Skins: "The Most Dangerous Show on Television"

[Mini 14]

I'm not offended by the show at all.

How many children do you have?

 

[chanel]

Ha ha. I'm not sure what's more disgusting. Children watching it or adults?

 

[elvis]

You mustn't be a parent or teacher. Or you think it's ok for children to engage in prostitution and illegal drugs - without consequence.

Wouldn't it be refreshing if MTV did an honest "realistic" depiction of high school kids? Fat kids smoking cigarettes, littering, and playing video games until 4 a.m.? Or would that be too offensive?

Parents do not monitor teenagers' media. Unless a parent wants to spend 24/7 with their older children, it is IMPOSSIBLE to prevent them from seeing trash like this. What I'd like to see is all sponsors boycott the show.

do you think it's ok to murder, or do you want all the crime dramas where the killer is never caught to be taken off the air as well?

 

[geauxtohell]

You mustn't be a parent or teacher. Or you think it's ok for children to engage in prostitution and illegal drugs - without consequence.

Oh please. Disagreeing with your personal moral standards of decency as it applies to what is on MTV is not a tacit approval of illegal activity.

Wouldn't it be refreshing if MTV did an honest "realistic" depiction of high school kids? Fat kids smoking cigarettes, littering, and playing video games until 4 a.m.? Or would that be too offensive?

No. It would be boring and boring =/= bad ratings. Bad ratings equals poor profit. Capitalism. Dig it.

Parents do not monitor teenagers' media. Unless a parent wants to spend 24/7 with their older children, it is IMPOSSIBLE to prevent them from seeing trash like this. What I'd like to see is all sponsors boycott the show.

Damn. I guess at some point in their lives, parents need to cut the umbilical cord and build a relationship of trust with their children. If they can't do it over the damn T.V., they are going to have real trouble when it comes to the car keys.

 

[Mini 14]

You mustn't be a parent or teacher. Or you think it's ok for children to engage in prostitution and illegal drugs - without consequence.

Wouldn't it be refreshing if MTV did an honest "realistic" depiction of high school kids? Fat kids smoking cigarettes, littering, and playing video games until 4 a.m.? Or would that be too offensive?

Parents do not monitor teenagers' media. Unless a parent wants to spend 24/7 with their older children, it is IMPOSSIBLE to prevent them from seeing trash like this. What I'd like to see is all sponsors boycott the show.

do you think it's ok to murder, or do you want all the crime dramas where the killer is never caught to be taken off the air as well?

As long as it doesn't involve crosshairs, its harmless, right?

That show is an irresponsible piece of garbage, and yes, I agree that it is VERY dangerous.

 

[geauxtohell]

I'm not offended by the show at all.

How many children do you have?

How does spitting out a couple of kids give you the latitude to decide what can and can't come across my television?

 

[G.T.]

lol @ it being daNgerous

 

[chanel]

You mustn't be a parent or teacher. Or you think it's ok for children to engage in prostitution and illegal drugs - without consequence.

Wouldn't it be refreshing if MTV did an honest "realistic" depiction of high school kids? Fat kids smoking cigarettes, littering, and playing video games until 4 a.m.? Or would that be too offensive?

Parents do not monitor teenagers' media. Unless a parent wants to spend 24/7 with their older children, it is IMPOSSIBLE to prevent them from seeing trash like this. What I'd like to see is all sponsors boycott the show.

do you think it's ok to murder, or do you want all the crime dramas where the killer is never caught to be taken off the air as well?

No elvis. I am not a proponent of murder.

I've never seen a TV show where the killer isn't caught, but I am not a fan of gratuitous violence either.

 

[geauxtohell]

As long as it doesn't involve crosshairs, its harmless, right?

That show is an irresponsible piece of garbage, and yes, I agree that it is VERY dangerous.

Television shows are dangerous, but you oppose any form of gun regulation (if I remember correctly)?

The last time I checked, a television never blew the head off of a kid who mishandled it.

Don't mistake this for me being pro-gun control.

I am just pointing out that "dangerous" is in the eye of the beholder.

 

[elvis]

You mustn't be a parent or teacher. Or you think it's ok for children to engage in prostitution and illegal drugs - without consequence.

Wouldn't it be refreshing if MTV did an honest "realistic" depiction of high school kids? Fat kids smoking cigarettes, littering, and playing video games until 4 a.m.? Or would that be too offensive?

Parents do not monitor teenagers' media. Unless a parent wants to spend 24/7 with their older children, it is IMPOSSIBLE to prevent them from seeing trash like this. What I'd like to see is all sponsors boycott the show.

do you think it's ok to murder, or do you want all the crime dramas where the killer is never caught to be taken off the air as well?

As long as it doesn't involve crosshairs, its harmless, right?

That show is an irresponsible piece of garbage, and yes, I agree that it is VERY dangerous.

I defended Palin on the crosshairs issue. Try again.

 

[Mini 14]

I'm not offended by the show at all.

How many children do you have?

How does spitting out a couple of kids give you the latitude to decide what can and can't come across my television?

I never implied that.

