Episodes recut for different markets
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
[b]American culture would not have sunken into depravity like it has if the people were not brainwashed by the media. Television and movies present faulty value systems and immoral norms within a fictional context that all too many confuse with real life. Something needs to be done because everyone seems to be ignoring the problem.
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Stating that American society has “sunken (sic) into depravity” is a generalization based purely on subjective interpretation. Your opinions and views are yours and yours alone, and are not to be confused with hard and fast facts. Do not forget this.
But, to take up your argument, how do you explain the low crime rate and lack of “depravity” in Japan, where their culture accepts into the mainstream THE most explicit sex and violence (and practically any combination of the two imaginable)? How did they manage to escape the (snicker) “brainwashing” that our media subjects us to? And, for that matter, how did *you* manage to escape the mind-control units?
…And, what about American culture do you see as “depraved?” You cannot go around tossing off statements about our descent into the muck without giving examples of what exactly bothers you. Otherwise, your argument lacks any basis or potential for construcive use, and must therefore be judged as “being contrary for contrary’s sake.” What value systems are you deeming as “faulty?” What norms are you putting forth as being “immoral?” Say what you mean, and stop being so vague about what outrages you so much.
–Aleck