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Originally Posted by nKoan
If you want to talk about the downfall of American society, it has to be mass media. It makes everyone lazy ("Hey, you don't have to go out and do stuff, just sit back and we'll make you happy"). You certainly cannot blame the downfall of American values on the lack of religion.
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... the effects of mass media -- has also made us immune to ideas and behaviors that were previously considered unacceptable.
Last Friday, I was channel surfing and came across a sight I could not believe was on tv (we have Satview here, but this was on one of the channels that is also on cable). The show had something to do with the shady side of life for some losers in NYC: and when I hit the channel, one guy was giving another guy a blowjob. While I did not see actual body parts, it was clearly shown what was happening. Then money was exchanged, drugs were bought, and by the time my horrid fascination made me move on, the guy was shooting up something, using water from a dirty-looking toilet bowl.