OK, Everyone is going crazy over the Superbowl half-time show. Is this deja-vu? Must be me.
Anyway, I didnt see it because I dont like football unless the Gators are playing FSU but ive seen the replays of the now infamous scene where Justin Timberlake (~sigh) rips off Janets costume and exposes her bare breast. Evryone is up in arms because obscenity and nudity by FCC regulations can not be shown before 10pm when most children are in bed. I learned this in my Law of Communications class.
BUt here it is, a family show and ppl are getting naked. I mean, what did u expect from MTV? This is what they do. Now i know Im not completely pure cuz I watch Dave Chapelle and laugh at his jokes and I wasnt really offended by what happened at the half-time show because I adore celebrities and frankly, nothing surprises me with them. They know they have power and they do whatever they want to without consequence. They are American royalty.
The funny thing is, I keep hearing that Janet Jackson is under fire for the stunt she pulled and I just watched the O’Reilly factor and I wanted to punch him in the mouth for how he spoke about her and defended Justin. Is there a double standard here? Justin pulled the costume off, Janet was just standing there. Hes not getting any bad press. No one is making him stand there like a criminal and apologize to the nation.
If he werent so darn fine I wouldnt like him anymore. But we all know that this is just another story on the front page. Another scandal to talk about in the media. Nothing will change. Until we really want it to change. O-Reilly made some valid points tonight, ill give him that. Until we take a stand against money-grubbing media giants like MTV who are planting seeds of vulgarity in our society and producing offspring who consider this warped behavior normal, we will continue to contribute to the problem.
But my thing is, how can we go back? Its like my life in Christ. All I knew fun to be was, smoking, hunching guys, drinking and wildin out. Now that Im in Christ, there is nothing as exciting as those wild times and I struggle to find excitement in Christ.
So, after being so free and being exposed to so much nudity and loose morals, how do we show society that they can have fun without going to the immoral extreme of intoxication and fornication? How do we take a step back?