[MD] Limits of freedom

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net>:

> At 06:55 PM 7/19/2007, Platt wrote:
> >The criteria for nudity being biological for humans is its close 
> >association with
> >the sexual act.
> 
> Hi Platt,
> 
> If you see nudity closely associated with the sexual act, then I 
> suspect you've been socialized to see it that way.  During the 
> Victorian period, to see a woman's ankles was thought to promote 
> sexual associations.  I was thinking more of Meet The Press, with Tim 
> Russet interviewing Dick Cheney.  Both sitting there in their 
> birthday suit.  Hahahahaha    Hardly a sexual image, and might even 
> do a lot to promote reading.
> 
> I thought Saving Private Ryan was an important anti-war film, but I 
> don't think it appropriate for television.  It's the constant 
> violence that sets up patterns of violence.  Nudity constantly placed 
> within a sexual context promotes sexual patterns.  I'm sure you know 
> what I'm suggesting, a little sense of responsibility to civic life 
> rather than the abandonment of principles for the profit margin.
> 
> Marsha

Hi Marsha,

A great answer. Thanks.

Platt




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