"Life. liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" has become "death, prison, and the suppression of happiness".
Incredibly, a conservative Illinois activist is actually suggesting that the Cyrus photo could be considered child pornography.
So will this Vanity Fair issue be allowed on Illinois store shelves next week? Store owners should be concerned because distributing child pornography is a Class X felony. Does Vanity Fair contain child porn?ANY photograph can stir "prurient" interest. Do we ban all advertising for shoes just because someone out there might have a foot fetish? Do we ban fishnet stockings, or plunging necklines? Do we ban ALL photos of children, even when taken by parents? The writer closes with the following statement:
That question could well be tested when the magazines go on display. Miley's photo is within specific boundaries of Illinois child pornography definitions, except for one phrase left open for interpretation: Does the questionable photo stir "prurient" interest?
Indeed, the seemingly frivolous "Hannah Montana" photo controversy may have wide-ranging legal implications that could end up in the U.S. Supreme Court once again.It's always about protecting the children from "evil". Never mind that the US Department of Agriculture reports that 17.2% of ALL children in this country are "food insecure", meaning that they live in households where food is hard to come by, that they skip meals, or are forced to eat substandard foods. Never mind that nearly 10 million children in America lack health insurance. Never mind that our education system is failing.
Until then, determined parents will need to find their way through unchartered (sic) territory to successfully protect their daughters and sons in a predator-infested world.
Yes, it is a "predator-infested" world - these arch conservatives who work to erode our freedoms and distract us from the real issues which face this country are predators. Children are hungry, malnourished, dying from illnesses and failing in school, but our legislators and judges are holding up a photo of a pop star as the number one evil confronting our society.
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3 comments:
To my shame, most people of the United States of America are too obsessed with sex/porn. Sex and porn are two things. Sex is a natural lifestyle for all living things. I have read somewhere that the media shows violence of all kinds, but they sensor the naked body and love making. Once we all grow up as a nation, then we can stop calling what is bad, good, and what is good, bad.
I have a blog out to help parents be able to teach their children about the human body: http://ourbodies.blogspot.com. Let us all face it, everything starts in the home.
Blessed Be to Isis and you,
Brandon Frater Phoenix
I think it's a sad commentary on the decline of the American family that these "pundits" and "talking heads" in the media seem to think that they can run the Cyrus family better than Miley's parents themselves, and that The Regulators and The Legislators can harumph around usurping the role and authority of parents. The assumption of moral authority by the state has eclipsed and overshadowed the function of the parents, possibly because of the rise in tendency in broader society for parents to abdicate their responsibilities. This is where nudist families really shine, if you ask me. My wife and I take an active role in directing and instructing our children in all sorts of moral conduct. We take numerous opportunities to participate in nudist activities together, which frequently come with instruction in the difference between sexual and non-sexual nudity. The result is that our kids have a good foundation in understanding sexualization and sensualization versus plain old nude bodies, the way God made them. We've long felt that some of the safest and most wholesome activities we've done as a family have been vacations to nude resorts and beaches. The rest of American society seems to bombard you with sexualization everywhere you turn. I agree with Brandon 100%...instruction in these things should start in the home.
Those photos showed less skin than most bikinis!
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