OK, I hate to play the race card but, trust me, I only do so when it is obvious that it is the driving force in things going one way or the next.
You would have had to have been living in a vacuum somewhere to not have heard (or been luck enough to witness) the spectacle surrounding Janet Jackson's lovely left breast being exposed to open air for all the public to see. There was an uproar of righteous indignation. All moral values were being threatened. TV show schedules were changed in order to "clean up" certain episodes. Live shows were mandated to insert a time-delay to ensure that colourful language or other disgusting items could be removed so that the viewer could be protected. Congress was convened and the FCC reared its supreme powers and slapped the network, slapped the NFL, spoke about the responsibility of TV, the decline of morals, yadda, yadda, yadda. Janet apologized. Justin (lucky ripper of clothing) apologized. The network apologized. The NFL apologized. Fake ass, hypocritical church folks spouted smug phrases of victory to anyone that cared to listen. Politicians backed these suspiciously wealthy church folk in bringing back morals.
Over a single, well-adorned breast.
Now, we have a hotel heiress, bona-fide B-status TV and movie star, accidental (incidental?) A-status porn star doing a commercial in which she prances about in a skimpy bathing suit (though not porn star skimpy), washes a car, wets herself... with a hose, shoots water from the hose being held suggestively between her legs, suds everywhere. Oh yeah, she happens to bite into the product that she is selling (showing why she is A-status in the porn world after one movie). Uhm, where is the NATIONAL uproar on this? Why is there any THINKING happening about calling in the FCC on this? Why are the networks all not being boycotted about this issue? Oh sure, there is some noise being made about it, but nothing on par with what poor Janet and her family had to go through. Simply because it is Paris Hilton? Typical of America.
I mean, the hypocrisy of the country is palpable. South Park parodies it all the time because they cannot believe such a strong country could be so weak. I am not saying to drop all moral values. I am simply saying that there should be some sense to the whole thing. How can a country that sells guns in K-mart, promotes drive-thru weddings, ordains AND recognizes ministers legally online, and has a pu...,er, Bush in the White House think to say anything to anyone about morals?
Give me a frickin' break. It's time to truly stand up to the constitution America. You know, the part about all men being created equal and justice for all? You've had enough practice time and, since y'all love metaphors, you've been sucking at it royally. Get in the game for real and make it happen.
Peace!
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Wednesday, May 25, 2005
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I'm with you, dtrini. I am often down in Florida (at least once a year) and am consistently amazed by the people who will still call African-Americans "Boy" and Latino's "spics" or "wetbacks". I won't even tell you how often I've heard the "n" word.
Keep in mind, though, that the US is kind of like the televangelical country of the world: they preach all these good, Christian values, the equality of all, etc., etc. But, behind closed doors, they're sleeping with prostitutes and dressing up in leather dominatrix stuff.
What gets me is all the hype over how Hollywood star(lets) are all so skinny. There is a consistent barrage of "Is Nicole anorexic?" or "Gwen Stefani wants to lose another 10 lbs!!" headlines BUT the very next week, when one of these same starlets wears a t-shirt that may bag around the tummy just a bit, the headlines scream how "Jennifer's got a belly. Is she pregnant or just chunky?"
The American idea of tolerance and equality is usually, "If you're just like us, then we're equal."
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