Should Teen Be Allowed to Bring Porn Star to Prom?

What's up is that people who hate this stuff, as we both evidently do, don't get together and work to eliminate as much of the smut as possible. We leave it to law enforcement, which is bogged down on life-and-death issues of its own already, plus the new threats to our freedoms and whatnot. To clean up the mess, folks need to first decide it needs to be cleaned up. Then we need to start preparing for the big fight, as there is going to be one. People such as myself have good intentions but lack the motivation and/or leadership talents to accomplish this most difficult task.

What should be one of the most persuasive arguments in our favor is the quote directly from Ted Bundy -- oh, he's a perfect one for this point -- where he stated something to the effect (not sure it's verbatim) of: "If you want to eliminate people like me in your society, don't burn (???), burn Hustler." Darn, I can't remember how that goes. But you get the point, yes?

You are totally correct. Everything is cleavage, sexual innuendo and oftentimes downright explicit sex. It's on our children's TV's all the time now because Mom and Dad aren't monitoring them 24/7 and they get tuned in occasionally. Not to mention directly on their laptops. Products are advertised with allusions to sex. And drugs are not pooh-poohed at all, but the user is the "hero" of the story or the main point of humor or what have you. I have a great sense of humor. I think some things naughty can be funny also, but I want a counterbalancing point written into the script that doesn't show law enforcement as some idiot boob who is just ruining kids' fun and not worth paying attention to. Know what I mean?

We have become a country of PC-itis. You and I are dummies if we talk about cleaning up the garbage. You know that, don't you? If I tell my neighbor that her daughter's wearing that shirt that bares her boobs and her skirt is too short to properly cover her private parts and that I believe if she goes out to parties or in public dressed like that she will be more likely to become a rape victim, I am instantly chastised for trying to stomp on the little girl's cilvil rights to dress as she pleases. So I keep my mouth shut, yes? (Well, no, I don't, but most people do.)

If I try to point out the studies and factoids that prove that, in the majority -- that is the point, nothing is 100%, always exceptions in everything -- that persons who smoke pot risk becoming hooked on more serious, dangerous substances, I encounter tremendous arguments and animosity. Even though I personally had two friends in my past who ended up just like that, one of whom mocked me terribly when we'd have that discussion. Ironic, to say the least.

Point being? I never told the neighbor that her daughter cannot wear what she wanted, I merely pointed out the results of studies. Same with the pot. Never told the idiots not to smoke it, just pointed out things I had read and heard. The choice was theirs. However -- and this is the point -- by making that knowledge readily and frequently available to young folks, they are going to make up their own minds, based on the facts and their desire not to tempt Fate.

See, we don't give our youth any credit for having brains or character at all and so we don't strive to educate them more thoroughly on things that involve personal integrity, character, etc. Or health. Track down the kids who were exposed to lengthy education about the effects of smoking cigarettes. You know, where they were given real medical histories, pictures, diagnoses, the whole nine yards. Check and see if they ever smoked cigarettes.

That's just a small example of what I'm talking about. Sure, yo'ure going to have the rebels who just aren't going to learn. Gonna do it anyway, to hell with Big Brother or whatever. But, overall, give the kids the proper education and the majority will make the right choices. Then the ones who make the wrong choices will be a far lesser number and our legal system and medical community will better be able to handle them.

I did it again. Verbose. Sorry. Thanks for the opportunity to chat, though. :)

You know, mind-pilot, I am likewise in my 60's and you are ever so correct. Our times were much simpler in many respects but, you know what? We had out problems as well. Our parents had their hands full with us, just as we have ours full with the kids today. I guess some things never change.

Only thing I can comment on is I try to keep up with what's going on currently and then I pick out what's going to be acceptable to me and what's not. Behavior-wise, that is. Some things, such as clothing styles or things like that, repel me at first glance. And then I sit back and say to myself, "Can I live with this or is it a big deal to fight it?" Most of the time I finally break down and accept what I'm seeing and refuse to allow it to bother me anymore. That way I can concentrate on griping about what's really wrong and unacceptable. Does that sound about right to you?

As long as people such as yourself and I are around to point things out in a rational, persuasive manner, we are not doomed. Then, after our time has passed and we go on to bigger and better things, who cares if the little jackasses blow themselves off the face of the earth, right? (Just kidding on that one, gotta remember the loved ones.)

Seriously, I just try to enlighten folks as I go along, not preaching but just by "doing," if you get my drift. "Teach by example," I believe we used to say. Sometimes, by golly, it actually works. So keep your chin up, my friend, this is our world and it's all we've got, so don't let it depress you, please!

And you are right about that draft. As a side note, I come from an all military family, so I never was against the draft. But I know and understand how guys felt about it then, and if I was subject to it as well, I probably would have felt the same. No young person wants any authority figure, either a parent or the government, telling them they have to do anything, period. And particularly go to war. So I understand the basic dislike of the draft.

But, on the other hand, by making those young men go into service for their country for two years -- wasn't that the requirement? I can't remember, I'm a girl and we weren't subject to draft in those days. Anyway, the draft actually gave those young men a little more time to finish "growing up." You are a child, then adolescent, then teen years and, whoops, all of a sudden you graduate from high school and you're thrust into the real world. Perhaps you go to college, that's nice, but you lose that "security" of Mom and Dad. By serving in the military, the guys got the chance to live "on their own" while at the same time never having to worry about a roof over their heads or food in their stomachs if they didn't manage to be "successful" right away.

I don't know, I just think that's what I saw. Just a little extra time for our "children" to grow into responsible adults. Not happening today very much, I'm afraid. I've got a case in my very own family that is breaking my heart. I wish he'd be subject to a draft! He just needed a little more time to put things into perspective. The talent, brains, everything was there except the motivation to actually point to the right direction. I just pray it's not too late for him. But, yes, the draft might have really helped! Oh, well....

Thanks for the discussion, I've enjoyed it. Have a good week, what's left of it. :)