five, four-letter words which are currently, socially recognized as indecent and explicit. Maybe we have the right to be angry because we didn’t originally choose for those words to be offensive, but must society be thrown into a demoralizing loop simply because a few people want to hear some “cool because they’re bad” words on a favorite episode of the Simpsons? I am twenty-one and desire to have children one day, but I am skeptical as to whether or not I wish to bring more young minds into the perverted society in which I presently a part of. We already drown children with over stimulation in this media-fanatic culture, why must we subject them to the few words that are culturally known and understood to be rude and inappropriate? It frustrates me to see a people who are desperately, argumentatively, and purposefully anxious to provide easy-access to the viewing of filth and verbal defecation, as well as perverted stereotypes and warped role models. Maybe it is silly that these so-called “expletives” have evolved into, well, expletives, but is it utterly necessary to promote anti-establishment on every channel? Instead of teaching our children how to use the f-word as an adjective as well as a noun, maybe we should pressure them to recognize the need for and pursuit of justice, speak for those who have no voice, or even, and dare I say this, maybe try to make a difference in this world, and not the kind of difference that my peers make me ashamed of.  We are the United States. We set a precedent for the rest of the world. Let’s not trash our standards by spitting foul verbiage. 12:37:40 AM   comment  []