Welcome to 32nd and Chestnut...

This is the blog for 75 or so Drexel students, most of whom are new to college and new to Drexel.

We'll document the strangeness of college life, try to translate our experience for diverse readers, and chronicle what it means to be a college student during these crazy days of economic turmoil and political battle.

That's it for now; I have to go an play Spore.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Step the f@ck up!!!

The Article I read was "Four Letter Foul" by Alexis Burling. This article gave an overview about the use of cursing in everyday America. Parents all over the country are concerned if not obsessed with censoring their children. They censor their children from violence, sex, and foul language. In an attempt to accomplish such censorship, parents have reached out to the government to impliment bans on cursing and allusive language. In response the FCC has limited the broadcasting of cursing to times when children are not most commonly watching television. I think this is unnecessary and unfair, especially to those who watch daytime and evening television programs that aren't targeted at children. If parents are so concerned with what their children are "consuming" then they should actively prevent it. This can be done by taking your children away from the television or controlling what they see. There are far too many parents that entertain their children by simply plopping them down in front of the television with the remote and a snack. So may parents complain about the effects the media has on children when the simple solution is to control what they are exposed to.  After all, it would be incredibly detrimental if they heard a fart.

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