tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541335208145531499.post147069021985327269..comments2023-06-26T06:14:18.058-05:00Comments on Lauren Gallagher and L. A. Witt: The PayPal Mess, Amazon, and a cultural observation.Lori W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00977774459484130567noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541335208145531499.post-82401326710285544672012-02-28T14:49:14.616-06:002012-02-28T14:49:14.616-06:00I love, scratch that, I hate how everybody cites &...I love, scratch that, I hate how everybody cites "the children" and what the government feels they can watch. I happen to have two children and they can't watch anything that I don't put on the tv no matter what the government says. Parent is a verb. If you let the government do your parenting then you are delusional. Or maybe just lazy. Our maybe both.<br /><br />On to the original topic. I totally agree with Lori. Giving one the axe and letting the other live is sort of crazy. I think one has to take into account that in our society gratuitous violence has always been socially acceptable. Does the name Aaron Burr ring a bell? Gratuitous sex had always been less acceptable, at least publicly.<br /><br />It's not "very North American" to let your children watch people site horrible deaths. It is down right neglectfull.DoublEaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16363728811340937950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541335208145531499.post-14490833158069645102012-02-28T12:44:08.983-06:002012-02-28T12:44:08.983-06:00It's always been like that. Even on TV. They d...It's always been like that. Even on TV. They do not air porn before certain time as children may still be up and watch the telly but they are ok with showing movies like Saw or The Exorcist or stuff like that.<br />I don't think it will ever change.ஜღBaRbYღஜhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16645091232740101687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541335208145531499.post-90568451556050129612012-02-28T12:38:30.735-06:002012-02-28T12:38:30.735-06:00And then there's this book called the Bible......And then there's this book called the Bible...Lokihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01692555079915466511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541335208145531499.post-15278430860200129592012-02-28T11:35:36.626-06:002012-02-28T11:35:36.626-06:00I'm not talking about forcing companies to sel...I'm not talking about forcing companies to sell certain products, it's just weird to me that they'll crack down on certain kinds of sexual material, but graphic violence and torture are no big deal. (And I refuse to watch torture porn. It disgusts me.)<br /><br />As M Jules Aedin pointed out to me, there's something very backwards about a culture where a film containing bloody violence gets a PG13 rating, a graphic rape scene gets an R rating, and a consensual pleasurable act of sex gets an NC17 rating.<br /><br />No one should be forced to buy/sell anything, but this really says something strange about our culture.Lori W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00977774459484130567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541335208145531499.post-86824667186154078592012-02-28T11:27:06.501-06:002012-02-28T11:27:06.501-06:00I don't like to blow the whistle and to avoid ...I don't like to blow the whistle and to avoid it being taken down I won't, but an all-time fave m/m/m twincest book published by Torquere is still available at Amazon. Is it okay if you stick a third in there, even if twin A and twin B go at it like bunnies? Maybe? <br /><br />I suppose both companies are free to sell what they wish. It's a free world (ha!) but you can't force a shoe store to sell sweaters just because you want them to. However I'm with you, I find those examples you gave not to my taste, the whole torture porn if you will, repulses me, but I simply don't buy it. <br /><br />It's very North American to let your children watch someone die a horrific painful torturous death, but not watch two people in love (or lust) have sex. It's weird to me.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15495571402942021799noreply@blogger.com