Offensives in Public Places quiz

[andrewducker]

[Poll #160754]

Comments

[nickys.livejournal.com]

I wonder if you get different answers from people who have kids? I certainly object more strongly to offensive language and images if they are somewhere my kids can see them.

[andrewducker]

I suspect you're right

Most people can cope with being offended for their own sake, but get far more upset at the thought of people they love being upset.

[nickys.livejournal.com]

I also find that people who don't have kids tend to forget that "the general public" includes children.

I've had a couple of discussions with the Anti-vivisection people about their posters - yes, I agree that adults should be made aware of the suffering that their cosmetic choices cause, but I am NOT prepared for my seven year old to have nightmares about the Poor Bunnies when she won't even be able to vote on the issue for another eleven years.

On a less disturbing note, I don't mind seeing "Fuck Barbie" t-shirts in a nightclub, but I do mind out in town on a Saturday afternoon, especially because the kids recognise the Barbie logo and look more closely than they would at other random t-shirt messages.

[andrewducker]

Yeah I have no objection to anti-vivisection people trying to persuade kids that chopping up bunnies is wrong, but it should be persuasion, not horrible images. The horrid truth can wait until they're teenagers, at which point the whole world is a fairly horrid place anyway...