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Gratuitous nudity in today’s cartoons unbearable
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Family groups have been ada
mantly trying to eliminate this
superfluous killing and abuse, but I
think they have overlooked a more
serious problem with these animated
programs. Nudity.
Countless cartoon characters
prance about their fantasy wonder
lands, happily frolicking together,
partially or sometimes completely
nude! I am shocked and outraged
that no one realizes the utter filth
that our brothers, sisters, nieces and
nephews are exposed to every
Saturday morning.
Sure Yogi Bear advocates
stealing, but what about his seduc
tive outfit consisting of nothing but
a tie?
Granted, Itchy and Scratchy
condone the maiming and dismem
bering of each other, but look at
their wardrobe — or lack thereof!
For every second I see Wile E.
Coyote exploded, there is a minute
minute of seeing a full frontal of the
creature.
This overabundance of nakedness
will eventually cause three effects
for our society and its children:
No. 1: Acceptance of Human
Nudity
Just as children accept the violent
actions of their beloved animated
friends, so will they feel that going
about nude is unobjectionable.
It is bad enough seeing pictures
of bare babies in the bathtub, but
naked kindergarteners running
around are definitely inadmissible.
No. 2: Encouragement of
Bestiality
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children continue to see animals
without bottoms like Mickey Mouse
or Donald Duck, they will begin to
become attracted to these individu
als, and less attracted to humans of
the opposite sex. Yes, these children
will be lost and overly influenced
wrongly by the world, but we will be
forced to dedicate our lives to
showing them the correct way of
sexual attraction.
I do not want to have to be
responsible fa* keeping my offspring
lured to real people and 1 am sure
that most people feel the same way
as 1. (Except maybe for a few in the
western parts of Nebraska, if you
know what I mean .)
No. 3: Less Focus on Violence
This will be the one positive
effect. Finally, groups across the
country will not be concerned with
the rampant murder and injury that
occurs on these shows, but will be
entirely centered on dressing the
various ‘toons of the tube.
Too many parents are worrying
about the blood and gore that their
kids view on network and cable
television and will turn their *
attention to something worthwhile.
These mothers and fathers waste
countless hours being critical of the
violent actions of the animated
beings, when they could be putting
their much-needed effort into a
problem that needs a solution.
Some of you may be thinking that
cartoon nudity is not a big problem
because you have not been hearing
about it on the various media outlets
Well, it may not be big now, but
soon our nation’s leaders will need
to crack down on cartoons, and
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weigh childhood nudity and bestial
ity against removing the focus of
families from violence.
I don’t know for sure which
consequences are worse, but
personally I think that parents need
to forget about the v-chip and start
thinking about an “n-chip.” (That
“n” is for nudity for you slow ones.)
I cannot stand living another day
worrying about the Thirties’ martial
arts fight scenes, while the Smurfs
sing their little songs without
wearing any shirts. Rise up, nation
of violence and turn your attention
to the true societal culprit — before
it’s too late!
Harder is a sophomore broad
casting major and a Daily Nebras
kan columnist.
Michael
DONLEY
Bye-bye beatniks
Can’t create a counterculture with MTV, coffee
/ saw the best minds of my
generation destroyed by madness.
Untying, hysterical, naked.
themselves through the
looking for an
angry fa.
idealists ot my generation /
Show me what anyone thinks is a
worthy counterculture, and I’ll show
you something that has already been
done or is so commercialized that it
isn’t even a counterculture anymore.
Let's take a slow stroll through a
few. Shall we?
Coffee Houses
Sorry, strike one. Hie “Beat
Generation” did it back in the 50s,
and they were doing it in Europe
long before that. (And I shouldn’t
even have to mention Starbucks!)
The “Alternative
Movement” in music
1 remember back in 1988, when
alternative was still alternative. My
best friend Colby and I were
listening to The Cure and Siouxsie
and The Banshees. (Skateboards and
“flop” haircuts were optional.) Now
every time I turn on MTV I see a so
called alternative band. Mainstream
alternative? Sorry again, just not a
possibility.
Marilyn Manson
OK, you may have gotten me
here! But, on the off chance there is
a God up there watching, Marilyn
and all of his followers can have a
nice, warm afterlife without me.
Harley Davidson, The
"American Iron” Revolution
Unfortunately, the Harley
Davidson movement was long ago
taken ova- by the lawyers and
accountants who are now the only
people who can afford them.
Sport bikes or "Crotch
Rockets”
If James Dean were alive today,
he would ride a red, white and blue
“Bullet Bike.” But even the rebel
with a cause would have to admit
that the most extreme of all sports is
a carbon copy of a decades-old
original.
Europeans invented the Cafe
Racer—a term that is often used to
describe speed-oriented bikes—
about 30 years ago. Over-sexed,
testosterone-filial young men would
race each other from cafe to cafe.
The loser bought the coffee. As cool
as these bikes are, are they original?
No.
So, has EVERYTHING already
been done? It is true, we do have
almost everything that Mr. Ginsberg
was fighting for: drugs, literary
freedom, drugs, sexual experimenta
tion, drugs, a strong anti-censorship
movement and drugs.
(Author’s note: Yes, I know
Ginsberg, later in his life, de
nounced drugs as a source of
inspiration and I don’t condone their
use either. IT WAS A JOKE! Calm
down.)
Christian Slater may have been
right in “Pump up the \folume”
when he said “All of the great
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themes have been used up and
turned into theme parks.” Political
protests are just not as popular as
they used to be.
_ And since my new club, called
the “I wouldn’t vote for Mike
Johanns if he was the last politician
on Earth Qub,” probably won’t pay %
my rent this summer or tuition next
fall, I guess I will just get a job and
keep dreaming.
But if you hear the voice of the
next generation crying out in the
wilderness, tell him or her to come
down to the Daily Nebraskan. We’ll
make him a columnist.
Donley Is a sophomore philoso
phy major and a Daily Nebraskan
columnist