Tuesday, February 03, 2004
Okay, here's the correct take on the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson are selfish. Pompous. Self-absorbed. Unconcerned of others.
Now *I* didn't find Janet's boob exposure that offensive. I don't have that stigma.
Maybe *you* didn't find it that offensive.
If they'd done this on another MTV awards show, it just would've been "MTV Slides Further Into the Moral Abyss." Their audience expects that. Most of them like that sort of thing.
Fine. I wouldn't have had any problem with that.
However, there are a lot of people in this country who think it is wrong to behave that way, especially where children can see. Whether you agree with them or not, they not only have no interest in watching a man violently reveal a woman's breast on TV, but find such an act offensive to watch. This wasn't even an MTV awards show, where you'd expect that sort of thing. Those people were trying to watch the biggest sports event of the year. Why would they expect they'd be subjected to nudity?
But these people weren't given a second thought. After all, they're too 'uptight' anyways.
Come on, people. I know it's fun to say this kind of stuff doesn't do any harm, but can we not have ONE event on television that everybody in this country can watch? That children can watch?
Justin and Janet don't care. They have records to sell.
Sunday night wasn't about Justin and Janet. It was supposed to be about the New England Patriots and the Carolina Panthers battling it out for the right to be called Champions. We were supposed to celebrate the winners while honoring the losers for their effort. The spirit of competition was to be celebrated.
Nope. Justin and Janet had to make it about them.
You wanted to watch a clean sports competition with your children? You wanted to throw a family party around a clean event?
Too bad. Trumping Britney and Madonna on the PLS (Pointlessly Lewd Scale) is more important than what you, the customer, want.
You know what? I shouldn't be making a big deal about this. Neither should you. After all, it was just a boob. You shouldn't get all upset about that. That's just the way it is in the times we live in. You have to let this sort of thing go.
I don't have to let this go. The people of America do not have to let this go. We will not just stand by and watch as the sexual liberation movement takes over all forms of entertainment.
And we're not standing by.
The people of America voiced their opposition to this crap last night. CBS's phone lines were flooded with complaints, and everybody involved- MTV, the NFL, and CBS- backpedaled as fast as they could. Hopefully they are now aware that this will not be tolerated, and that if they want us to continue to support them with our viewership, they will not allow another such stunt to take place.
Understand that the boob didn't offend me. It is just a boob. What offends me is the idea that the people of America should be forced to watch something that repulses them. Justin and Janet *knew* that a huge portion of the audience would be repulsed by this stunt. They *knew* that doing this stunt would, in essence, force those in America who object to this sort of thing to watch it without giving them a choice.
They knew all of this. They did it anyway.
That is unacceptable.
It is wrong to force-feed ideas of sexual liberation down the throats of those who want no part of it. Whether you agree with those morally opposed to such acts or not, all of us should stand up and fight for them. Their views must be respected, just as Hollywood's sexual liberation views must be.
Just as I have fought the Parents Television Council in the past, I now fight Justin and Janet in their quest to shock America at any cost.
Of course, what do they care?
They have records to sell.
Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson are selfish. Pompous. Self-absorbed. Unconcerned of others.
Now *I* didn't find Janet's boob exposure that offensive. I don't have that stigma.
Maybe *you* didn't find it that offensive.
If they'd done this on another MTV awards show, it just would've been "MTV Slides Further Into the Moral Abyss." Their audience expects that. Most of them like that sort of thing.
Fine. I wouldn't have had any problem with that.
However, there are a lot of people in this country who think it is wrong to behave that way, especially where children can see. Whether you agree with them or not, they not only have no interest in watching a man violently reveal a woman's breast on TV, but find such an act offensive to watch. This wasn't even an MTV awards show, where you'd expect that sort of thing. Those people were trying to watch the biggest sports event of the year. Why would they expect they'd be subjected to nudity?
But these people weren't given a second thought. After all, they're too 'uptight' anyways.
Come on, people. I know it's fun to say this kind of stuff doesn't do any harm, but can we not have ONE event on television that everybody in this country can watch? That children can watch?
Justin and Janet don't care. They have records to sell.
Sunday night wasn't about Justin and Janet. It was supposed to be about the New England Patriots and the Carolina Panthers battling it out for the right to be called Champions. We were supposed to celebrate the winners while honoring the losers for their effort. The spirit of competition was to be celebrated.
Nope. Justin and Janet had to make it about them.
You wanted to watch a clean sports competition with your children? You wanted to throw a family party around a clean event?
Too bad. Trumping Britney and Madonna on the PLS (Pointlessly Lewd Scale) is more important than what you, the customer, want.
You know what? I shouldn't be making a big deal about this. Neither should you. After all, it was just a boob. You shouldn't get all upset about that. That's just the way it is in the times we live in. You have to let this sort of thing go.
Wrong. Wrong, wrong wrong, wrong wrong wrong wrong.
I don't have to let this go. The people of America do not have to let this go. We will not just stand by and watch as the sexual liberation movement takes over all forms of entertainment.
And we're not standing by.
The people of America voiced their opposition to this crap last night. CBS's phone lines were flooded with complaints, and everybody involved- MTV, the NFL, and CBS- backpedaled as fast as they could. Hopefully they are now aware that this will not be tolerated, and that if they want us to continue to support them with our viewership, they will not allow another such stunt to take place.
Understand that the boob didn't offend me. It is just a boob. What offends me is the idea that the people of America should be forced to watch something that repulses them. Justin and Janet *knew* that a huge portion of the audience would be repulsed by this stunt. They *knew* that doing this stunt would, in essence, force those in America who object to this sort of thing to watch it without giving them a choice.
They knew all of this. They did it anyway.
That is unacceptable.
It is wrong to force-feed ideas of sexual liberation down the throats of those who want no part of it. Whether you agree with those morally opposed to such acts or not, all of us should stand up and fight for them. Their views must be respected, just as Hollywood's sexual liberation views must be.
Just as I have fought the Parents Television Council in the past, I now fight Justin and Janet in their quest to shock America at any cost.
Of course, what do they care?
They have records to sell.
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