What is happening to our society?

Question

I saw a guy today who was about 25 years old with lettering on his shirt that had the grossest wording on it that included the f word very prominently displayed and it meant exactly what it said(what he would do sexually). This was at a large indoor mall and I turned him into the security. I don't know if they found him or not. What do you think. That would never have happened in the recent past.

I find the some of the answers on here more classless than the guy in the mall. I guess I needed brought up to date on how trashy some can be. By the way, Its not legal. this mall is privately owned and no obsenity allowed, verbal or printed. If they found him they would throw him out.

Answer 1

Whenever I see something so foul and distasteful, I'm always reminded of the Bible scripture at 2ndTimothy 3:1-5, where it says: "But know this, that in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, self-assuming, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, dis-loyal, having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness, betrayers, headstrong, puffed up with pride, lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God, having a form of godly devotion, but proving false to it's power, and from these turn away". That is a perfect description of the society we have to live in. And why we need to pray for God's Kingdom all the more.

Answer 2

It is true that the man should have the dignity and respect to keep that kind of clothing amongst people with the maturity to handle it. There are usually children and people like yourself who find that very offensive, and this man should keep that in mind when wearing those kinds of shirts.

According to the constitution, the government cannot restrict what kind of clothing this person wears, but in this case, the owner of the mall, as well as the various people renting out its space, can do something about it, and hopefully they did. This is because the mall is privately owned, and when you own something, you can say what is done with it.

It is one thing to claim the protection of a right given by our government, but it is quite another to abuse / misapply it. This is one of those cases. A similar case is the one that has been all over the news lately with the sexist / racist comment.

In this case, the comment was stated over the radio, and the radio is PUBLIC ACCESS. This means that one pretty much leases a frequency from the government. You may think that this means that anything goes, but here one must realize that ANYONE can listen to ANY frequency. This means that it is virtually impossible to keep the wrong people (Mainly children) from hearing every obscenity. Therefore, what can and cannot be said can be enforced to a degree.

Satellite radio is "free-er" because it is supplied by private businesses, and like cable, they offer stations according to plans, and the consumer chooses what they listen to. This gives control to the customer, and the customer is responsible for censorship. This is why people like Howard Stern, and potentially this recent antagonist, are moving to /are already at, satellite radio.

(In case you are wondering why I brought the radio analogy up, it is to illustrate how a private entity, like the mall or satellite radio, can censor what they want. As a bonus, I have hopefully shown how inherent in a right, is the responsibility to exercise that right with the consideration of others in mind.)

I am a huge fan of free speach, and I fully indulge in this right as a matter of course. I also realize that there is a time and a place for everything, and that not everyone is mature enough, nor are they necessarily from a perspective to appreciate what I may wish to say, and I adjust my self accordingly. I am a big fan of people such as George Carlin, Stephen Colbert, or Dave Chappell who regularly push the envelope, but do so with a degree of taste and understanding that changes a potential vulgarity to an art-like status. This is the type of free speach we should strive for. We should wear our rights with pride and dignity, not parade them around like mangy dogs on the street snarling with a prized bone.

Now to answer the question, "What is happening to society?" I think we are almost to the point where we can be free, and let others be free, without destroying the beauty of those freedoms. It is being shown more and more that people are willing to take the step to freedom with responsibility, and I believe we will. Although it is sad that we are not there yet.

Answer 3

I personally think that you did the right thing, that's not the kind of language that you want to have to see while in a public place, let alone having kids see it. Unfortunately, this happens a lot more than you would think, but hopefully, this will pass. America simply needs to find a middle ground between the America of today and the America of 50 years ago. The only thing that we can do is to not give into this trend and hope that others follow suit. I hope this helped.

Answer 4

Society has develop into lazy and thoughtless via fact it could. Politicians do no longer help in any respect. human beings's consciences do no longer seem too sturdy the two. there is little worry of "getting caught" while wrongdoing. permitting maximum of immigrants from some countries we by no potential even heard of 30 years in the past emigrate right here do no longer seem to have helped the two. to declare no longer something on the subject of the "illegals". only watch usa's maximum needed and notice the commonly used episodes on "Russian Gangs/chinese language Gangs, and so on. Why are those human beings allowed to stay right here? regardless of befell to "undesirable extraterrestrial beings" that have been given deported, as they ought to be? I blame our government for permitting too many human beings in this u . s . a .. we've TOO many human beings right here! The extra human beings - the extra issues. Its consumer-friendly experience. And ignore the nonsense approximately being a rustic of immigrants. The immigrants that got here right here 50+ years in the past, are no longer the comparable immigrants that are displaying up as we communicate. maximum of as we communicate's arrivals take place with their arms out and contribute no longer something yet their presence. by the way - I helped somebody i did no longer comprehend only final week. I additionally do so each and every time i can. Its the way i grew to become into raised, and my nature.

Answer 5

Moral ambiguity has overtaken our land.

The first amendment does not protect this type of speech.



"Adjudication over the constitutional law of obscenity began in Roth v. United States,4 in which the Court in an opinion by Justice Brennan settled in the negative the ''dispositive question'' ''whether obscenity is utterance within the area of protected speech and press.''5 The Court then undertook a brief historical survey to demonstrate that ''the unconditional phrasing of the First Amendment was not intended to protect every utterance.'' All or practically all of the States which ratified the First Amendment had laws making blasphemy or profanity or both crimes, and provided for prosecutions of libels as well. It was this history which had caused the Court in Beauharnais to conclude that ''libelous utterances are not within the area of constitutionally protected speech,'' and this history was deemed to demonstrate that ''obscenity, too, was outside the protection intended for speech and press."

That said, we must have a thick skin for those who flaunt this to the world. There is a "shock value" they want . . .

Conduct should represent, and this individual is not honoring himself or his family or those he may work for.

Answer 6

I think the greater sin here is the infringement on Freedom. America is advanced politics. Sometimes it boils my blood to hear the Nazi Party have its say, but then I remember that their right is mine, and insures me that I have the right to speak out. So I choose what to Listen to, to Look at, to Pay Attention to, and what not. The only place you are describing about 25 years ago, is a totalitarian regime. Now I'm not using any vulgar language, I am just in complete opposition to your opinion. And like you getting angry about bad language on display, when I hear about threats to the 1st Amendment, I get a little miffed too.

Answer 7

When there is intense action in a single direction against anything there will always be a equal and opposite reaction. The segment of the Christian movement that wishes their beliefs on everyone loudly and sometimes violently is causing the natural reaction toward more freedom and liberty. As our forefather and early settlers did, we will fight to stay clear of an oppressive religion.

Answer 8

He serves as an example to my kids because when I see people like that I always say "Now those aren't very good choices. I wonder what would make someone be so hateful and ugly?" It is sad, but I won't let it threaten what I expect my children to be.

Answer 9

You're wrong. 25 years ago I had a t-shirt with the F word on it. I used to wear it to the mall all the time.

Answer 10

TV is like that too. The "norm" gets worse and worse. Unfortunatly, since the USA is a free country...people with no tact or respect get to have a loud voice.