Having children, I think it puts it in a different perspective than it might be perceived by someone who doesn't have children. I merely asked G.T. if he had any kids, as he stated he isn't offended by it at all.

Sorry if my post didn't fit neatly inside your little box

 

[boedicca]

and this is why....tv's have an on...off button.....

do it with me....hell i bet you can do it with a remote now....


on....off....

most dangerous show on television....bit reactionary arent you

This is a good time to invoke and modify Sturgeon's Revelation: "90% of Everything is Crap."

On television, the ratio is easily 99%.

 

[geauxtohell]

 

[geauxtohell]

I never implied that.

Having children, I think it puts it in a different perspective than it might be perceived by someone who doesn't have children. I merely asked G.T. if he had any kids, as he stated he isn't offended by it at all.

Sorry if my post didn't fit neatly inside your little box

Great. That's why you are the king of your castle and regulator of the airwaves under your roof.

Having kids skews your whole perspective of decency? I am willing to bet that parents don't stop looking at pornography once they have kids. The content of the material isn't offensive to them. The concept of their kids looking at it is. That's reasonable, but it doesn't change the fact that what you deem to be offensive to your kids is not offensive to adults.

 

[Mini 14]

As long as it doesn't involve crosshairs, its harmless, right?

That show is an irresponsible piece of garbage, and yes, I agree that it is VERY dangerous.

Television shows are dangerous, but you oppose any form of gun regulation (if I remember correctly)?

The last time I checked, a television never blew the head off of a kid who mishandled it.

Don't mistake this for me being pro-gun control.

I am just pointing out that "dangerous" is in the eye of the beholder.

You remember incorrectly. I support regulation, at the level we currently have (with some possible qualifiers to be added). If anything, I am one of the most stringent gun dealers you will ever meet with regard to who should be allowed to possess a firearm, and how they should be allowed to do so. I turn away more people in a month than most dealers likely do in a career. "Not just anyone" can buy a gun from me. If I am personally not comfortable with you having a firearm, you will not walk out of my stores with one.

Firearms can be dangerous in the hands of the wrong person.

Can "art" be dangerous if shown to the wrong person?

 

[Mini 14]

I never implied that.

Having children, I think it puts it in a different perspective than it might be perceived by someone who doesn't have children. I merely asked G.T. if he had any kids, as he stated he isn't offended by it at all.

Sorry if my post didn't fit neatly inside your little box

Great. That's why you are the king of your castle and regulator of the airwaves under your roof.

Having kids skews your whole perspective of decency? I am willing to bet that parents don't stop looking at pornography once they have kids. The content of the material isn't offensive to them. The concept of their kids looking at it is. That's reasonable, but it doesn't change the fact that what you deem to be offensive to your kids is not offensive to adults.

My kids aren't "adults."

You're defeating your own argument. I'm not saying that it is dangerous to adults at all, or that some adults might not find it entertaining and interesting.

But "kids" are not "adults."

There is a reason we don't let them vote, participate in pornography, or drink (among other things). It has to do with maturity, impressionability, and experience.

An "adult" has dealt with those.

A "kid" has not.

 

[Mini 14]

do you think it's ok to murder, or do you want all the crime dramas where the killer is never caught to be taken off the air as well?

As long as it doesn't involve crosshairs, its harmless, right?

That show is an irresponsible piece of garbage, and yes, I agree that it is VERY dangerous.

I defended Palin on the crosshairs issue. Try again.

I didn't mean to aim that at you, specifically. It was a general observation, I apologize for making it look as if I was sticking it on you.

 

[Mini 14]

I never implied that.

Having children, I think it puts it in a different perspective than it might be perceived by someone who doesn't have children. I merely asked G.T. if he had any kids, as he stated he isn't offended by it at all.

Sorry if my post didn't fit neatly inside your little box

Great. That's why you are the king of your castle and regulator of the airwaves under your roof.

Having kids skews your whole perspective of decency? I am willing to bet that parents don't stop looking at pornography once they have kids. The content of the material isn't offensive to them. The concept of their kids looking at it is. That's reasonable, but it doesn't change the fact that what you deem to be offensive to your kids is not offensive to adults.

I notice GT didn't answer.

How about you?

How many children do you have, Geauxto?

 

[random3434]

OK, this liberal thinks this show is just another sign of the Apocalypse, just like ANY reality show out there.

Highest rated program for them? Of course it is, who doesn't want to watch underage kids drink, smoke, get high and have sex on cable TV? Teens watch it because they can relate, adults watch it to get some sort of thrill.

Good for the sponsers that pulled their ads. Maybe all that will be left is those hearing aid and phone sex commercials.


*I don't think my 15 year old will be watching this show, when she wakes up (it is only 10:40 on a Sunday ya know) I'll ask her if she's heard of it. I'm sure if she has she'd say those kids are idiots, she doesn't suffer fools gladly.

 

[chanel]

How does the saying go "Its hard to define pornography, but I know it when I see it"?

Next week they will feature minors engaging in lesbian sex and in Week 3 - child nudity. Be sure to set your DVRs pervs.