Has the world gone crazy?

Following Mop's post "Big Brother, So Not Hot Right Now", we have also thought of some more things to say...

Family and women's groups and now even the politicians are still protesting about "Big Brother, Uncut" saying how the full frontal nudity should not be shown on our television screens, and find the behaviour of the housemates offensive. Big Brother Uncut is shown on Monday nights at 9:30pm, a well suited time for the program, and also a time that is late enough that young children should not be awake to see it.

Now we have discovered something far more disturbing than an exposed penis and people showering in a nude.

Law & Order: SVU is shown on Channel 10 (once again..) on Thursday evenings at 8:30pm. This weeks episode depicted a 7 year old boy being arrested for murder, because he shot his 7 year old female class mate. To add to this dilemma, it was discovered that the boy was looked after in the afternoons and evenings by a lady who also looked after 15 other children from the local neighbourhood. This lady's grandson was found to be using the boy as a drug peddler, and would take him to even worse parts of the neighbourhood, where he would witness behaviour that would be absolutely disturbing to any child.

The detectives found that the boy had witnessed a murder of the grandson's friend, by yet another man. The shooter then left the gun in the grandson's apartment and ran off. This is where the child obtained the gun. The grandson was later murdered by the same shooter. All in all it ends up that the boy was not shooting at the girl in the school yard, but was shooting at the murderers and gang members that were standing behind a fence, which he feared were coming to take his life. The boy does not get convicted, but is later killed by another youngin' only slightly older than the 7 year old who believes that someone needed to pay for his sisters death.

Now the problem we find here, is that nobody complains about Law & Order. Nothing is even thought of or mentioned about it, and yet it appears on our screens at an earlier time than Big Brother. Children are (hopefully) taught by their parents that nudity is publically unacceptable and they know that this behaviour will not be tolerated. But how would they react to see other children being arrested for murder, and not only this but see young men with their throat's slit and a series of gang warfare? Is it really "acceptable" and "inoffensive" to be shown on our screens at 8:30pm?

Of course, one may say that aside from decency, children are also taught the difference between fiction and reality, and that they would know that Law & Order is fictional (as it so flashes for about 2 seconds at the end of the show). It is quite amazing that the family groups and the politicians have nothing to say about this. Surely these images would be more damaging and more offensive to the child mind, than a useless display of people taking a shower or sunbathing nude? It is no wonder that child murders by other children are becoming more regular occurences (maybe not in Aus, but surely in the US) when it is displayed all over our television screens, especially when it is often depicted as acceptable behviour.

Parents, please, why don't you just send your children to bed at a decent time? They should not be awake to see the crime shown on Law & Order at 8:30pm, let alone Big Brother Uncut at 9:30pm. And once again to the protesters and the politicians - don't watch it, nobody is forcing you to watch it, just turn it off and watch something else. There are plenty of other people who do not find this type of behaviour offensive at all, and let's face it - the more you complain, the more the media are going to publicise it, and realistically, the higher the ratings will go for these shows. Really, you are only doing them favours.