I hear what you're saying, and while I don't completely agree with it, I do line up with most of it. And yes, the Bible contains a lot of violence and stupid, horrid people, and not-so-horrid people doing stupid things. And sex. Read Song of Solomon. ;)
Your mom sounds a lot like mine, which I think is wonderful. We weren't repressed; our parents took a very serious role in what we were allowed to see, etc, when we were little, and they made sure to comment on things like language and behavior in the media even when we were older, but we were encouraged to talk about them, to ask questions, etc. My mom started sex ed with us when we were very young because she wanted to be responsible for what we learned and how, she wanted us to be armed, for lack of a better term, and she wanted us to be absolutely confident that we could always talk to her about anything at all, because she hadn't had that with her mother, which meant that she was never able to tell her parents about some things that happened to her when she was very young. My parents *used* books and movies and television to start conversations with us, and I will forever be grateful for that. My parents were parents, and when I got to be an adult, they trusted me more than I trusted myself.
As a writer, the idea of censorship rolls my stomach. Like I said, I lean toward judgment and wisdom and consideration. I believe that writers have responsibilities concerning what we write and what we put out for others to read, and readers have the responsibility for choosing what goes into their minds. We were created with free will and with the ability to think, and to disregard either of those under the guise of censorship is to not only rob people of valuable choices but also to thumb hairy noses at the Creator.
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Re: I'm trusting you to give me the same respect I give you....
Date: 2009-07-23 04:32 pm (UTC)Your mom sounds a lot like mine, which I think is wonderful. We weren't repressed; our parents took a very serious role in what we were allowed to see, etc, when we were little, and they made sure to comment on things like language and behavior in the media even when we were older, but we were encouraged to talk about them, to ask questions, etc. My mom started sex ed with us when we were very young because she wanted to be responsible for what we learned and how, she wanted us to be armed, for lack of a better term, and she wanted us to be absolutely confident that we could always talk to her about anything at all, because she hadn't had that with her mother, which meant that she was never able to tell her parents about some things that happened to her when she was very young. My parents *used* books and movies and television to start conversations with us, and I will forever be grateful for that. My parents were parents, and when I got to be an adult, they trusted me more than I trusted myself.
As a writer, the idea of censorship rolls my stomach. Like I said, I lean toward judgment and wisdom and consideration. I believe that writers have responsibilities concerning what we write and what we put out for others to read, and readers have the responsibility for choosing what goes into their minds. We were created with free will and with the ability to think, and to disregard either of those under the guise of censorship is to not only rob people of valuable choices but also to thumb hairy noses at the Creator.