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From: woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: re:  Coming soon - Adult Record Stores
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Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 00:29:16 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 17 00:29:16 1985
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> I think there are two points to be made here.  First of all, it
> is accepted child psychology that if you tell a kid he or she can't
> do something because it is dirty/bad_for_you/etc., you can bet 
> the first thing they'll do when your back is turned is to check it out.
> These stickers are going to draw more attention to what is deemed
> offensive (at least what is deemed offensive by the rightists/fundamentalist
> bozo's wives).

  There was a recent Nightline segment on this very issue, and of all people,
DONNIE OSMOND (Mr. "G"-rating himself) was on the program to OPPOSE the
rating system. He gave two reasons of which this was one. The other was
that he compared this to what happened to movies after the rating system
was in place: a G-rating is a kiss of death. No kid (major source of record-
buying public, even if it is the parents that provide the bucks) in his right
mind is going to buy a (gag!) G-rated album. How many G-rated movies do you
see? As a result, he claimed that HE would be FORCED to include lyrics that
would "up" his rating in order to sell albums. Wow. The thought of Donnie
Osmond singing sexy lyrics. Oh, my God! What would the PMRC think then?

> Secondly, why do parents give their kids all this money
> to go out and buy records in the first place unless they are going to
> sit down and listen to them also.

  I can answer that one. To get the brats out of their hair for a while.
As a reward for good behavior. I can think of lots of reasons. MANY parents
give their kids money for records and never hear them. Hell, half the time
they don't even know how the kids spend the money at all.

> This is what is wrong with this 
> fundalmentalists leaders thinking ... they are SO narrow minded and think
> that their experiences in life are exactly like everyone else experiences.
  
  Or, that that is how everyone else's experiences SHOULD be. After all, they
are SO much better than the rest of us heathens, aren't they? :-)

--Greg


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