Take Out the Trash

Every now and then, something gets to stinking under the sink, and you gotta tie that bag off and dispose of the offensive material! Leave it alone long enough, and it begins to foul up your clothes and your furniture. Your friends begin to bolt when they see you coming.

The same thing is true of entertainment, only it has more far-reaching consequences. Last Friday I was on my way home from work, and decided to tune in to talk radio. I hit the "band" button on my radio, and the station landed on my secondary FM tuner, dialing in 101.9 (KNOE). A song from my college days was playing, so I hung around to hear it finish.

The next song was not so innocent (pardon the expression) and was from none other than Britney Spears. Now, this song "3" may not be new to you, but it was to me! I listened curiously, thinking, "I wonder if she's reformed since her fallout last year (head shaving, drunken stupor, public shame...)." Boy was I wrong!

I didn't catch on to what it was about until near the end of the song. In case you haven't heard it, the lyrics describe intercourse with multiple partners. During the bridge, she comments that "what we do is just for fun, innocent, not hurting anyone, etc..." Then she goes back into the chorus which is drilled into your head 5 or 6 times! I won't put the lyrics on this website. You can Google them if you need to see them yourself.

Sneakier still is that there's really no "bad words" in the song for the FCC to jump on. It's just alot of innuendo and euphemism. But it did give me a mental image, which in my mind is basically audio porn! The lie that is pornography, is that what they are portraying is acceptable and everybody does it. It creates in the psyche an attachment that perverts what God intended to be pure. It produces habitual tendencies (like a drug) in it's viewers. This song has all of these elements.

In case you were wondering, Britney did not write this. She doesn't write ANY of this stuff. She's just a puppet. So who's teaching our kids that 3-ways are good and fun and innocent? You can thank two guys: Max Martin and Shellback (Karl Johan Schuster). These Swedes not only wrote this dirty ditty, but are also responsible for another raunchy lyric that Britney sang-"IF YOU SEEK AMY." (You have to say it 3 times fast to get the hidden meaning-I suggest you do that when nobody's around.)

This song definitely fails the court's 3-prong test for offensive material:

-An average person, applying contemporary community standards, must find that the material, as a whole, appeals to the prurient (arousing lustful feelings) interest;

-The material must depict or describe, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by applicable law; and

-The material, taken as a whole, must lack serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.

Now, we can't ban all such music due to our First Ammendment right to free speech. But we CAN limit the broadcasting to hours when our kids are likely asleep: 10PM-6AM. This song's been out since September 09, and nobody's done it yet!

Here's how you can help: Click the link below to file an FCC complaint through the Parents Television Council website. Takes about 2 minutes, no kidding! This should be open and shut folks, so let's do something! It's time for good people to stand up, not just ignore the problem. According to one website published last year, 107,000 people have already bought her song digitally. I heard it on top 40 radio. Britney's demographic has always been age 10-25, and I don't know about you, but I don't want my kids hearing a song that even hints at such acts!

https://www.parentstv.org/ptc/fcc/main.asp

Also, call your state representative. Ask them to get tougher on indecency laws! Mine is Rodney Alexander. (318) 445-0818 in Alexandria, LA. You can find yours on the Parents TV Council link above-very easy to use, and I highly recommend it, as there are several bills up for vote.

A friend of mine last week told me there are 3 kinds of people. Those who watch something happen, those who make something happen, and those who wonder what happened. (Thanks Stuart!) I know which one I'm gonna be. Which will you be?