[BC] Why FM took off in the 60's

[Rich Wood]

------ At 05:23 PM 10/23/2005, Robert Orban wrote: -------

>However, I am disturbed by popular culture that glorifies violence 
>and degrades and objectifies women. I _do_ think that there is an 
>absolute line regarding "corruption"; this line is not a moving 
>target to be defined down with each generation. Media that glorifies 
>(as opposed to examines) sociopathic, self-destructive, or violent 
>behavior steps over it. This is not a healthy thing for media 
>conglomerates to present as normative behavior to children and 
>adolescents, all for the sake of the almighty dollar. I know I'm 
>starting to sound like my parents, but there you have it.

I don't disagree. Once the religious folks check in and make 
everything rigid, I have to oppose them for fear of losing all our 
access to non-porn adult programming. My opposition comes from a love 
of the beauty of the language and body of artistic work that sends 
shivers up one's spine. Today, obscenity is used as punctuation.

>I am a firm believer in the First Amendment, but I wish that major 
>entertainment conglomerates would police themselves better. 
>Sometimes, it's better to leave potential revenue on the table, 
>particularly if it's blood money, earned by defining deviancy down.
>
>(I can see that this discussion might be headed for AF :-)

Our industry is drive by revenue. Blood money is accepted at the bank 
just like any other. Since this list isn't strictly technical, I'm 
told, I think the quality of programming is perfectly appropriate here.

Rich


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