It's just like what now?

I was reading this entry on Snopes and just had to comment.

I really don't get how they equate sex and profanity with eating dog shit. Apparently handling and serving feces as a meal is ok, as long as you don't call it "SHIT". That's mature.

Sex that occurs off-camera is "smut"? Since when? Do we imagine that Ricky and Lucy never did it because they slept in separate beds? Was Ricky Jr. conceived by immaculate conception, or artificial insemination? Heterosexual sex is almost always implied. We're trained not to notice it. And I'd wager that the same people who think off-camera sex is "smut" also think there's nothing offensive about the content of straight porn, it's just bad because it's SEX, and any woman who consents to such things gets what's coming to her.

I can't stand this puritanical bullshit. My grandparents don't care for profanity, but I actually like my grandmother's attitude towards it. She regards it as simply a matter of taste and quality. "Anyone can use a lot of cute language," she says, "it shows a lack of creativity."

She also says, "Sex is not a spectator sport," but I have to disagree with her on that one. I have no problem with spectators, as long as they can behave themselves.

Christ on a cracker, is anyone in this society an adult? Why are we such overgrown children? "EWWWWW you said a bad word!" "Ewwwwww she's naked!"

My favored way of dealing with these things vis-a-vis children is this: adults are people who accept responsibility for taking care of themselves. They have things like bank accounts, drivers' licenses and rent or house payments. Adults can use foul language and watch graphic material. That's one of the privileges that comes with it.

Not to say that teenagers aren't naturally curious and need to explore. I'm all for teenagers having access to as much information as possible, and as much of the rest as they are ready for. My concern isn't that they'll be exposed to "smut". It's that they won't have the analytical or experiential tools necessary to differentiate between fact and fiction or functional vs. dysfunctional behavior. They could be watching nothing but Disney and still come away with some twisted, backwards messages. Dog shit indeed.