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Family Values I have an announcement to make. I have never watched Sex & the City. I also have a second announcement to make. I have never wanted to watch Sex & the City. A lot of you out there obviously live to see this television show on HBO, because I hear it’s been picked up for it’s sixth season. Besides Harry Potter, this seems to be the big story on the nightly news. My question is, why? Ok, and I have another question, WHY? I totally understand the whole I-must-be-entertained mindset. I live with four children, who, by definition, embody that sentiment in every molecule of their little bodies. I also understand watching television for entertainment, even mindless shows that don’t run on the Discovery Channel or PBS. There is nothing wrong with wanting to be entertained. We are hardworking people and we need some diversion in our lives. But there is something unhealthy about using sex as a form of entertainment. Besides the whole porn thing, which I would need reams of paper to discuss, the so-called soft-porn shows seem to have made it socially acceptable to view things that previously necessitated a disguise while visiting the local adult video store. People didn’t want their neighbors to see them buying or renting X-rated items. It was embarrassing to them; hence the dark glasses, wigs and furtive looks to make sure no one they knew saw them. Technology has made viewing sexually explicit material less embarrassing because you can do it in the privacy of your very own home. It’s between you, your cable and/or Internet provider. I know you’re saying that I’m a prude, or worse. Just wait till you hear that I don’t allow my children to view R-rated movies and I’m a stay-at-home Mom. I also embrace something a bit radical—it’s called Family Values. I adhere to the notion that just because something is titillating and risqué’, doesn’t necessarily make it fit to be viewed by my children or myself. Why fill my mind with those images, as well as the profanity spouted from the mouths of the actors? There are so many other more wholesome and creative works of art, films, and writings to use as entertainment. It seems that anything labeled ‘wholesome’ is dealt a deathblow at the box office these days. This is a sad commentary on the state of our values. Some things just don’t change. The earth revolves around the sun, gravity will keep us on our planet and just because the years change on our calendars, doesn’t mean that everything old (values and morality) should be tossed out the window in the name of progress. Just because something is old, doesn’t make it bad. So, no, I’m not a Sex & the City watcher. There are some things best left unviewed. Adulterous relationships, causal sex, irresponsible lies are not, in my opinion, entertainment. It’s a sad commentary on our nation as a whole that I’m in the minority on this. Even though the acting might be incredible, the writing witty and intelligent, it still doesn’t make up for the fact that there is something rotten in it. My Momma once asked me if I’d eat some brownies she’d made. They were made with flour, sugar, chocolate, and eggs—all the things that brownies are usually made with. I said sure. Then she mentioned that there was just a pinch of dog doo mixed in with all the other delicious ingredients. Did I still want to eat some of her brownies? Well of course I didn’t want to now. Ever one to teach her children lessons, Mom likened her dog-doo laced delicacy to the movies that we watch. Even if the majority of the film is fine, it’s that touch of nudity, that pinch of profanity, which makes it unpalatable. And when the entire premise of the show is based on something that should be held sacred and private, then the effect is even more degrading.
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