I Wonder
An LJ thread in a new contact's journal (GordReece) got me thinking. Why are people so quick to vilify something that isn't there? Case in point, a picture was posted of an 18 yo with braces in a porn movie. People all of a sudden asked if he was sure he wanted to post something that LOOKED like child porn, and then the discussion erupted and went into several tangents.
So my question is this, have we become so uptight and scared of any shadow that looks like something people can attack that we are now finding ourselves forced to distance ourselves from it? Are we unable to see it for what it is and say "ok, so what"?
I can't help but wonder if this mentality is part of a general misguided "righteousness" and "political correctness" that gets an elementary school kid kicked out of school for kissing a girl and called harrassment, teenage kids shoing their privates on cellphones to each other are branded sex offenders, a teacher gets in trouble for touching a childs shoulder in encouragement and it's impossible for well meaning teachers, counselors and priests to counsel anyone behind closed doors just because a few have misused their trust.
Maybe I'm too far in left field, but as even Freud said, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
I dunno, have we become a paranoid society? Are we unable to relax and therefore must raise a "red flag" at every little thing that appears like it has the potential to be bad?
Thoughts?
So my question is this, have we become so uptight and scared of any shadow that looks like something people can attack that we are now finding ourselves forced to distance ourselves from it? Are we unable to see it for what it is and say "ok, so what"?
I can't help but wonder if this mentality is part of a general misguided "righteousness" and "political correctness" that gets an elementary school kid kicked out of school for kissing a girl and called harrassment, teenage kids shoing their privates on cellphones to each other are branded sex offenders, a teacher gets in trouble for touching a childs shoulder in encouragement and it's impossible for well meaning teachers, counselors and priests to counsel anyone behind closed doors just because a few have misused their trust.
Maybe I'm too far in left field, but as even Freud said, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
I dunno, have we become a paranoid society? Are we unable to relax and therefore must raise a "red flag" at every little thing that appears like it has the potential to be bad?
Thoughts?