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MTV's 'Savage' Schoolyard

Leslie145 Wrote: Apr 06, 2012 7:13 AM
Exactly! What parent with half a brain would let MTV into their home?
Joe1947 Wrote: Apr 06, 2012 3:35 PM
Precisely. Or (better, perhaps, "and") since there's no reason not to do both) would teach his kid some taste, some values, some decency...and not have to worry that the kid would watch this crap.
gwharpo Wrote: Apr 06, 2012 1:02 PM
"......You cannot hope to keep a kid isolated from the entire rest of the world....."

Right, but you are not required to enable them.
SteveL2 Wrote: Apr 06, 2012 11:02 AM
Why not just imprison the kid inside the house, so he can't watch the show on his friend's smartphone? Or ask his friend to download a copy for him off the Internet?

You cannot hope to keep a kid isolated from the entire rest of the world. You can instill in him a sense of personal responsibility. Then he can watch the show for entertainment, not as a role model.
SteveL2 Wrote: Apr 06, 2012 11:02 AM
Why not just imprison the kid inside the house, so he can't watch the show on his friend's smartphone? Or ask his friend to download a copy for him off the Internet?

You cannot hope to keep a kid isolated from the entire rest of the world. You can instill in him a sense of personal responsibility. Then he can watch the show for entertainment, not as a role model.
SteveL2 Wrote: Apr 06, 2012 11:02 AM
Why not just imprison the kid inside the house, so he can't watch the show on his friend's smartphone? Or ask his friend to download a copy for him off the Internet?

You cannot hope to keep a kid isolated from the entire rest of the world. You can instill in him a sense of personal responsibility. Then he can watch the show for entertainment, not as a role model.
gwharpo Wrote: Apr 06, 2012 10:37 AM
SteveL2 Wrote: (7:57 AM)
""Savage U" is also available from the MTV website.

Given that most young people today have smartphones, there's no way to block their access to the show."

A responsible parent that refused to be controlled by his offspring could take away the smartphone.
SteveL2 Wrote: Apr 06, 2012 7:57 AM
"Savage U" is also available from the MTV website.

Given that most young people today have smartphones, there's no way to block their access to the show.

 

MTV is now trying to lure young viewers with a saucy sex show in the "advice" category. They didn't reach for Dr. Drew or God forbid Dr. Ruth or an actual doctor of anything. They turned to filthy sex columnist and gay activist Dan Savage.

The new show is called "Savage U," and it documents Savage touring college campuses to offer snarky/smutty advice to college students. This is MTV's libertine ideology pitched right at children, and Savage is blunt about how he'll be going around the parents.

Savage explained to the Los Angeles Times that, "The...

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