American Child Abuse?

I think that encouraging that type of behavior and setting those types of priorities for young girls is definitely a bad thing. As for it being solely an American phenomenon, I'm sure you'd find many examples in many other countries.

Child abuse? That term may be out of context here but I do agree that it does the child harm, so semantically it fits.
 
Zendevi said:
I think that encouraging that type of behavior and setting those types of priorities for young girls is definitely a bad thing. As for it being solely an American phenomenon, I'm sure you'd find many examples in many other countries.

Child abuse? That term may be out of context here but I do agree that it does the child harm, so semantically it fits.
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At the end of the day Chris, if it fits "semantically" then it's child abuse.

We seem to be screwing up our morality just to make better live TV.
These reality shows are a bunch of BS, scripted and choreographed to the 9th degree. The producers don't give a rat's ass about the participants as long as they can sell commercials.

If someone happens to go off on a rage and kill someone, let the lawyers deal with it.

If a few childrens' lives are ****ed up because their sleazy brainless parents are using them for financial gain, no big deal.

We are putting low rent entertainment ahead of child welfare.

I don't give a crap if some moron wants to put his life in front of the public for a few dollars. I do care when parents are forcing their children into these shows for financial gain.
 
Blue said:
At the end of the day Chris, if it fits "semantically" then it's child abuse.

We seem to be screwing up our morality just to make better live TV.
These reality shows are a bunch of BS, scripted and choreographed to the 9th degree. The producers don't give a rat's ass about the participants as long as they can sell commercials.

If someone happens to go off on a rage and kill someone, let the lawyers deal with it.

If a few childrens' lives are ****ed up because their sleazy brainless parents are using them for financial gain, no big deal.

We are putting low rent entertainment ahead of child welfare.

I don't give a crap if some moron wants to put his life in front of the public for a few dollars. I do care when parents are forcing their children into these shows for financial gain.
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I lack your passion on this particular subject but I do whole-heartedly agree!

I have the same issues with religious indoctrination of children and spend more of my fiery words on that topic but, in the end, they really are quite similar.
 
Had never heard of Jesus Camp. Interesting reviews:

Jesus Camp received an 87 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, counting 83 positive reviews vs 12 negative reviews. It received a 7.6/10 on the Internet Movie Database, reviewed by over 7,000 viewers.

Michael Smith of the Tulsa World gave it three stars (out of four), describing it as "…impressive in its even-handed presentation…", "…straightforward…" and "…a revealing, unabashed look at the formation of tomorrow's army of God."[10]

The Chicago Tribune reviewer Jessica Reaves gives the film three stars (out of four) and writes that Jesus Camp is "…an enlightening and frank look at what the force known as Evangelical America believes, preaches and teaches their children…" and concludes that what the filmmakers "…have accomplished here is remarkable—capturing the visceral humanity, desire and unflagging political will of a religious movement."[11]

David Edelstein of CBS Sunday Morning, New York, and NPR finds Jesus Camp, "a frightening, infuriating, yet profoundly compassionate documentary about the indoctrination of children by the Evangelical right."[12]

Some reviewers responded negatively to the film; Rob Nelson of the Village Voice called the movie "[an] absurdly hypocritical critique of the far right's role in the escalating culture war",[13] and J.R. Jones of the Chicago Reader criticized the film for "failing to distinguish the more fundamentalist Pentecostals" and for inserting "unnecessary editorializing" by using clips from Mike Papantonio's radio show.[14]

Jesus Camp was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Documentary Feature section of the 2007 Academy Awards
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Without watching it you can have no idea how frightening these religious zealots are.

They are every bit as bad as the people who run the terrorist training camps in the Middle East as far as I'm concerned.
 
Blue said:
Without watching it you can have no idea how frightening these religious zealots are.

They are every bit as bad as the people who run the terrorist training camps in the Middle East as far as I'm concerned.
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1000% in agreement, except that I think all religious groups are equally mentally off.
 
I tend to agree Art, but there are extremists among those groups.

I do have little tolerance for organized religion but I have no problem with people of faith.

My only stipulation is that they don't try and push it on me.

My wife is a christian and attends a baptist church. I am an athiest and would never set foot inside of a church other than to pay respect to a family at a funeral.

We get along fine.
 
Blue said:
My only stipulation is that they don't try and push it on me.
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My girlfriend says the same thing.

PS: Jesus Camp is on my watch list. I remember watching the preview and being stunned by those zombies. Some groups, as you say, take it to the extreme. Absolutely no different from religious terrorist groups, except that perhaps they actually do not do suicide missions. Not that I know of anyway. :)
 
Jesus Camp is one of those shows I just won't watch - reading the previews was enough to convince me not to waste my time. While there are millions of people of faith that participate in organized religions, there are zealots in every religion that push the envelope.
 
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