nbcrusader said:
Still, these influences still teach and have an affect absent strong role models. I think there is a reasonable argument that we should question and limit the messages used in entertainment and advertising.
Question them, yes, but I don't agree with limiting them. Everyone reacts differently to different images and messages, after all, so it's hard to regulate that sort of thing.
Originally posted by nbcrusader
No No No. The tools you suggest only stop a fraction of the images that invade the home. Take the example of NFL football. My 10-year old loves to watch games. It should not be unreasonable to let him watch these games. However, the commercials cut in with many graphic images to promote television shows or products.
Yes, and that sort of thing has been happening for years now, it's nothing new at all. A person would have to be quite naive to think that football games were going to be innocent little viewing occasions.
Besides that, some people see football itself as graphic because it involves people hitting each other and all that sort of thing. Should we regulate football games, too? I find it rather amusing that people sit there and watch a game that involves people hitting each other constantly, but then complain about other various violent images that are shown during the commercials. What exactly is the difference?
Originally posted by nbcrusader
You can only use the remote after the image arrives on the screen.
Yes, and you're also warned ahead of time with the rating system-isn't the whole point of those things to keep people from watching material they may personally find bothersome? If you're about to watch a show, and see the rating, you can decide for yourself whether or not you want to continue watching it. And if you do continue to watch it, well, you are the one who made that choice, therefore, you have nobody else to blame but yourself.
Originally posted by nbcrusader
And in you own example, you change the channel after you find the images too disturbing. The human brain can process these images very quickly - much faster than our hand can react to changing the channel.
Yes. I change the channel, and move on with my life and try and find ways to weed those bad images out of my head. It works pretty well, too. Days go by when none of the bad images even enter my mind, they only come up if a discussion is going about said movie, and then they come back. Isn't there a thing people can do where they block out traumatic images?
Originally posted by nbcrusader
The idea that we have total control over the images we see can only work if we never leave the house and watch pre-edited material on the television.
No, it can work if people actually pay attention to the ratings (people demanded those for years, after all, well, you got them, now
use them) and if people can learn to think for themselves and use their remote controls. If people are that paranoid about everything in the world influencing them, why watch TV, then?
Angela